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The Ripon Police Department is open 24 hours a day, and is located at 259 N. Wilma Ave, next to the Town Square Shopping Plaza.
Inquires may be directed to:
Ripon Police Department
259 N. Wilma Ave.
Ripon, CA 95366
Business Line:
(209) 599-2102
For Emergencies dial 9-1-1
Animal Statistics
Thinking about having puppies or kittens? Review the statistics below to see how important it is to spay or neuter your pet!
To expose the magnitude of the pet overpopulation problem, the statistics shown below reveal how many animals come into our shelter every year. The data is given for all animals and then is broken down further for dogs and cats.
2007 Statistics
TYPE |
DOGS |
CATS |
BIRDS
(chickens,
ducks,
parrot) |
Other (snakes, turtles,
rodents, bats, fox,
beaver, rat, lizard,
raccoon, squirrel,
pig, hamster) |
Total |
| Impounds |
336 |
408 |
70 |
71 |
885 |
| Adoptions |
49 |
56 |
1 |
2 |
108 |
| Reclaimed |
178 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
195 |
| Euthanized |
53 |
253 |
4 |
5 |
315 |
| Deceased P/U |
19 |
57 |
33 |
29 |
138 |
| Transferred to other shelter |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Transferred to Rescue |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
| Died in Shelter |
7 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
| Escaped |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Home Quarantine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Shelter Quarantine |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Vet Destroyed |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Released back to the wild |
0 |
0 |
29 |
35 |
64 |
| Housed at Shelter as of 12/31/05 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
2006 Statistics
TYPE |
DOGS |
CATS |
BIRDS (chickens,
ducks,
parrot) |
Other (snakes, turtles,
rodents, bats, fox,
beaver, rat, lizard,
raccoon, squirrel,
pig, hamster) |
Total |
| Impounds |
332 |
421 |
68 |
100 |
921 |
| Adoptions |
51 |
52 |
5 |
3 |
111 |
| Reclaimed |
160 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
178 |
| Euthanized |
71 |
268 |
0 |
0 |
339 |
| Deceased P/U |
20 |
49 |
38 |
30 |
137 |
| Transferred to other shelter |
10 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| Transferred to Rescue |
4 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
| Died in Shelter |
3 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
31 |
| Escaped |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| Home Quarantine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Shelter Quarantine |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Vet Destroyed |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Released back to the wild |
0 |
0 |
13 |
67 |
80 |
| Housed at Shelter as of 12/31/05 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2005 Statistics
| TYPE |
CATS & DOGS |
BIRDS (chickens, ducks, parrot) |
Other (snakes, turtles, rodents, bats, fox, beaver, rat, lizard,
raccoon, squirrel, pig, hamster) |
Total |
| Impounds |
773 |
80 |
34 |
887 (intake) |
| Adoptions |
117 |
6 |
10 |
123 |
| Reclaimed |
191 |
3 |
0 |
194 |
| Euthanized |
308 |
0 |
2 |
310 |
| Deceased P/U |
89 |
44 |
15 |
148 |
| Transferred to other shelter |
4 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
| Transferred to Rescue |
19 |
11 |
0 |
30 |
| Died in Shelter |
22 |
10 |
1 |
33 |
| Escaped |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Home Quarantine |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Shelter Quarantine |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Vet Destroyed |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Released back to the wild |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
| Housed at Shelter as of 12/31/05 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Years 2001 - 2004
|
DOGS
|
| |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Entering Shelter (live) |
426 |
117 |
196 |
206 |
| Reclaimed by Owner |
381 |
88 |
102 |
94 |
| Adopted |
11 |
17 |
33 |
58 |
| Euthanized |
27 |
57 |
50 |
48 |
| Died in Shelter |
1 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
| Stolen/Escaped |
3 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
| Transferred to other Shelter |
3 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Pick up of deceased |
5 |
8 |
13 |
17 |
| Bites |
11 |
21 |
20 |
20 |
| |
|
CATS
|
| |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Entering Shelter (live) |
47 |
211 |
247 |
334 |
| Reclaimed by Owner |
2 |
7 |
25 |
19 |
| Adopted |
1 |
10 |
15 |
25 |
| Euthanized |
35 |
160 |
177 |
268 |
| Died in Shelter |
0 |
7 |
17 |
20 |
| Stolen/Escaped |
9 |
27 |
13 |
1 |
| Transferred to other Shelter |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Pick up of deceased |
1 |
6 |
13 |
31 |
| Bites |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
