TN,Memphis-City of Memphis Animal Services
2023
This reporting system reports most categories as adult or juveniles (up to 5 months). Totals are given first, followed by juveniles. Ending counts show the total followed by those in foster care.
Dogs
Stray/At Large: 5148/1385
Owner relinquished: 1200/434
Confiscated: 855/152
Other Intakes (includes births and transfers in): 78/64
Total in: 7281/2035
RTO: 544/26
Placed: 3017/1012
Transferred out: 2245/815
Died/lost in care: 113/72
Shelter euth: 1400/134
Owner intended euth: 302/3
Ending count: 192/153
Cats
Stray/At Large: 1588/1198
Owner relinquished: 710/367
Confiscated: 129/31
Other Intakes (includes births and transfers in): 89/48
Total in: 2516/1644
RTO: 41/7
Placed: 1959/1301
Transferred out: 140/62
RTF: 76/18
Died/lost in care: 115/104
Shelter euth: 170/102
Owner intended euth: 8/4
Ending count: 27/134
2022
This reporting system reports most categories as adult or juveniles (up to 5 months). Totals are given first, followed by juveniles. Ending counts show the total followed by those in foster care.
Dogs
Stray/At Large: 4602/1050
Owner relinquished: 897/282
Confiscated: 867/193
Other Intakes (includes births and transfers in): 180/146
Total in: 6546/1671
RTO: 507/25
Placed: 2768/670
Transferred out: 2269/871
Died/lost in care: 72/48
Shelter euth: 751/49
Owner intended euth: 200/0
Ending count: 292/46
Cats
Stray/At Large: 1359/969
Owner relinquished: 615/333
Confiscated: 69/16
Other Intakes (includes births and transfers in): 78/50
Total in: 2121/1368
RTO: 27/6
Placed: 1674/1107
Transferred out: 89/40
RTF: 57/12
Died/lost in care: 87/74
Shelter euth: 146/75
Owner intended euth: 3/0
Ending count: 66/45
2021
This reporting system reports most categories as adult or juveniles (up to 5 months). Totals are given first, followed by juveniles.
Dogs
Beginning count: 117/20 (foster care)
Stray/At Large: 3789/828
Owner relinquished: 1141/376
Owner intended euthanasia on intake: 0
Transferred in: 11/4
Other Intakes: 887/256
Total in: 5828/1464
RTO: 518/21
Placed: 2168/351
Transferred out: 2443/986
Died in care: 70/40
Lost in care: 1/0
Shelter euth: 640/25
Owner intended euth: 0
Ending count: 192/48 (foster care)
Cats
Beginning count: 111/94 (foster care)
Stray/At Large: 144/81
Owner relinquished: 627/296
Owner intended euthanasia on intake: 0
Transferred in: 104/63
Other Intakes: 1125/806
Total in: 2000/1249
RTO: 26/3
Placed: 1637/1002
Transferred out: 114/71
RTF: 100/9
Died in care: 88/72
Lost in care: 10/8
Shelter euth: 74/28
Owner intended euth: 0
Ending count: 68/58
2020
This reporting system reports most categories as adult or juveniles (up to 5 months). Totals are given first, followed by juveniles.
Dogs
Beginning count: 228/48
Stray/At Large: 2825/610
Owner relinquished: 710/201
Owner intended euthanasia on intake: 21/0
Transferred in: 18/5
Other Intakes: 736/138
Total in: 4310/954
RTO: 419/29
Placed: 1535/191
Transferred out: 2002/701
Died in care: 66/38
Lost in care: 6/0
Shelter euth: 383/2
Owner intended euth: 19/0
Ending count: 107/10
Cats
Beginning count: 318/261
Stray/At Large: 546/347
Owner relinquished: 302/105
Owner intended euthanasia on intake: 0
Transferred in: 33/18
Other Intakes: 504/292
Total in: 1385/762
RTO: 25/2
Placed: 1200/630
Transferred out: 158/57
RFT: 79/6
Died in care: 51/41
Lost in care: 10/3
Shelter euth: 74/26
Owner intended euth: 0
Ending count: 108/101
2019
This reporting system reports most categories as adults or juveniles (up to 5 months). Totals are given first, followed by juveniles. No animals of unknown age were handled this year.
Dogs
Beginning count: 243/70
Stray/At Large: 5919/1552
Owner relinquish: 1189/369
Transferred in: 3/0
Other intakes: 1019/141
Total: 8223/2062
Adoption: 3293/593
RTO: 640/5
Transferred out: 3227/1289
Other live outcome: 1/0
Died: 86/53
Lost: 0
Shelter euth: 890/15
Owner req. euth: 77/0
Ending count: 252/50
Cats
Beginning count: 154/128
Stray/At Large: 1804/1286
Owner relinquish: 914/506
Transferred in: 18/3
Other intakes: 76/10
Total: 2813/1805
Adoption: 1880/1124
RTO: 27/5
Transferred out: 366/167
Other live outcome: 207/21
Died: 86/70
Lost: 0
Shelter euth: 56/27
Owner req. euth: 0
Ending count: 345/152
2007
Dogs
Confiscate: 237
Owner requested euthanasia: N/A
Owner surrender: 3511
Stray:
Died: 1
Escaped: 0
Missing: 47
Cats
Confiscate: 5
Owner requested euthanasia: N/A
Owner surrender: 1455
Stray: 813
Died: 16
Escaped: 0
Missing: 6
2006
Dogs
Confiscate: 154
Owner requested euthanasia: 1
Owner surrender: 2729
Stray: 8895
Died: 56
Escaped: 1
Missing: 17
Cats
Confiscate: 7
Owner requested euthanasia: 0
Owner surrender: 1313
Stray: 1122
Died: 5
Escaped: 0
Missing: 5
2005
Dogs
Bite case: 138
Confiscate: 157
Owner requested euthanasia:1
Other intake: 45
Owner surrender: 3037
Stray: 7607
Died: 77
Escaped: 4
Missing: 22
Other outcome: 8
Cats
Bite case: 11
Confiscate: 5
Owner requested euthanasia: 2
Other intake: 0
Owner surrender: 1353
Stray: 1045
Died: 7
Escaped: 1
Missing: 19
Other outcome: 0
2004
Dogs
Bite case: 357
Other intake: 343
Owner surrender: 3012
Stray: 7894
Died: 75
Escaped: 0
Missing: 310
Other outcome: 26
Stolen: 3
Cats
Bite case: 14
Other intake: 12
Owner surrender: 1725
Stray: 1114
Died: 10
Escaped: 1
Missing: 191
Other outcome: 1
Stolen: 0
2003
Dogs
Bite case: 314
Other intake: 107
Owner surrender: 2825
Stray: 8433
Died: 73
Escaped: 4
Missing: 105
Other outcome: 18
Stolen: 2
Cats
Bite case: 14
Other intake: 6
Owner surrender: 1331
Stray: 1199
Died: 12
Escaped: 1
Missing: 79
Other outcome: 4
Stolen: 1
2017
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 171/20/0
Stray/At Large: 4802/1148/14
Owner relinquish: 1234/285/4
Transferred in: 7/2/0
Other intakes: 624/90/2
Total: 6718/1526/22
Adoption: 2396/568/7
RTO: 606/43/1
Transferred out: 2486/724/4
Other live outcome: 3/0/0
Died: 35/28/0
Lost: 1/0/1
Shelter euth: 1107/24/8
Owner req. euth: 44/0/1
Ending count: 211/32/0
Cats
Beginning count: 144/77/5
Stray/At Large: 1099/752/2
Owner relinquish: 426/189/0
Transferred in: 3/3/0
Other intakes: 22/4/0
Total: 1555/948/2
Adoption: 950/473/4
RTO: 11/0/0
Transferred out: 323/141/2
Other live outcome: 26/4/0
Died: 35/31/0
Lost: 2/1/0
Shelter euth: 69/24/1
Owner req. euth: 5/0/0
Ending count: 278/82/0
2016
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 214/97/6
Stray/At Large: 4199/967/75
Owner relinquish: 1839/548/2
Transferred in: 5/0/1
Other intakes: 471/62/11
Total: 6740/1594/90
Adoption: 1933/624/18
RTO: 509/23/11
Transferred out: 2628/720/43
Other live outcome: 3/0/0
Died: 71/54/0
Lost: 2/0/0
Shelter euth: 1425/60/23
Owner req. euth: 211/14/1
Ending count: 171/19/0
Cats
Beginning count: 155/100/5
Stray/At Large: 698/424/30
Owner relinquish: 926/443/22
Transferred in: 10/8/0
Other intakes: 17/4/1
Total: 1713/901/55
Adoption: 729/330/23
RTO: 23/0/0
Transferred out: 314/153/11
Other live outcome: 1/0/0
Died: 31/23/5
Lost: 1/0/0
Shelter euth: 567/267/12
Owner req. euth: 54/19/2
Ending count: 148/54/7
2015
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 223/122/4
Stray/At Large: 4649/1124/25
Owner relinquish: 2047/721/4
Transferred in: 15/9/0
Other intakes: 673/103/1
Total: 7611/1972/31
Adoption: 1737/608/2
RTO: 511/17/3
Transferred out: 2689/1056/11
Other live outcome: 3/0/0
Died: 47/28/2
Lost: 10/1/0
Shelter euth: 2401/173/10
Owner req. euth: 222/15/1
Ending count: 214/27/6
Cats
Beginning count: 117/70/2
Stray/At Large: 839/465/60
Owner relinquish: 940/455/23
Transferred in: 6/6/0
Other intakes: 19/5/2
Total: 1859/940/89
Adoption: 623/243/11
RTO: 22/1/0
Transferred out: 321/166/21
Other live outcome: 0
Died: 35/22/10
Lost: 1/0/0
Shelter euth: 764/398/40
Owner req. euth: 54/9/4
Ending count: 155/15/5
2014
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 200/71/0
Stray/At Large: 5664/1564/92
Owner relinquish: 2219/707/38
Transferred in: 15/5/0
Other intakes: 1028/174/10
Total: 9093/2466/145
Adoption: 2458/891/20
RTO: 511/44/8
Transferred out: 1339/627/22
Other live outcome: 4/0/0
Died: 69/43/2
Lost: 293/29/1
Shelter euth: 4235/624/83
Owner req. euth: 161/15/5
Ending count: 223/89/4
Cats
Beginning count: 86/35/0
Stray/At Large: 1049/611/48
Owner relinquish: 1055/502/41
Transferred in: 3/3/0
Other intakes: 59/17/0
Total: 2188/1136/89
Adoption: 657/292/4
RTO: 6/0/0
Transferred out: 116/63/2
Other live outcome: 0
Died: 25/17/3
Lost: 24/3/0
Shelter euth: 1307/670/78
Owner req. euth: 22/3/0
Ending count: 117/38/2
2013
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 231/66/1
Stray/At Large: 5972/1640/17
Owner relinquish: 2850/1112/3
Transferred in: 3/1/0
Other intakes: 683/89/2
Total: 9689/2862/22
Adoption: 2303/983/5
RTO: 491/35/2
Transferred out: 3/1/0
Other live outcome: 28/19/0
Died: 58/33/0
Lost: 22/0/0
Shelter euth: 6274/1459/15
Owner req. euth: 178/20/0
Ending count: 200/63/0
Cats
Beginning count: 88/48/1
Stray/At Large: 1142/682/29
Owner relinquish: 923/465/17
Transferred in: 5/0/0
Other intakes: 44/4/1
Total: 2153/1158/47
Adoption: 609/309/8
RTO: 26/6/1
Transferred out: 126/61/3
Other live outcome: 4/2/0
Died: 45/32/2
Lost: 5/0/0
Shelter euth: 1301/686/34
Owner req. euth: 39/7/0
Ending count: 86/15/0
2012
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 203/65/1
Stray/At Large: 6698/1865/43
Owner relinquish: 2797/962/20
Transferred in: 13/8/0
Other intakes: 991/124/10
Total: 10764/2999/77
Adoption: 1792/753/3
RTO: 543/27/3
Transferred out: 297/114/1
Other live outcome: 9/0/0
Died: 179/117/4
Lost: 105/7/0
Shelter euth: 7557/1743/62
Owner req. euth: 254/38/4
Ending count: 231/61/1
Cats
Beginning count: 97/41/0
Stray/At Large: 945/529/41
Owner relinquish: 923/467/9
Transferred in: 0
Other intakes: 21/1/1
Total: 1944/1018/53
Adoption: 550/305/7
RTO: 28/1/0
Transferred out: 115/58/1
Other live outcome: 5/3/0
Died: 40/30/0
Lost: 7/0/0
Shelter euth: 1155/548/42
Owner req. euth: 53/21/2
Ending count: 88/21/1
2011
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 296/118/2
Stray/At Large: 6966/1752/24
Owner relinquish: 4041/1656/11
Transferred in: 6/0/0
Other intakes: 1082/143/12
Total: 12241/3571/48
Adoption: 1500/584/0
RTO: 730/44/9
Transferred out: 363/101/11
Other live outcome: 1/0/0
Died: 191/114/0
Lost: 65/6/0
Shelter euth: 9341/2597/28
Owner req. euth: 143/18/1
Ending count: 203/57/1
Cats
Beginning count: 33/8/2
Stray/At Large: 1032/596/19
Owner relinquish: 1271/624/13
Transferred in: 0
Other intakes: 107/13/23
Total: 2465/1250/55
Adoption: 412/229/1
RTO: 20/4/2
Transferred out: 321/198/32
Other live outcome: 1/1/0
Died: 45/29/1
Lost: 11/3/0
Shelter euth: 1537/719/21
Owner req. euth: 54/17/0
Ending count: 97/32/0
2010
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 182/68/0
Stray/At Large: 7427/1912/37
Owner relinquish: 4139/1703/18
Transferred in: 7/6/0
Other intakes: 1041/172/8
Total: 12651/3793/63
Adoption: 1213/462/5
RTO: 864/46/3
Transferred out: 110/39/4
Other live outcome: 42/16/0
Died: 265/156/1
Lost: 153/36/0
Shelter euth: 9857/2769/48
Owner req. euth: 32/5/0
Ending count: 296/110/2
Cats
Beginning count: 48/23/0
Stray/At Large: 1392/727/61
Owner relinquish: 1218/590/1
Transferred in: 0
Other intakes: 26/5/2
Total: 2641/1323/64
Adoption: 390/188/1
RTO: 29/5/0
Transferred out: 166/100/7
Other live outcome: 7/4/0
Died: 52/41/0
Lost: 11/7/0
Shelter euth: 1996/960/54
Owner req. euth: 5/1/0
Ending count: 33/2/2
2008
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 253/80/0
Stray/At Large: 10260/1998/67
Owner relinquish: 3775/1546/26
Transferred in: 4/1/0
Other intakes: 256/13/8
Total: 14296/3558/101
Adoption: 1524/555/12
RTO: 1066/56/11
Transferred out: 73/15/2
Other live outcome: 3/2/0
Died: 158/66/1
Lost: 157/30/1
Shelter euth: 11214/2625/73
Owner req. euth: 1/0/0
Ending count: 354/83/1
Cats
Beginning count: 46/19/0
Stray/At Large: 1098/514/19
Owner relinquish: 1518/734/2
Transferred in: 1/1/0
Other intakes: 6/1/0
Total: 2623/1250/21
Adoption: 311/143/2
RTO: 37/5/0
Transferred out: 10/2/1
Other live outcome: 1/1/0
Died: 19/11/2
Lost: 30/14/0
Shelter euth: 2181/1044/15
Owner req. euth: 0
Ending count: 79/23/1
2009
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 354/115/1
Stray/At Large: 8844/1976/98
Owner relinquish: 3866/1575/25
Transferred in: 0
Other intakes: 338/26/11
Total: 13048/3577/134
Adoption: 1263/460/15
RTO: 949/62/8
Transferred out: 60/18/0
Other live outcome: 2/1/0
Died: 192/71/8
Lost: 220/30/4
Shelter euth: 10527/2715/100
Owner req. euth: 0
Ending count: 182/64/0
Cats
Beginning count: 79/30/1
Stray/At Large: 1394/738/33
Owner relinquish: 1594/835/14
Transferred in: 0
Other intakes: 10/4/0
Total: 2998/1577/47
Adoption: 214/92/0
RTO: 27/9/0
Transferred out: 20/14/0
Other live outcome: 0
Died: 41/17/3
Lost: 88/24/1
Shelter euth: 2639/1381/44
Owner req. euth: 0
Ending count: 48/22/0
2018
This reporting system reports most categories as adults, juveniles (under 5 months of age), or unknown age. Totals are given first, followed by juveniles, then unknown.
Dogs
Beginning count: 226/65/0
Stray/At Large: 4820/1119/0
Owner relinquish: 1227/363/0
Transferred in: 1/0/0
Other intakes: 842/149/0
Total: 6951/1631/0
Adoption: 1987/492/0
RTO: 614/26/0
Transferred out: 2872/967/0
Other live outcome: 3/0/0
Died: 70/42/0
Lost: 2/2/0
Shelter euth: 854/21/0
Owner req. euth: 50/0/0
Ending count: 233/53/0
Cats
Beginning count: 199/172/0
Stray/At Large: 1285/884/0
Owner relinquish: 670/333/0
Transferred in: 0
Other intakes: 38/5/0
Total: 1996/1222/0
Adoption: 1433/758/0
RTO: 15/3/0
Transferred out: 302/148/0
Other live outcome: 101/6/0
Died: 49/42/0
Lost: 1/0/0
Shelter euth: 73/36/0
Owner req. euth: 1/0/0
Ending count: 220/83/0
