Death Row Dals - Statistics of Dalmatians in So Cal Shelters

The explosion of unwanted Dalmatians in the shelters of Southern California has totally overwhelmed rescue efforts. The following table illustrates the situation in Southern California shelters. The numbers represent Dalmatians that have been reported as being in those shelters within the time frame but there may have been others that came and went in between. Unfortunately, the majority of the Dalmatians in these shelters are being euthanized. Only a few lucky ones manage to get adopted, despite our efforts to interest the public and the media in their plight. This table will be updated monthly, a sad testimony to the "disposable pets" attitude of our society.

The statistics below were generated from our Shelter Dalmatian database for all Dalmatians entered into the database during each month. These are actual Dalmatians, not estimates! This data is drawn from volunteer reports or shelter websites for over 60 Southern California shelters all the way from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. We do not receive reports from all shelters all the time so we cannot make any claim to completeness of this data. Our past statistics from before 2001 have been recalculated as if we had been collecting data the same way for previous years so that comparisons are possible.

Gender	Age	Jan 04	Feb 04	Mar 04	Apr 04	May 04	Jun 04	Jul 04	Aug 04	Sept 04	Oct 04	Nov 04	Dec 04	Total
Female	Under 6 months	6	3	7	1	2	2	4	2	1	2	4	1	35
Female	6 months to 11 months	6	5	5	6	6	2	2	3	4	6	3	2	50
Female	1 year to 2 years	17	18	23	19	16	17	23	23	20	29	15	11	231
Female	3 years to 5 years	14	7	17	10	12	12	11	9	6	14	10	10	132
Female	6 years to 8 years	8	3	7	3	2	7	7	2	5	4	2	4	54
Female	9 or more years	1	0	2	1	5	0	6	2	2	3	3	1	26
	Total Females	52	36	61	40	43	40	53	41	38	58	37	29	528
Male	Under 6 months	3	0	1	0	1	2	4	4	2	0	3	2	22
Male	6 months to 11 months	3	4	5	0	8	2	1	5	3	2	8	2	43
Male	1 year to 2 years	29	16	29	13	23	13	33	26	10	18	20	14	244
Male	3 years to 5 years	16	15	15	14	11	5	21	12	13	17	5	7	151
Male	6 years to 8 years	7	4	3	7	1	2	10	3	6	1	0	2	46
Male	9 or more years	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	16
	Total Males	59	41	54	36	45	25	71	50	37	40	37	27	522
	Total Dals	111	77	115	76	88	65	124	91	75	98	74	56	1050