Texas Animal Shelter Statistics
South region · 2 tracked shelters · 2025 data
Last updated:
Figures are based on the most recent publicly available reports and are subject to verification.
- Tracked shelters
- 2
- Total intake
- 37,645
- Euthanized
- 4,140–4,640
- Calc. live outcome rate
- 87.2%
- National: 82%
Source: Shelter Animals Count — Texas ↗✓ Last verified October 1, 2026
Shelters tracked in Texas
Sorted by live outcome rate. Detailed pages: Houston animal shelter statistics · Austin animal shelter statistics
About Texas's shelter data
Texas has high animal intake relative to population, driven by large urban shelters in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Austin is a long-standing 'no-kill' city with a 95%+ live outcome target set by city council.
Across the 2 Texas shelters SaveAPaw tracks, reported intake totaled 37,645 animals, with 14,165 adoptions and 4,140–4,640 euthanasias. The combined calculated live outcome rate is 87.2%, compared with the 82% national estimate.
Austin has the highest headline outcome rate of the tracked Texas shelters (~95% live outcome rate), while Houston has the lowest (81.4–83.3% live outcome rate). Totals reflect only the shelters listed below, not every shelter in the state.
Frequently asked questions
- How many animals enter shelters in Texas?
- The 2 tracked Texas shelters reported 37,645 intakes in their latest reporting year.
- What is the live outcome rate in Texas?
- 87.2% across tracked shelters (adoption, return to owner or transfer, divided by all outcomes).
- How many shelter animals were euthanized in Texas?
- 4,140–4,640 across the tracked shelters.
- Which Texas shelters does SaveAPaw track?
- BARC Animal Shelter & Adoptions; Austin Animal Center.
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Source notes: state totals are sums of the tracked shelters listed above. See methodology for definitions.