Module 6: The Case of the Overwhelmed Shelter

To Report or Not Report – What is Required?

The National Shelter Database created by Shelter Animals Count depends on voluntary reporting of data by sheltering organizations. These organizations believe that transparent sharing of data will enable progress in the life-saving mission of shelters and have a positive impact on pet homelessness over time.

But voluntary reporting likely underestimates the numbers of animals in shelters and their outcomes. Right now, only about 20% of states in the US require sheltering agencies to report their intake and outcome data.

What about Florida? Florida Statute 823.15 Section (2)(a) was passed into law in July 2013. ​Here is Section (2)(a):

 

 

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