2025 Impact Report

Every animal who comes through our doors has a story. This report tells the story of what happens next — how together, we turn uncertainty into care and care into hope.

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2025

Yellow

Mango

Jazzy

Blue

Luna

Bailey

Hershey

Bubbles

Fennec

Cola

Jinx

Snowman

Pumpkin

4,513

Animals Admitted

1 How do animals find their way to us?

Intake Methods

*Ancillary intakes include animals born in care, emergency boarding and deceased on arrival.

Patch

How'd you get here?

Sasha

Long story... but I'm safe now

EHS animal care team member holding a cat.

2 What does it take to care for 4,513 pets?

Animals undergo a medical assessment. Dogs also get a behaviour assessment.

3,640

Shelter Animals Spayed/Neutered

3,498

Animals Microchipped

521

Specialty Surgeries

Exercise, enrichment and socialization are provided daily.

3 How long do they stay here?

Did you know?

Our volunteers spent 14,235 hours walking and socializing dogs in our care. They also spent 4,643 hours providing cuddles and enrichment to cats.

Average Length of Stay

In 2025, the overall average length of stay was 18.5 days, compared to 17 days in 2024 and 20 in 2023.

4 How do we help animals?

3,847

ANIMALS ADOPTED

Alice

The best part of the story!

Animals Adopted

In addition to rabbits, birds and guinea pigs, EHS also found homes for hamsters, gerbils, marsupials, ferrets and mice!

5 How do we help our community...

2,371

dogs enrolled in training classes at EHS

... and inspire compassion towards animals?

3,903

people reached through humane education

Did you know?

We distributed over

49,570

pounds of food with our Pet Pantry program, to help families care for their pets.

Shayne

We get pet food support here.

Benny

Your family can too!

Learn About Our Pet Pantry
EHS team member working in the Pet Pantry.

32 Pallets

of Food/Supplies Distributed to Partners

694 Animals Spayed/Neutered

Through Our PALS Program

62 Animals

Cared for in Emergency Boarding

6 And how is all of this made possible?

682

volunteers completed a combined total of

30,299

shelter & event hours

equivalent to

15

full-time staff

1,088 Volunteers at EHS

682

Shelter & Event Volunteers

406

Foster Volunteers

1,088 Volunteers at EHS

As of December 31, 2025

1,827

animals cared for in foster homes

258

active foster families

47,938

Gifts

$8.2M+

Total Donations Given

$173

Average Gift Amount

8.7M+

People Reached on Social

Gregithy

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Thank You

Dog outdoors.

Thank you for being part of these journeys — see more of what we accomplished with your support!

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Cat being pet.