Animals & intake

How to record an animal leaving your care

Adoption, return to owner, transfer, or the outcomes nobody enjoys recording.

⏱ 2–5 minutes Needs the Staff role (or higher)

  1. Open the animal’s record. From the Animals list or by scanning its kennel QR sticker.
  2. Choose Outcome. Say what happened - adoption, return to owner, transfer out, return to field, or a died/lost/euthanasia outcome with its own reason.
  3. Add the details the outcome needs. A transfer asks which agency; a euthanasia or died-in-care outcome asks for the category your Asilomar reporting groups it under.

Worth knowing: An adoption outcome is created for you automatically once an adoption record is marked complete - you do not fill this out twice for the same animal.

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