In 2011, the City of San Antonio was mired in animal control problems, and citizen complaints were coming from two different directions. On one had, an estimated 153,000 stray aniimals roamed city streets, and residents complained bitterly about health and safety concerns. On the other hand, the City was in the fourth yeat of a failed five-year initiative to reach a Live Release Rate of 70%, and concerned residents worried about the euthanizing of so many animals. Like man other entities, the City of San Antonio found itself generally alone in the seeming contradictory position of needing to reduce the stray population and reducing the number of animals euthanized.