Our Statistics

The Brown County Humane Society is an open admission shelter, accepting all of Brown County’s homeless cats and dogs.

Our highly successful programs mean that we no longer euthanize animals due to lack of space or resources. Animals that have untreatable illnesses or injuries, and are suffering, may be euthanized out of compassion. Dogs whose behavior is deemed dangerous to the community and beyond our ability to rehabilitate, may require euthanasia.

You can see by our numbers, below, that we are doing an outstanding job of finding homes for all of the pets that come our way. We will continue to operate as an open admission shelter with the goal of saving every homeless pet.

Please consider making a donation to help us achieve this goal.

2023 Statistics

2023 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 98.6% 632 537 9 81 9
Dogs 98.7% 223 150 5 68 3
Cats 99.3% 409 387 4 13 6

2022 Statistics

2022 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 98.7% 683 534 8 132 10
Dogs 98.1% 313 180 7 120 6
Cats 99.2% 370 354 1 12 4

2021 Statistics

2021 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 98.5% 730 550 23 125 11
Dogs 98.7% 301 163 16 109 4
Cats 98.4% 429 387 7 16 7

2020 Statistics

2020 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 99.4% 652 544 10 111 4
Dogs 99.7% 290 177 10 106 1
Cats 99.2% 362 367 0 5 3

2019 Statistics

2019 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 98.3% 706 525 30 157 12
Dogs 99.3% 328 175 29 143 2
Cats 97.4% 378 350 1 14 10

2018 Statistics

2018 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 97.8% 724 545 29 124 16
Dogs 98.8% 366 214 18 112 4
Cats 96.7% 358 331 11 12 12

2017 Statistics

2017 Save Rate Received Adopted Transferred Returned to Owner Euthanized or
Died in Care
Total 98.0% 730 553 40 143 14
Dogs 99.4% 354 196 21 135 3
Cats 96.7% 376 357 19 8 11