Observed arrival · 2026-10-24

Shelter Insights turns animal-shelter data into practical benchmarks

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Free analytics and tools help animal shelters examine length of stay, care costs, kennel capacity, and pet listings.

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For: Animal shelter teams making daily care and placement decisions
Worth noticing: Its 19-day average stay comes from 386,091 completed dog and cat stays at four of eight open-data shelters.

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The stay analysis names Austin, Dallas, Long Beach, and Sonoma County, and notes that foster time is included where shelters record it. The homepage estimates an extra week of care at about $84–91 per animal, based on a cited study's daily dog and cat costs. Other listed resources include adoption research, methodology, export guides, and badges or widgets.

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