View a PDF version of the 26 page Maricopa's Year One application, the results of which were as follows:
DOG AND CAT ADOPTIONS UP 5%
SHELTER DEATHS DOWN 23%
At the conclusion of Year One, Maddie’s® Pet Rescue Project in Maricopa County increased community-wide dog and cat adoptions by 5% over the baseline year, with adoptions at no-kill organizations rising 31% over baseline. Total adoptions numbered 37,272.
In the same one-year time period, there were 12,203 fewer shelter deaths, a decrease of 23%.
The community also realized a significant decrease in shelter impounds (13,933 fewer than the baseline year), despite a consistently increasing human population.
While Maddie's Pet Rescue Project increased adoptions and reduced deaths, Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project, administered by the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association, provided spay/neuter surgery for pets of low-income caregivers. After a slow start, the numbers doubled every quarter. Year One ended with a total of 857 spay/neuter surgeries.
In addition to reaching or exceeding all of the above baseline goals, Maddie's Pet Rescue Project in Maricopa County developed a strong Community Advisory Board, secured a weekly spot in the Arizona Republic to publish a coalition progress report, and enlisted help from corporate supporters like PETsMART, Pets 911 and Pet-Ark.
The Year One statistics triggered the first installment of a $659,370 second year grant for Maddie’s® Pet Rescue Project. Groups participating in Year Two include the Arizona Animal Welfare League, Arizona Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, Foothills Animal Rescue, HALO, Paws 4 Paws, SOAR, Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue, Sun Cities Animal Rescue, the Arizona Humane Society and Maricopa County Animal Care and Control.
As goals are achieved, Maddie’s Fund intends to provide as much as $3.5 million over seven years to end the killing of healthy shelter animals in Maricopa County.
