Southern California Shelter Statistics -- Dalmatians
1998 through 2003

© Copyright 1998-2004 Save the Dalmatians and Others Canine Rescue, Inc.

These estimates are based on actual counts of Dalmatians in three Los Angeles county area shelters: Downey, SEAACA and Long Beach. Using monthly counts from 2001, the estimates were calculated based on what percent of the total the three shelters would have been had we collected data in previous years as we do now.   The numbers below represent estimates of Dalmatians in 44 out of 61 Southern California shelters.  Actual numbers of Dals in Southern California shelters are probably higher as we do not receive regular reports from some shelters.

The good news is that the number of Dalmatians in Southern California shelters is dropping.  The bad news is that Dalmatians are even ending up in shelters instead of being rehomed by responsible owners.

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Southern California Shelter Dalmatians by Age and Gender 2003
 

Gender Age Jan 03 Feb 03 Mar 03 Apr 03 May 03 Jun 03 Jul 03 Aug 03 Sept 03 Oct 03 Nov 03 Dec 03 Total
Female Under 6 months 4 8 5 4 5 4 8 2 5 3 3 4 55
Female 6 months to 11 months 6 4 2 1 7 10 10 5 2 9 3 6 65
Female 1 year to 2 years 23 23 23 39 15 19 24 16 23 13 24 19 261
Female 3 years to 5 years 13 9 14 19 12 12 16 7 5 8 7 14 136
Female 6 years to 8 years 3 3 1 3 3 4 7 2 3 1 2 2 34
Female 9 or more years 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 1 17
Total Females 49 50 46 67 43 51 66 33 39 34 44 46 568
Male Under 6 months 2 7 6 8 2 3 3 2 10 2 2 5 52
Male 6 months to 11 months 4 4 4 3 6 5 5 4 4 3 1 5 48
Male 1 year to 2 years 31 24 29 19 21 27 33 21 17 22 17 17 278
Male 3 years to 5 years 13 12 14 19 17 24 9 10 14 8 13 16 169
Male 6 years to 8 years 3 2 3 5 3 6 9 6 2 6 3 2 50
Male 9 or more years 2 1 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 15
Total Males 55 50 57 55 53 65 60 45 47 42 36 47 612
Total Dals 104 100 103 122 96 116 126 78 86 76 80 93 1180

Southern California Shelter Dalmatians by Age and Gender 2002

Gender Age Jan 02 Feb 02 Mar 02 Apr 02 May 02 Jun 02 Jul 02 Aug 02 Sept 02 Oct 02 Nov 02 Dec 02 Total
Female Under 6 months 15 2 3 9 4 5 6 6 5 10 1 2 68
Female 6 months to 11 months 6 3 8 12 3 8 3 4 4 5 5 1 62
Female 1 year to 2 years 24 33 33 35 24 29 24 30 28 25 24 15 324
Female 3 years to 5 years 7 12 16 13 14 14 16 15 7 9 13 15 151
Female 6 years to 8 years 2 2 1 5 3 3 10 1 3 3 5 2 40
Female 9 or more years 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 12
Total Females 54 54 62 74 49 61 60 56 47 54 49 37 657
Male Under 6 months 3 8 5 5 3 6 2 7 5 3 4 9 60
Male 6 months to 11 months 3 4 3 0 5 5 6 5 4 2 2 5 44
Male 1 year to 2 years 38 40 32 36 30 30 25 29 32 25 21 28 366
Male 3 years to 5 years 11 10 13 8 13 14 15 12 9 18 21 20 164
Male 6 years to 8 years 6 3 6 3 3 7 5 3 1 4 6 5 52
Male 9 or more years 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 15
Total Males 61 68 60 53 55 62 53 59 52 54 56 68 701
Total Dals 115 122 122 127 104 123 113 115 99 108 105 105 1358

Southern California Shelter Dalmatians by Age and Gender 2001

Gender Age April 01 May 01 June 01 July 01 Aug 01 Sept 01 Oct 01 Nov 01 Dec 01 Total
Female Under 6 months

5

7

11

4

1

7

12

8

5

 60
Female 6 months to 11 months 16 10 9 5 7 6 6 6 7 72
Female 1 year to 2 years 35 34 29 39 30 42 39 29 23 300
Female 3 years to 5 years 7 16 6 18 8 16 18 8 15 112
Female 6 years to 8 years 2 3 6 3 1 1 3 2 2 23
Female 9 or more years 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Total Females 66 71 61 69 47 72 80 53 52 571
Male Under 6 months 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 5 1 50
Male 6 months to 11 months 9 3 7 2 4 6 6 4 7 48
Male 1 year to 2 years 38 30 29 37 38 32 42 27 34 307
Male 3 years to 5 years 16 13 12 13 11 8 10 10 12 105
Male 6 years to 8 years 1 2 0 6 3 2 2 1 1 18
Male 9 or more years 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Total Males 69 54 54 64 63 55 68 48 55 530
                     
Total Dals 135 125 115 133 110 127 148 101 107 1101

 

Dalmatians in Southern California Shelters for 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001
Month 1998 estimates 1999 estimates change 2000 estimates change 2001 actual change
Jan 144 240 +67% 162 -33% 122 est -24%
Feb 140 223 +59% 197 -12% 122 est -38%
Mar 188 236 +26% 153 -35% 122 est -20%
Apr 161 253 +57% 157 -38% 135 -14%
May 183 246 +34% 133 -46% 125 -6%
June 174 181 +4% 118 -35% 115 -3%
July 247 475 +92% 209 -56% 133 -36%
Aug 231 319 +38% 138 -57% 110 -20%
Sept 183 234 +28% 123 -47% 127 +3%
Oct 168 176 +5% 120 -32% 148 +23%
Nov 150 170 +13% 137 -19% 101 -26%
Dec 205 209 +2% 158 -24% 107 -32%
Totals 2,173 2,962 +36% 1,805 -39% 1,467 -19%

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Note: numbers for 2001 are actual numbers, not estimates, except for the first three months of 2001.

 

# Dals by Shelter Name
End of Mar 2001 through Dec 2001

Agoura Hills Animal Shelter 6
Bakersfield Animal Shelter 15
Bakersfield SPCA 1
Baldwin Park Animal Shelter 60
Burbank Animal Shelter 14
Carson Animal Shelter 51
Castaic Animal Care & Control 9
Central County Animal Shelter - San Diego 16
Corona Animal Shelter 5
Downey Animal Shelter 73
East Valley Animal Care and Control 69
Glendale Humane Society 7
Glendora Animal Control 1
Harbor Animal Care and Control 11
Hesperia Animal Control 13
Inland Valley Humane Society 8
Irvine City Animal Care Center 3
Kern County Animal Shelter 1
Lake Elsinore Animal Control 6
Lancaster Animal Shelter 33
LASPCA - Los Angeles Shelter 2
LASPCA/South Bay Shelter 2
Long Beach Animal Control 3
Mission Viejo Animal Control 1
Moreno Valley Animal Services 27
Norco City Animal Control 1
North Central Animal Care & Control 49
North County Animal Shelter - San Diego 11
Orange County Animal Control 119
Orange County Humane Society 2
PAL Humane Society 1
Pasadena Humane Society 28
Rancho Coastal Humane Society 1
Rancho Cucamonga Animal Care and Control 20
Redlands Animal Shelter 7
Ridgecrest Animal Shelter 3
Riverside County and City Animal Shelter 53
San Bernardino City Animal Shelter 32
San Bernardino County Animal Shelter - Devore 24
San Clemente Animal Shelter 8
San Diego Humane Society 6
San Gabriel Valley Humane Society 8
Santa Ana Animal Control 37
Santa Monica City Animal Control 7
Seal Beach Animal Care Center 1
South Central Animal Care and Control 97
South County Animal Shelter - San Diego 16
Southeast Area Animal Control (SEAACA) 11
Upland Animal Shelter 12
Ventura County Shelter 52
Victor Valley Animal Shelter 14
West Los Angeles Animal Shelter 18
West Valley Animal Care & Control 47

Total Actual Dals 2001

 1,122


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