--- title: "Open Pet Data: A Directory of Datasets" description: "A directory of 635 open datasets and APIs about pets — ownership, breeds, shelters, food safety, health, insurance, and more — across 37 categories, each with its source and license." url: https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources --- # Open Pet Data: A Directory of Datasets This directory catalogs 635 open datasets and APIs about pets, grouped into 37 categories. Each entry links to its publisher and notes how to access it, its coverage, and its license. Everything here is public and free to use, gathered to make pet data easier to find and cite. ## Categories - [Spending & economics](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#spending-and-economics) — 36 sources - [Ownership & population](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#ownership-and-population) — 35 sources - [Shelters & adoption](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#shelters-and-adoption) — 27 sources - [Veterinary drugs & AMR](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#veterinary-drugs-and-amr) — 26 sources - [Climate & heat risk](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#climate-and-heat-risk) — 23 sources - [Dog bites & safety](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#dog-bites-and-safety) — 23 sources - [Pet insurance](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-insurance) — 23 sources - [Disease surveillance](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#disease-surveillance) — 22 sources - [Travel & import rules](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#travel-and-import-rules) — 22 sources - [Breed popularity](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#breed-popularity) — 21 sources - [Pet food recalls & safety](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-food-recalls-and-safety) — 21 sources - [Trade & imports](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#trade-and-imports) — 21 sources - [Animal cruelty & law enforcement](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#animal-cruelty-and-law-enforcement) — 20 sources - [Microchipping & ID](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#microchipping-and-id) — 20 sources - [Pet-friendly infrastructure](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-friendly-infrastructure) — 20 sources - [Welfare legislation](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#welfare-legislation) — 20 sources - [Pet food & nutrition](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-food-and-nutrition) — 19 sources - [Genomics & cohorts](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#genomics-and-cohorts) — 18 sources - [Working & service animals](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#working-and-service-animals) — 16 sources - [AI / computer-vision datasets](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#ai-computer-vision-datasets) — 14 sources - [Retail & e-commerce](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#retail-and-e-commerce) — 14 sources - [Spay/neuter](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#spay-neuter) — 14 sources - [Wildlife & exotic pets](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#wildlife-and-exotic-pets) — 14 sources - [Poison control & toxicology](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#poison-control-and-toxicology) — 13 sources - [Animal control](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#animal-control) — 13 sources - [Cats & TNR](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#cats-and-tnr) — 13 sources - [Veterinary health surveillance](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#veterinary-health-surveillance) — 13 sources - [Dog & pet licensing](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#dog-and-pet-licensing) — 12 sources - [Health & longevity](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#health-and-longevity) — 12 sources - [Pet names](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-names) — 12 sources - [Pet-care businesses](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-care-businesses) — 12 sources - [Demographics by geography](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#demographics-by-geography) — 9 sources - [Lost, found & strays](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#lost-found-and-strays) — 8 sources - [Behavior & temperament](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#behavior-and-temperament) — 8 sources - [Vaccination](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#vaccination) — 8 sources - [Pet safety & adverse events](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#pet-safety-and-adverse-events) — 7 sources - [Open-data repositories](https://www.pawsitivid.com/open-pet-data/sources#open-data-repositories) — 6 sources ## Spending & economics (36) - [AAVMC Public Data / Annual Data Report (vet-school enrollment, applicants, tuition & debt)](https://www.aavmc.org/about-aavmc/public-data/) (American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges · portal · US + Canada + international member colleges) — Vet-workforce pipeline metrics: DVM enrollment (~15,157), applicant counts, tuition/student-debt — powers 'becoming a vet / vet shortage' explainer content - [American Pet Products Association (APPA) — Pet Industry Market Size & Spending (research-insights + press releases)](https://americanpetproducts.org/research-insights) (American Pet Products Association · portal · United States (national)) — The most-cited US pet-industry totals ($152B 2024 actual / $157–158B 2025; food $68.3B, vet/products $41B, supplies/OTC/live $34.4B, services $14.3B). Free headline numbers power a 'pet industry market size' citation page; see e.g. the $158B-in-2025 press release. - [Animal Medicines Australia — 'Pets in Australia' national survey (spending & ownership)](https://animalmedicinesaustralia.org.au/report/) (Animal Medicines Australia · report_pdf · Australia (national)) — Australia pet-spending totals (~A$21.3B/yr; food 46%, vet, accessories, insurance) and per-household spend (dogs ~A$2,520, cats ~A$1,656) plus 73% ownership rate. Powers an Australia pet-economics stats page; downloadable PDFs (e.g. 2022, 2025) are freely citable. - [AVMA U.S. Veterinarian Numbers (market research statistics)](https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/reports-statistics/market-research-statistics-us-veterinarians) (American Veterinary Medical Association · portal · US national + by state and employment sector) — Total active US veterinarian count, by-state and by-sector breakdowns for clinic-density and 'vets per state' intelligence - [BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — Pets, toys, hobbies & playground equipment (LABSTAT / public API)](https://www.bls.gov/cex/) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · api · United States (national; demographic and regional cross-tabs)) — Average annual household pet spending broken down by income, household size/composition, and urban/rural — powers 'how much the average household spends on pets' segmented by demographics. Programmatic access via BLS Public Data API v2 (api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2). Note: CE bundles pets with toys/hobbies at the published level. - [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) — Veterinarians (SOC 29-1131)](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291131.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · portal · US national, all 50 states + DC, metro/nonmetro areas) — Vet salary/employment-by-state pages, 'how much do vets earn near you' metros, vet headcount per metro; median wage 2024 = $125,510 - [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — Veterinarians](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/veterinarians.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · portal · US national) — Authoritative headline figures for 'veterinarian profession' explainer pages: total employed, median pay, 10-yr job-growth outlook, entry education - [BLS OEWS — Veterinary Technologists & Technicians (29-2056) and Vet Assistants (31-9096)](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes292056.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · portal · US national, state, metro/nonmetro) — Vet-tech / vet-assistant wage & employment pages by state and metro; supports vet-clinic staffing-cost intelligence (vet-tech median 2024 = $45,980) - [BLS Public Data API v2 (OEWS + CPI/PPI series)](https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · api · US national / state / metro depending on series) — Programmatic pull of vet/vet-tech wages and veterinary CPI/PPI to auto-refresh cost-trend charts on directory and 'cost of vet care' pages - [Census Bureau — NAICS 541940 Veterinary Services (Economic Census / County Business Patterns)](https://www.census.gov/naics/) (U.S. Census Bureau · api · US national, state, county, ZIP) — Counts of veterinary-services establishments, employment & payroll down to county/ZIP — powers vet-clinic-density maps and 'how many vet clinics in [city]' metrics. Pull via api.census.gov with NAICS=541940 - [data.census.gov — NAICS 453910/459910 industry profile (Pet and pet supplies stores)](https://data.census.gov/profile/453910_-_Pet_and_pet_supplies_stores?n=453910) (U.S. Census Bureau · portal · United States (national, with drill-downs)) — Human-readable landing page consolidating establishments, employment, payroll and sales for pet retail — quick-reference figures for editorial stat callouts and a no-code entry point to the same data the Economic Census API serves. - [Eurostat Health Personnel — practising/professionally-active veterinarians (hlth_rs_prs1 / hlth_rs_prsns)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prs1/default/table?lang=en) (Eurostat (European Commission) · api · EU27 + EFTA / candidate countries) — Number of veterinarians per country/per-capita over time; powers EU vet-density choropleths and country-comparison tables. API: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination - [Eurostat — Household Budget Survey: Mean / structure of consumption expenditure by COICOP (hbs_exp_t121, hbs_str_t211)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/household-budget-surveys/database) (Eurostat (European Commission) · api · EU member states + EEA/candidate countries) — Per-household pet/pet-related spending across European countries (pets sit under COICOP recreation/culture group). Machine-readable via the Eurostat dissemination API (ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/). Powers EU cross-country pet-spending comparisons. - [Eurostat — Household final consumption expenditure by purpose, COICOP (nama_10_co3_p3)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_co3_p3/default/table?lang=en) (Eurostat (European Commission) · api · EU member states (national accounts basis)) — Annual national-accounts COICOP expenditure series (more current than the 5-yearly HBS) for European pet/recreation spending trend lines; API-queryable for an always-fresh EU chart. - [FRED API (developer access for veterinary series)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · api · US) — Automated refresh of veterinary CPI/PPI and NAICS 541940 output charts via fred/series/observations endpoint - [FRED — CPI for All Urban Consumers: Pet Food and Treats, U.S. City Average (CUUR0000SS61031)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUUR0000SS61031) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) · api · United States (national city average)) — Pet-food price-inflation tracker; a live 'pet food prices over time' chart and the input for cost-of-ownership estimates. Seasonally adjusted variant CUSR0000SS61031 also available. - [FRED — PCE: Pets, pet products, and related services (chain-type price index) (DPETRG3A086NBEA)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DPETRG3A086NBEA) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (data from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) · api · United States (national)) — Real-vs-nominal pet spending and pet-specific inflation deflator; powers an 'is pet care getting more expensive' explainer alongside the nominal PCE series. - [FRED — Personal Consumption Expenditures: Pets, pet products, and related services (DPETRC1A027NBEA)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DPETRC1A027NBEA) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (data from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) · api · United States (national)) — Headline US pet-spending time series for a 'How much do Americans spend on pets' stat page; long-run trend chart and YoY growth metric. Machine-readable via FRED API (api.stlouisfed.org/fred/series/observations). - [FRED — Producer Price Index by Commodity: Pet Food (WPU029402)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU029402) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) · api · United States (national)) — Wholesale/producer-side pet food price pressure — leading indicator for retail pet-food inflation; supports supply-chain/cost-trend commentary. - [FRED — Real Sectoral Output, Pet and Pet Supplies Stores (NAICS 453910) (IPUHN453910T010000000)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IPUHN453910T010000000) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry Productivity) · api · United States (national)) — Pet-retail-sector output, employment, productivity and labor-compensation series (companion FRED series IPUHN453910W* / U110000000 / L000000000) for a 'pet retail industry by the numbers' page. - [FRED — Veterinary economic series (CPI, PPI, sectoral output & employment NAICS 541940)](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/tags/series?t=ppi%3Bveterinary) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (sourced from BLS/BEA) · api · US national) — Time-series charts of veterinary-services price inflation and industry output/employment; powers 'is vet care getting more expensive?' trend widgets. Key series: WPU0634 (vet pharma PPI), IPUMN541940 (vet-services output/employment), plus CPI veterinary-services index - [FVE VetSurvey — Survey of the Veterinary Profession in Europe](https://fve.org/publications/survey-of-the-veterinary-profession-in-europe/) (Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (Mirza & Nacey Research) · report_pdf · Europe (24+ FVE member countries)) — Pan-European vet headcount (~328,494), gender split, sector mix, income & job-market indicators — powers Europe-wide vet-workforce comparison pages - [Iowa Dept of Agriculture — Licensed Veterinarians & Vet Technicians (open licensing list)](https://data.iowaagriculture.gov/licensing_lists/veterinarians/) (Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship / Board of Veterinary Medicine · bulk_download · Iowa (US state)) — Address-level licensed-vet roster for clinic-directory seeding & vet-count-by-county in Iowa; template for replicating across other state licensing portals - [RCVS Facts (annual register & workforce statistics)](https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-views/publications/rcvs-facts-2024/) (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (UK) · portal · United Kingdom (+ overseas-registered)) — UK vet & vet-nurse headcount, demographics, geographic distribution, part-time rates — powers UK vet-density and workforce pages - [RCVS Surveys of the Veterinary & Veterinary Nursing Professions (full reports)](https://www.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-views/news/rcvs-news-surveys-of-the-professions-2024-reports-published/) (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons / Institute for Employment Studies · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — Earnings, working hours, wellbeing, retention/exit and 'affordability of care' attitudes for UK vets; supports vet-economics & workforce-shortage narratives - [U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 Economic Census API (ecnbasic), Pet and Pet Supplies Retailers (NAICS 459910)](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/economic-census.html) (U.S. Census Bureau · api · United States (national, state, metro/MSA)) — Authoritative establishment count, sales/revenue, employment and payroll for pet-supplies retail. Query e.g. api.census.gov/data/2022/ecnbasic?get=...&NAICS2022=459910. Powers market-size and 'number of pet stores in the US' stats. - [U.S. Census Bureau — Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) tables, Pet & Pet Supplies Retailers](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/arts/data/tables.html) (U.S. Census Bureau · bulk_download · United States (national)) — Annual sales and e-commerce share for the pet retail line — supports a 'pet retail / pet e-commerce growth' trend page complementing the 5-yearly Economic Census. - [U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns (CBP) API, Pet Care Services (NAICS 812910)](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/cbp-zbp/cbp-api.html) (U.S. Census Bureau · api · United States — national, state, county, metro, ZIP, congressional district) — Geographic counts of pet-care service establishments (grooming, boarding, training under 812910) and pet-supplies retail (459910) down to county/ZIP — powers local 'pet businesses near you' density maps and per-city industry stats. - [UK ONS — Family Spending in the UK (household expenditure by COICOP, incl. pets)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/bulletins/familyspendingintheuk/april2023tomarch2024) (UK Office for National Statistics · bulk_download · United Kingdom (national + regional/demographic breakdowns)) — Average weekly UK household pet spending by region, income and household type; ONS also reports total UK pet expenditure (~£9.89B in 2022). Powers UK-specific 'cost of owning a pet' and market-size pages. - [USDA APHIS National Veterinary Accreditation Program — Accredited Veterinarian Search](https://vsapps.aphis.usda.gov/vsps/public/VetSearch.do) (USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service · portal · US (state-specific accreditation)) — Locating USDA-accredited vets (those that issue travel/health certificates) by area — powers 'pet travel / health certificate vet near you' directory pages - [USDA NASS Quick Stats — Census of Agriculture 'Veterinary Services' farm expenses](https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/api) (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service · api · US national, state, county) — Farm/livestock veterinary spending by state & county; powers rural/large-animal vet-spend maps and ag-vet economics pages - [Kaggle — E-Commerce Pet Supplies Dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/kanchana1990/e-commerce-pet-supplies-dataset) (Kaggle community (uploader: kanchana1990) · bulk_download · Online marketplace listings (not population-representative)) — Product-level pricing, categories and ratings for pet supplies — useful for an e-commerce pet-product price benchmark or 'what pet products cost online' analysis. Illustrative only; not an official market-size source. - [Kaggle — US Pet Food & Supply Stores](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/vvlynnthu/us-pet-food-supply-stores) (Kaggle community (uploader: vvlynnthu) · bulk_download · United States) — Listing of US pet food/supply store locations for a coarse store-density or coverage cross-check; supplements the authoritative CBP establishment counts. - [Statista — Pet ownership & pet market topic hubs (free headline figures)](https://www.statista.com/topics/1258/pets/) (Statista · portal · Global / US / per-country) — Free headline values (e.g. UK pet expenditure £-figures, US/EU market sizes) usable as secondary citations where the primary source isn't directly downloadable; treat numbers as pointers back to APPA/ONS/Euromonitor primaries. - [UK ONS — Consumer Trends (quarterly household final consumption by COICOP)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/satelliteaccounts/bulletins/consumertrends/julytoseptember2025) (UK Office for National Statistics · bulk_download · United Kingdom (national)) — Higher-frequency UK pet/recreation expenditure series for an up-to-date 'UK pet spending this quarter' indicator complementing the annual Family Spending bulletin. - [WOAH WAHIS — Veterinary Services personnel by country](https://wahis.woah.org/#/home) (World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH/OIE) · portal · Global (WOAH member countries)) — Country-level counts of veterinarians and veterinary para-professionals worldwide — powers global vet-workforce maps and country-comparison intelligence ## Ownership & population (35) - [American Horse Council — 2023 National Equine Economic Impact Study (headline figures)](https://horsecouncil.org/economic-impact-study/) (American Horse Council (AHC) · report_pdf · United States — national + state add-ons) — Free headline stats — ~6.6M US horses (2023), $177B economic impact, 2.2M jobs — for an industry-overview page; full granular report is paywalled, use only the published headline numbers. - [American Kennel Club Registration Statistics](https://www.akc.org/press-center/articles-resources/facts-and-stats/breeds-year-recognized/) (American Kennel Club (AKC) · portal · United States) — US most-popular-breed rankings and breeds-by-year-recognized; powers breed-popularity content. Public facts/stats pages are open; detailed reg-stats spreadsheets are delegate-gated - [AVMA U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics (headline page)](https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/reports-statistics/us-pet-ownership-statistics) (American Veterinary Medical Association · portal · United States (national + state-level in full sourcebook)) — US national dog/cat population trend (52.9M->87.3M dogs since 1996; 76.3M cats) and ownership rates; benchmark for US pet-population pages. Note: full state-level Sourcebook is paywalled (~$475, free to AVMA members) - [BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program Data (population estimates + on/off-range)](https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/about-the-program/program-data) (US Bureau of Land Management (Department of the Interior) · report_pdf · United States — 10 western states, by Herd Management Area) — US wild/feral horse and burro population counts, adoptions, removals, holding numbers — powers a distinct 'wild horse population' stat page separate from domestic equines. - [Canadian Pet Population Survey](https://cahi-icsa.ca/canadian-pet-population-survey) (Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) · report_pdf · Canada (national)) — Canada dog/cat population counts (7.2M dogs, 8.2M cats in 2024) and ownership share of households; Canada pet-population page - [Dog Licences datasets on data.gov.ie (e.g. Dublin City, Fingal County)](https://data.gov.ie/dataset/dog-licences-fcc3) (Irish local authorities via data.gov.ie (CKAN) · bulk_download · Ireland (by county/council)) — Annual dog-licence counts by Irish council (annual vs lifetime licences) via direct CSV download - county-level dog-ownership/registration metrics - [Estimation of the UK Pet Dog Population (research report)](https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/downloads/estimation-UK-pet-dog-population-2024.pdf) (Dogs Trust · report_pdf · United Kingdom (with regional density/demographics)) — Methodologically rigorous UK dog-population size, density, and demographic breakdown - good for a 'how many dogs in the UK / by region' explainer - [FEDIAF European Facts & Figures (Annual Report)](https://europeanpetfood.org/about/statistics/) (FEDIAF (European Pet Food Federation) · report_pdf · 41 European countries (EU + EEA + most Council of Europe states)) — Authoritative pan-European dog/cat population counts and household ownership rates (e.g. 299M pets, 89.6M dogs, 108M cats, 25%/26% household ownership) for a 'pet ownership by country/Europe' intelligence page - [Global distribution data for cattle, buffaloes, horses... 2010 (Scientific Data, Nature)](https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata2018227) (Nicolas et al. / Nature Scientific Data · report_pdf · Global) — Peer-reviewed methodology + citation backing for the gridded horse-density map; use as the authoritative source citation for GLW3 (2010) horse rasters. - [Gridded Livestock of the World v4 — Global horses distribution 2015 (GLW 4)](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/JJGCTX) (FAO / Université Libre de Bruxelles (Harvard Dataverse) · bulk_download · Global, ~10 km / 5-arc-min grid, year 2015) — Spatial horse-density rasters for choropleth/heatmap 'where horses are concentrated' maps at sub-national resolution — feeds the interactive directory map layer. - [Identitas AG datasets on opendata.swiss](https://opendata.swiss/en/organization/identitas) (Identitas AG / opendata.swiss (Swiss government open-data portal, CKAN) · portal · Switzerland) — CKAN-catalogued Swiss dog-keeper and animal datasets discoverable via DCAT/API; same data as Tierstatistik in an open-data wrapper for automated ingestion - [Identitas Tierstatistik (Animal Statistics) - Amicus dogs / Anis cats](https://tierstatistik.identitas.ch/en/genus-dogs.html) (Identitas AG (on behalf of Swiss Federal authorities) · bulk_download · Switzerland (national, with canton and breed breakdowns)) — Machine-readable Swiss dog/cat registration counts by canton/breed/year (551,964 dogs Feb 2025) - directly powers maps and breed-popularity charts; per-plot 'Download data (CSV)' export - [Kaggle — Horse Colic Dataset (UCI ML Repository mirror)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/uciml/horse-colic) (UCI Machine Learning Repository (via Kaggle) · bulk_download · N/A (clinical case data)) — Equine veterinary outcome features (colic survival, vitals) — supports a 'common equine health conditions' explainer or an ML demo, not population stats. - [New Zealand Dog Control Statistics](https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/dog-control-statistics) (Department of Internal Affairs (NZ) via data.govt.nz (CKAN) · portal · New Zealand (national + by district/council)) — Registered-dog counts by district/breed sourced from the National Dog Database; NZ dog-population maps and breed stats (the live NDD itself is council-only, but aggregate stats are open) - [Our World in Data — Livestock counts (horses)](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/livestock-counts) (Our World in Data (processing FAO data) · bulk_download · Global, by country, 1961–present) — Clean, ready-to-chart horse population counts by country/year — ideal embeddable trend visual and a quick reference table without parsing raw FAO. - [PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report](https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report/uk-pet-populations-of-dogs-cats-and-rabbits) (PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, UK) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK dog/cat/rabbit population estimates (11.1M dogs, 10.5M cats, 0.7M rabbits) and ownership behaviour; powers a UK pet-population/ownership page - [Pets in Australia: A National Survey of Pets and People](https://animalmedicinesaustralia.org.au/resources/pets-in-australia-a-national-survey-of-pets-and-people-3/) (Animal Medicines Australia · report_pdf · Australia (national)) — Australia pet-population and household ownership rates (31.6M pets, 73% of households, 7.4M dogs, 49%/34% dog/cat household rates) for an Australia pet-ownership page - [Royal Kennel Club Breed Registration Statistics](https://www.royalkennelclub.com/about-us/resources/breed-registration-statistics/) (The Royal Kennel Club (UK) · portal · United Kingdom) — UK pedigree-dog breed registration counts by breed and group (gundog, toy, terrier, etc.) - breed-popularity rankings and trends pages - [Seattle Pet Licenses (Socrata SODA API)](https://data.seattle.gov/Community/Seattle-Pet-Licenses/jguv-t9rb) (City of Seattle Open Data · api · Seattle, WA, USA (by ZIP code)) — Licensed dog/cat counts by species, breed, and ZIP via SODA API (dataset id jguv-t9rb) - city-level pet-density and breed-popularity maps; clean machine-readable example for a US-city template - [State of Pet Homelessness Project / Index](https://www.stateofpethomelessness.com/) (Mars Petcare (with animal-welfare partners) · portal · 20 countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, NZ, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand)) — Cross-country owned vs. street vs. shelter dog/cat population estimates and a 0-10 homelessness index per country - global pet-population and homelessness comparison pages (per-country PDFs e.g. SoPH-Poland.pdf) - [Statistics Canada — Horses, number on farms at June 1 and December 1](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a3ecf553-8ec4-4551-a0fe-8df1472c6cf7) (Statistics Canada (Open Government Portal) · bulk_download · Canada — national/provincial) — Higher-frequency Canadian on-farm horse counts to complement the 5-year census — trend line for Canada equine numbers. - [Statistics Canada — Other livestock inventories: Horses and ponies (Census of Agriculture)](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210037301) (Statistics Canada · api · Canada — national, provincial, census division) — Canadian horse/pony inventory by province and census division — powers Canada equine population pages and regional density maps. - [UN Data — FAO Live animals: Horses (itemCode 1096)](https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=FAO&f=itemCode:1096) (United Nations Statistics Division (FAO data) · portal · Global, by country, 1961–present) — Alternative friendly browser/export of FAO horse stock counts by country — quick lookups and a simpler export path than raw FAOSTAT for the population stat block. - [USDA APHIS NAHMS Equine Studies (Equine 2015, Equine 1998/2005; 2026 study launching)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/nahms/equine) (USDA APHIS National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) · report_pdf · United States (28 states, ~71% of equids)) — Equine health and management benchmarks — vaccination rates, deworming, common diseases, vet-care practices, biosecurity. Powers welfare/health 'how owners care for horses' editorial stats. - [USDA Census of Agriculture — Equine Inventory & Sales (Table 18 / equine tables)](https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/index.php) (USDA NASS · report_pdf · United States — national + state) — Headline US equine inventory and sales counts for a 'US horse industry at a glance' page; pairs with Quick Stats for granular pulls. - [USDA NASS Quick Stats — Equine inventory (Census of Agriculture + surveys)](https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/) (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) · api · United States — national, state, county) — US horse/equine inventory and sales down to county level — powers state and county 'horses per area' pages and per-state equine population maps. API key free from NASS developer page. - [AnimalhealthEurope - Pet Populations in Europe (Facts & Figures)](https://figures.animalhealtheurope.eu/pet-populations-in-europe/) (AnimalhealthEurope · portal · Europe (by country)) — Country-by-country European dog/cat population figures in browsable form - cross-checks/complements FEDIAF for a Europe pet-population comparison page - [Bloomington Animal Shelter / Pet data (Socrata)](https://bloomington.data.socrata.com/dataset/Animal-Shelter-Animals/e245-r9ub/data) (City of Bloomington Open Data · api · Bloomington, IN, USA) — City-level shelter/animal intake counts via Socrata API; supplements municipal pet-population and shelter-intake metrics - [Dallas Animal Services data (Socrata)](https://www.dallasopendata.com/) (City of Dallas / Dallas Open Data · api · Dallas, TX, USA) — Machine-readable Dallas animal-shelter intake/outcome counts via SODA; municipal pet-population/shelter dashboards (search portal for the current dataset id) - [Eurostat — Equidae / livestock (apro_anip; Equidae annual data)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/explore/all/agric?subtheme=agr.apro.apro_anip) (Eurostat (European Commission) · api · EU member states + EFTA) — European horse/donkey/mule head counts and livestock-unit shares per country — powers EU equine population comparison page and regional density visuals. - [FAOSTAT Live Animal Trade Data 2005–2021 (incl. horses) — Mendeley mirror](https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/3r2k68p7x7/1) (FAO (compiled, hosted on Mendeley Data) · bulk_download · Global, by country, 2005–2021) — Cross-border live-horse import/export volumes per country — supports an equine trade/movement stat block and country-comparison visuals. - [Kaggle — Horse Racing Results UK/Ireland 1988–2026](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/deltaromeo/horse-racing-results-ukireland-2015-2025) (Community contributor (deltaromeo) on Kaggle · bulk_download · United Kingdom / Ireland) — Racing/performance records — could power racehorse-focused content or breed/discipline statistics; community-sourced so verify licensing before reuse. - [Pet Ownership Statistics by Country / by State (aggregator tables)](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/pet-ownership-statistics-by-country) (World Population Review · portal · Global (by country) and US (by state)) — Quick cross-country/US-state ownership-rate comparison tables for a global overview page; treat as a directory to primary sources (AVMA/FEDIAF/AMA) rather than authoritative itself - [UK Central Equine Database / National Equine Database (NED legacy)](https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/fb93ee38-a827-4891-b10e-d6e6a5ecb667/national-equine-database-ned) (Defra / Equine Register Ltd (data.gov.uk listing) · portal · United Kingdom) — UK registered-equine counts and passport/microchip context for a 'UK horse population & registration' page; note live CED bulk data is access-controlled, NED is the open metadata record. - [UK Kennel Club Dog Breed Registrations (Kaggle dataset)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/beckiku/uk-kennel-club-dog-breed-registrations) (Kaggle (community dataset derived from Kennel Club data) · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — Ready-to-use 10-year CSV of UK breed registrations with breed characteristics - fast-start breed-popularity time-series without scraping KC pages ## Shelters & adoption (27) - [Austin Animal Center — Intakes (City of Austin Open Data, Socrata/SODA)](https://data.austintexas.gov/Health-and-Community-Services/Austin-Animal-Center-Intakes/wter-evkm) (City of Austin, Texas · api · Austin, TX (largest no-kill municipal shelter)) — Per-animal intake records (type, breed, age, condition, intake type/location) — flagship dataset for adoption/length-of-stay modeling and a 'how shelters work' explainer - [Battersea Dogs & Cats Home — Annual Report & Facts/Figures](https://www.battersea.org.uk/about-us/publications) (Battersea Dogs & Cats Home (UK) · report_pdf · United Kingdom (London-based, non-selective intake)) — UK shelter intake/rehoming counts, reasons-for-surrender breakdown — UK adoption-landscape page and surrender-reason content - [Best Friends Animal Society — Pet Lifesaving Dashboard](https://bestfriends.org/no-kill/animal-shelter-statistics) (Best Friends Animal Society · portal · United States (~4,000 shelters, data from 10,000+ orgs)) — Per-shelter and per-community save-rate vs 90% no-kill threshold, intake/outcome counts — 'is your local shelter no-kill?' lookup and national no-kill progress page - [Best Friends — Shelter Pet Lifesaving Data Annual/Mid-Year Reports](https://bestfriends.org/network/studies-publications/shelter-pet-lifesaving-data-2024-report) (Best Friends Animal Society · report_pdf · United States (national + state)) — National headline figures (dogs/cats killed, save rate trend, no-kill shelter count) — citable stats for trend articles and infographics - [Bloomington (IN) — Animal Shelter Animals (Socrata open data)](https://data.bloomington.in.gov/Public-Works/Animal-Shelter-Animals/e245-r9ub) (City of Bloomington, Indiana (Animal Care & Control) · api · Bloomington, IN) — Small-shelter per-animal intake/outcome (outcome spread across DOA/PTS/movement fields) — small-city benchmark and high live-release-rate case study - [Dallas Animal Services — Shelter Data (Dallas OpenData, Socrata/SODA)](https://www.dallasopendata.com/Services/Dallas-Animal-Shelter-Data-Fiscal-Year-2023-2026/uyte-zi7f) (City of Dallas, Texas · api · Dallas, TX) — Large-shelter intake/outcome/medical/microchip records by fiscal year — stray-dog trend tracking, intake-condition analysis, big-city benchmark - [Kaggle — Austin Animal Center Shelter Intakes and Outcomes (merged)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/aaronschlegel/austin-animal-center-shelter-intakes-and-outcomes) (Kaggle (Aaron Schlegel) / City of Austin · bulk_download · Austin, TX) — Pre-joined intake+outcome convenient for analysis without SODA paging — quick EDA / chart generation for content - [Kaggle — Shelter Animal Outcomes (Austin AAC competition dataset)](https://www.kaggle.com/c/shelter-animal-outcomes) (Kaggle / Austin Animal Center · bulk_download · Austin, TX) — Clean labeled train/test for adoption-outcome ML (5 outcome classes) — backs an 'adoption likelihood predictor' or length-of-stay model demo - [Long Beach Animal Care Services — Shelter Intakes and Outcomes (OpenDataSoft)](https://data.longbeach.gov/explore/dataset/animal-shelter-intakes-and-outcomes/) (City of Long Beach, California · api · Long Beach, CA) — Geo-mapped intake/outcome records + adoption-vs-euthanasia trend story; powers a city-level lifesaving-progress page and map widget - [Los Angeles Animal Services — Intake Data (data.lacity.org, Socrata)](https://data.lacity.org/Sanitation/Animal-Services-Intake-Data/8cmr-fbcu) (City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Animal Services · api · Los Angeles, CA) — Historical big-city intake baseline by animal type/area — useful for long-run context, not current-state metrics (note limited date range) - [Montgomery County (MD) — Adoptable Pets (dataMontgomery, Socrata)](https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Public-Safety/Adoptable-Pets/e54u-qx42) (Montgomery County, Maryland (Animal Services & Adoption Center) · api · Montgomery County, MD) — Live roster of adoptable animals (species/breed/age/intake date) — real-time 'pets available near you' feed and current-inventory metrics - [Petfinder API (v2)](https://www.petfinder.com/developers/) (Petfinder (Nestlé Purina) · api · US + Canada (nationwide aggregation of ~11k+ shelters/rescues)) — Live 'adoptable pets near you' listing/map feed via /v2/animals, /v2/organizations, /v2/types — powers an adoption-search page and per-pet detail pages - [Petfinder API v2](https://www.petfinder.com/developers/v2/docs/) (Petfinder (Nestlé Purina) · api · United States, Canada, Mexico) — Hundreds of thousands of adoptable pets + 10k+ welfare orgs by location/breed/age/size — powers 'adoptable pets near you', breed-availability, and shelter-directory pages - [RescueGroups API v5 Public Docs](https://api.rescuegroups.org/v5/public/docs) (RescueGroups.org · api · US + Canada) — Endpoint/schema reference for integrating the v5 JSON:API (animals, orgs, breeds, species filters) - [RescueGroups Complete Adoptable Pet Data Download via FTP](https://userguide.rescuegroups.org/display/APIDG/Complete+Adoptable+Pet+Data+Download+via+FTP) (RescueGroups.org · bulk_download · US + Canada) — One-shot bulk seed of the adoptable-pet corpus for offline indexing / map clustering before switching to incremental live updates - [RescueGroups.org Adoptable Pet Data API (HTTP/JSON v5 + REST + FTP bulk)](https://rescuegroups.org/services/adoptable-pet-data-api/) (RescueGroups.org · api · US + Canada (thousands of participating shelters/rescues)) — Live adoptable-pet feed with rich fields (color, pattern, animal-specific location); incremental sync into own DB for an adoption directory + map - [RSPCA Australia — National Statistics / Report on Animal Outcomes](https://www.rspca.org.au/what-we-do/our-role-caring-animals/annual-statistics) (RSPCA Australia · report_pdf · Australia (national + by state/territory)) — Australian dog/cat intake, reclaim, rehome, euthanasia and live-release rates — international benchmark page and AU-specific stats - [San Jose Animal Care Center — Intake and Outcomes (CKAN open data)](https://data.sanjoseca.gov/dataset/animal-shelter-intake-and-outcomes) (City of San Jose, California · bulk_download · San Jose, CA) — Per-FY intake/outcome records since Jul 2018 — West-Coast city comparison and multi-year adoption-rate charts - [Shelter Animals Count — 2024 State Level Data](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/state-level-data/) (Shelter Animals Count · portal · United States, per-state) — Per-state pages: average adoption/community intake counts, live vs non-live outcomes, population balance, transfer flows, org counts per state - [Shelter Animals Count — National Database (Dashboards + Free Data Download)](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/explore-the-data/data-dashboards) (Shelter Animals Count (a program of the ASPCA) · portal · United States (state-level, 1,200+ welfare orgs)) — National/state intake & outcome benchmarks: live-release rate, adoption/transfer/RTO/euthanasia shares, species splits — powers a 'US shelter trends' authority page and per-state comparison widgets - [Adopt-a-Pet.com Partner / Basic API](https://partner-apis.adoptapet.com/) (Adopt-a-Pet.com · api · US + Canada (largest non-profit adoption site)) — Alternative/parallel live adoptable-pet feed for an adoption-search surface where Petfinder/RescueGroups coverage is thin; cross-source dedupe - [City of Chicago — Animal Care & Control Data Statistics](https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cacc/supp_info/cacc_data_statistics.html) (City of Chicago Animal Care and Control · portal · Chicago, IL) — Large-municipal-shelter intake/outcome counts for a major-metro benchmark; cross-reference with Chicago Socrata adoptable-pets feed - [data.world — Austin Animal Shelter Intakes/Outcomes](https://data.world/misohungry/austin-animal-shelter-intakes) (data.world (community mirror of Austin open data) · bulk_download · Austin, TX) — Queryable mirror for prototyping; secondary to the canonical Austin Socrata feeds - [Dogs Trust — Annual Review / Stray Dogs Survey (UK)](https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/about-us/our-publications) (Dogs Trust (UK) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK dogs rehomed per year, stray-dog estimates and intake trends — UK dog-welfare statistics page (verify exact publications URL on site) - [NYC Open Data — Animals / 311 Pet datasets (Socrata)](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/Animals/6rs3-kg3k) (City of New York (NYC OpenData) · api · New York City, NY) — NYC animal/pet datasets for a major-metro layer; ACC monthly intake/outcome stats (nycacc.org/about/statistics) complement the open-data feeds - [Shelter Animals Count — Data Drive](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/data-drive/) (Shelter Animals Count · portal · US national) — Coverage/participation context (how complete the national picture is) to caption stats responsibly - [Shelter Animals Count — Free Download (state-level 2021-2023 dataset)](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/data-request-free-download/) (Shelter Animals Count · bulk_download · United States, state-level) — Year-over-year national intake/outcome trend charts; baseline tables for state ranking pages (returned 403 to automated fetch — request via the form/browser) ## Veterinary drugs & AMR (26) - [Animal Drugs @ FDA (Green Book searchable application)](https://animaldrugsatfda.fda.gov/adafda/views/) (U.S. FDA / CVM · portal · United States) — Live structured search of approved/conditionally-approved animal drugs by 8 criteria (sponsor, ingredient, species, indication, route, etc.); the human-facing source of truth for the Green Book and for resolving drug identifiers. - [Approved Animal Drug Products (Green Book) — Data.gov dataset](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/approved-animal-drug-products-green-book) (U.S. FDA / CVM (catalogued on Data.gov) · bulk_download · United States) — Authoritative list of every FDA-approved animal drug (NADA/ANADA, sponsor, ingredients, dose form, route, species, indication) — powers a canonical drug-name autocomplete, 'approved for this species?' check, and joins adverse-event data to approved products. - [APVMA PUBCRIS dataset (registered agvet chemical & veterinary products)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/apvma-pubcris-dataset-for-registered-agricultural-and-veterinary-chemical-products-and-approved-acti) (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), via Data.gov.au · bulk_download · Australia) — All veterinary (and agricultural) chemical products registered in Australia — product names, holders, active constituents, uses, labels — powers an Australia-region registered-product lookup and active-ingredient search. - [CIPARS — Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance](https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/surveillance/canadian-integrated-program-antimicrobial-resistance-surveillance-cipars/about-cipars.html) (Public Health Agency of Canada · report_pdf · Canada) — Companion-animal antimicrobial dispensing from community pharmacies (data stratified companion vs production animal since 2012; <1% of medically-important AMU is for companion animals) — Canadian comparison data point - [DailyMed — Animal Drug Labels (SPL)](https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/spl-resources-all-drug-labels.cfm) (U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM/NIH) · bulk_download · United States) — Full structured product labels for animal drugs (dm_spl_release_animal.zip ~1.15GB) — dosage, warnings, contraindications, withdrawal periods; powers a 'read the official label' feature and structured safety-warning extraction. REST API also available at /webservices. - [ECDC/EFSA/EMA JIACRA — Joint Interagency Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance Analysis reports](https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/third-joint-interagency-antimicrobial-consumption-and-resistance-analysis-report) (ECDC (with EFSA & EMA) · report_pdf · EU/EEA) — Integrated human-vs-animal AMC/AMR association analysis — authoritative One Health evidence linking antibiotic use to resistance, useful as cited explainer/methodology source - [EFSA Knowledge Junction (Zenodo) — EU Summary Report on AMR in zoonotic & indicator bacteria, data annexes](https://zenodo.org/communities/efsa-kj) (European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on Zenodo · bulk_download · EU/EEA member states) — Machine-readable AMR tables for Campylobacter, E. coli, MRSA, Salmonella, ESBL across humans/animals/food — directly downloadable data behind EU charts (companion-animal relevance via MRSA/MRSP zoonotic links) - [FARAD (Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank) program & WDI lookup](https://www.nal.usda.gov/research-tools/food-safety-research-projects/food-animal-residue-avoidance-databank-farad-10) (USDA National Agricultural Library / NIFA (FARAD program) · portal · United States) — Withdrawal Interval (WDI) recommendations for extra-label drug use and regulatory residue guidance — supports a food-safety / residue-avoidance reference for livestock owners. - [FARAD VetGRAM — FDA-approved food-animal drug & withdrawal-time search](https://vetgram.farad.org/search.asp) (Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD), USDA-funded (KSU/NCSU/UC Davis/UF/VA-MD) · portal · United States) — Approved drug lookup by trade name, active ingredient, species, indication, route, A/NADA number, plus withdrawal/milk-discard times and VFD combinations — powers food-animal withdrawal-time guidance (informational, not a substitute for a vet). - [FDA 2019 Animal Pathogen AMR Data (Vet-LIRN)](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/national-antimicrobial-resistance-monitoring-system/2019-animal-pathogen-amr-data) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine / NARMS · portal · United States) — Year-by-year companion-animal pathogen resistance tables (dog E. coli / S. pseudintermedius) for trend charts; the canonical landing URL for a specific reporting year's Vet-LIRN data - [FDA Current and Resolved Animal Drug Shortages](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/product-safety-information/current-and-resolved-animal-drug-shortages) (U.S. FDA / CVM · scrape · United States) — Live list of animal drugs in shortage / resolved — powers an availability/alternatives advisory and 'why can't my vet get this medication' explainer. No bulk feed; requires HTML scrape. - [FDA Reports & Data Dashboards: Veterinary Antimicrobial Drug Sales, Use, and Resistance](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/antimicrobial-resistance/fda-reports-data-dashboards-veterinary-antimicrobial-drug-sales-use-and-resistance) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine · portal · United States) — Hub page linking ADUFA antimicrobial sales/distribution dashboard + Vet-LIRN resistance data; note that only ~9 of 118 medically-important products are co-approved for companion animals — useful context for 'antibiotics your vet prescribes' page - [FDA Vet-LIRN Animal Pathogen AMR Data (within NARMS Now: Integrated Data)](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/national-antimicrobial-resistance-monitoring-system/narms-now-integrated-data) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN) · portal · United States (47 state/local/university vet diagnostic labs, US + Canada)) — Companion-animal AMR baselines: percent-resistance and MIC distributions for E. coli and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius from dogs (and Salmonella) — powers a 'how resistant are common dog/cat infections to antibiotics' explainer or vet-stewardship content - [FDA Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN) program page](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/science-research/veterinary-laboratory-investigation-and-response-network) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine · portal · United States (+ Canada partner labs)) — Authoritative source/explainer of what Vet-LIRN is and which companion-animal pathogens it monitors — citation/About content for an AMR-in-pets page - [Health Canada Drug Product Database (DPD) — API + extract (veterinary)](https://health-products.canada.ca/api/documentation/dpd-documentation-en.html) (Health Canada · api · Canada) — Canadian-authorised veterinary drugs incl. a veterinaryspecies endpoint and downloadable approved/marketed/cancelled/dormant extracts — powers a Canada-region drug + approved-species lookup. Base API: https://health-products.canada.ca/api/drug/ ; bulk extract at https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/bf55e42a-63cb-4556-bfd8-44f26e5a36fe - [NARMS Now: Human Data (interactive)](https://www.cdc.gov/narms/data/index.html) (U.S. CDC — National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System · portal · United States) — Human side of the One Health loop for Campylobacter, E. coli O157, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio — pairs with animal data to show zoonotic AMR transfer relevant to pet owners (NARMS Now Human entry portal: wwwn.cdc.gov/NARMSNow) - [openFDA Drug Enforcement (Recalls) API](https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/enforcement/) (U.S. FDA / openFDA · api · United States) — Recall/enforcement records (incl. animal-drug recalls) — powers a 'has this product been recalled?' safety alert and a recall feed for pet-medication products. - [openFDA NDC Directory (drug-ndc)](https://open.fda.gov/apis/drug/ndc/download/) (U.S. FDA / openFDA · api · United States) — National Drug Code lookup to normalize product identifiers and link a scanned package/NDC to label, approval and adverse-event records; supports a barcode/NDC-to-drug resolver. - [UK VMD Product Information Database (PID)](https://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/productinformationdatabase/) (UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), Defra · bulk_download · United Kingdom (Great Britain & Northern Ireland)) — All veterinary medicines authorised in the UK (plus suspended/expired, homeopathic, specified feed additives) with downloadable XML snapshots — powers a UK-region authorised-product lookup and active-substance search. - [Vet-LIRN Whole-Genome Sequencing Data (NCBI BioProject PRJNA314609)](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA314609) (U.S. FDA Vet-LIRN via NCBI (NIH) · bulk_download · United States (+ Canadian partner labs)) — Genomic AMR backbone — resistance-gene/mechanism detail behind the dog-pathogen isolates; supports a data-rich methodology section, not a consumer page directly - [WHO GLASS — Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (incl. One Health / Tricycle module)](https://www.who.int/initiatives/glass) (World Health Organization · portal · Global (130+ countries; 2,300+ human/animal/food labs)) — Global AMR context and the 'GLASS-Vet'/One Health framing (ESBL E. coli Tricycle across human-animal-environment) — sets the worldwide backdrop for companion-animal AMR explainer content - [WOAH ANIMUSE — ANImal AntiMicrobial USE Global Database](https://amu.woah.org) (World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) · portal · Global (128+ reporting Members)) — Global and regional antimicrobial-USE trends in animals (some companion-animal stratification); supports a 'how much antibiotic is used in animals worldwide and the declining trend' data visualization - [EMA Antimicrobial Sales and Use (ASU) Platform & ESUAvet dashboard](https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/veterinary-regulatory-overview/antimicrobial-resistance-veterinary-medicine/antimicrobial-sales-use-platform) (European Medicines Agency (EMA) · portal · EU / EEA (incl. Iceland & Norway)) — Country-level veterinary antimicrobial sales trends — powers an antimicrobial-stewardship / 'antibiotic use in animals' explainer and regional benchmarking content. Public dashboard launched with the ESUAvet report. - [EU Union Product Database (UPD) — Public API](https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/veterinary-regulatory-overview/veterinary-medicinal-products-regulation/union-product-database) (European Medicines Agency (EMA) · api · EU / EEA (47,500+ authorised veterinary products)) — Single source of all authorised veterinary medicines and their availability across EU/EEA Member States — powers an EU-region drug authorisation/availability lookup. Note: SPC/leaflet documents are NOT served via the API (use the public portal). - [ResistanceMap (One Health Trust / formerly CDDEP)](https://resistancemap.onehealthtrust.org/AntibioticResistance.php) (One Health Trust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy) · portal · Global (resistance data ~46 countries; antibiotic use ~76 countries)) — Ready-made global AMR/antibiotic-use visualizations across 12 organisms (incl. E. coli, S. aureus) and 17 antibiotic classes — quick embeddable context layer; primarily human/aggregate rather than companion-animal-specific - [WOAH Annual Report on Antimicrobial Agents Intended for Use in Animals](https://bulletin.woah.org/?p=18303) (World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) · report_pdf · Global (150+ WOAH Members)) — Global database of antimicrobial quantities used in animals (adjusted by animal biomass), by region — supports global AMR-in-animals context content and cross-country comparisons. Data published as annual PDF reports rather than an API. ## Climate & heat risk (23) - [AKC Expert Advice — Hot Pavement / Dogs in Hot Cars (paw-burn '7-second' & asphalt-temperature guidance)](https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/dog-paws-hot-pavement/) (American Kennel Club · portal · United States (national guidance)) — Air-temp-to-asphalt-temp lookup (e.g. 86F air -> 135F asphalt) and the 7-second hand test to power the paw-burn-risk calculator on city heat pages. - [AVMA Pet Safety in Vehicles + Warm Weather Pet Safety (hot-car cabin temperature data)](https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/pet-owners/petcare/pets-vehicles) (American Veterinary Medical Association · portal · United States (national guidance)) — Authoritative veterinary citation for cabin-heating figures and heat-stroke symptom guidance underpinning the hot-car and warm-weather pet-safety pages. - [CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network — Data Explorer & API (Heat & Heat-related Illness)](https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/DataExplorer/) (CDC / National Center for Environmental Health · api · United States (national, state, county)) — County-level heat-related illness ED-visit / hospitalization / mortality rates to contextualize 'how dangerous is heat where you live' alongside pet guidance and as a human-risk proxy. - [CDC Heat & Health Tracker](https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/) (CDC (uses NSSP syndromic surveillance data) · portal · United States (county)) — County heat-and-health summary cards (historical hot days, current heat-related ED-visit signal) embedded next to local pet-heat-safety advice. - [CDC WONDER — Underlying/Multiple Cause of Death (heat ICD-10 codes T67, X30, P81)](https://wonder.cdc.gov/) (CDC National Center for Health Statistics · api · United States (national, state, county subject to suppression)) — Authoritative U.S. heat-death counts/trends by state to anchor the 'how deadly is extreme heat' context block and validate severity messaging on heat pages. - [Copernicus Climate Data Store — ERA5 reanalysis (hourly 2m temperature, 1940-present) + heatwave indices](https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/reanalysis-era5-single-levels) (ECMWF / EU Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) · api · Global (~31km grid; 1940-present)) — Globally consistent historical 'feels-like'/temperature baselines for any city worldwide to compute heatwave-day counts where station data is sparse (international expansion of heat pages). - [E-OBS / European Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECA&D) — daily temperature & extremes indices](https://www.ecad.eu/dailydata/) (KNMI / ECA&D consortium (67 European met services) · bulk_download · Europe + Mediterranean (3,700+ temperature stations)) — European per-city summer-high and hot-day climatology for EU pet heat pages and breed-heat-risk localization across the continent. - [GHCN-Daily (Global Historical Climatology Network – daily) bulk archive](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/global-historical-climatology-network-daily) (NOAA NCEI · bulk_download · Global land stations) — Precomputed per-city extreme-heat-day counts (days >=32C/90F) for static pSEO heat pages; build once, no per-request API cost. - [HEAT.gov — NIHHIS (National Integrated Heat Health Information System)](https://www.heat.gov/) (NOAA + CDC interagency (NIHHIS) · portal · United States) — Authoritative hub to source heat forecasts, urban-heat-island maps, and 'people under heat alerts' counts for editorial heat-safety content and citations. - [Incidence and risk factors for heat-related illness (heatstroke) in UK dogs under primary veterinary care (VetCompass)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7303136/) (Royal Veterinary College (RVC) VetCompass / Nottingham Trent University — open access (Sci Rep / PMC) · report_pdf · United Kingdom (905,543 dogs under care, 2016)) — Evidence-based breed/bodyweight/age heat-stroke odds ratios (e.g. brachycephalic dogs ~4x risk) to build a 'which breeds are most at risk in heat' table and per-breed risk flags. - [No Heat Stroke — Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke dataset (hot-car deaths, incl. car-cabin heating model)](https://www.noheatstroke.org/) (Jan Null, CCM — Department of Meteorology & Climate Science, San Jose State University · portal · United States (state-level)) — The canonical hot-car heat-rise model (e.g. 70F outside -> 100F cabin in 20 min) and state hotspot rankings to power authoritative 'never leave your pet in a hot car' explainer with real numbers. VERIFIED: by-state and monthly pages live, 1998-2025. - [NOAA Climate Data Online (CDO) Web Services v2 — GHCN-Daily summaries (TMAX/TMIN)](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2) (NOAA NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information) · api · Global (100,000+ stations, 180 countries); query by ZIP, FIPS, station) — Historical daily high-temperature climatology per city to power 'hottest months for your dog' / 'average summer high' tables and seasonal paw-burn risk calendars. - [NWS Alerts Web API (active watches/warnings/advisories incl. Heat Advisory & Excessive Heat Warning)](https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?event=Heat%20Advisory) (NOAA National Weather Service · api · United States (all NWS forecast zones/counties)) — Live 'Is there a heat alert near you?' banner on city pet pages; per-city heat-risk badge driving 'walk your dog now / wait' guidance. VERIFIED LIVE: returns valid GeoJSON FeatureCollection (empty in early June, populates during heat events). - [NWS HeatRisk (experimental 7-day color-numeric heat-impact index)](https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/data.html) (NOAA Weather Prediction Center (WPC/NCEP) · bulk_download · Contiguous United States + Alaska/Hawaii (gridded ~5km)) — Daily 0-4 heat-risk score per location for a pet-safety 'risk-o-meter' (no walk / shade / hydrate prompts) graded above NWS advisory thresholds, useful for heat-sensitive pets. - [NWS HeatRisk GIS ImageServer](https://mapservices.weather.noaa.gov/experimental/rest/services/NWS_HeatRisk/ImageServer) (NOAA National Weather Service · api · United States (gridded)) — Point-query the HeatRisk value at a pet owner's lat/long for an on-page personalized heat-risk readout without hosting raster tiles ourselves. - [NWS Watch/Warning/Advisory zone shapefiles & alert documentation (geolocation reference)](https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-alerts) (NOAA National Weather Service · api · United States) — Map heat advisories/excessive-heat warnings to the correct county/zone so a city page only shows alerts that actually cover that location. - [Open-Meteo Forecast & Historical Weather API (incl. apparent temperature)](https://open-meteo.com/en/docs) (Open-Meteo · api · Global (up to 1km resolution; reanalysis from 1940)) — Free no-key current/forecast temperature + 'feels-like' for any city page to compute pavement-temperature estimate and 'too hot to walk' verdict; also historical baselines. - [Our World in Data — Annual U.S. Heat Wave Index & temperature anomalies](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/heat-wave-index-usa) (Our World in Data (sourced from EPA/NOAA) · bulk_download · United States (national index); plus global temperature-anomaly series) — Long-run 'heat waves are getting worse' trend chart to frame the climate-context section of pet heat-safety content with a clean, citable, downloadable CSV. - [Risk Factors for Severe and Fatal Heat-Related Illness in UK Dogs — A VetCompass Study](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9144152/) (RVC VetCompass — open access (Animals / MDPI, PMC) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — Trigger breakdown (exertional vs environmental vs vehicular heatstroke) and fatality risk factors to nuance breed/activity guidance on heat-safety pages. - [Table of State Laws that Protect Animals Left in Parked Vehicles](https://www.animallaw.info/topic/table-state-laws-protect-animals-left-parked-vehicles) (Animal Legal & Historical Center, Michigan State University College of Law · portal · United States (per-state, ~31-32 states with statutes)) — Per-state 'is it illegal to leave your dog in a hot car here? can a bystander legally break the window?' legal-status table — a high-intent pSEO page combining heat risk + local law. - [UKHSA Weather-Health Alerts (Heat-Health Alerts) data dashboard](https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/heat) (UK Health Security Agency (in partnership with the Met Office) · api · England (9 regions; yellow/amber/red levels)) — Live regional heat-health-alert level for UK city pages, driving the same 'walk now / wait' pet guidance localized to England. - [World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) — temperature data & API](https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/download-data) (World Bank Group · api · Global (country, sub-national, watershed; 1901-present + projections)) — Country-level mean and projected temperature for international pet heat pages and a 'is your country getting hotter for pets?' projection module. - [Met Office Weather DataHub (Site-Specific & Global forecast API)](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/data/met-office-weather-datahub) (UK Met Office · api · United Kingdom + global) — UK temperature/feels-like forecasts to compute localized pet heat-risk where Open-Meteo coverage needs an authoritative national-met-service cross-check. ## Dog bites & safety (23) - [AIHW — Dog-related injuries / Contact with animals (hospitalisations)](https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/injury/dog-related-injuries/summary) (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare · report_pdf · Australia (national + state/territory)) — Australian dog-bite hospitalisation counts and rates by age (children 0–9 over-represented) — powers an AU-localised 'dog bite hospitalisations' page with downloadable data tables - [CDC WISQARS — About Nonfatal Injury Data (NEISS-AIP methodology)](https://wisqars.cdc.gov/about/nonfatal-injury-data/) (CDC NCIPC · portal · United States) — Authoritative citation/methodology footnote backing the bite-count figures (NEISS-AIP sample design) — credibility for GEO/E-E-A-T on safety pages - [CDC WISQARS — Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (Nonfatal Injury / Dog Bite)](https://wisqars.cdc.gov/explore/) (CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) · portal · United States (national; NEISS-AIP sample of ~66 hospitals)) — Headline 'X million dog bites / ~Y ED visits per year' stat block; nonfatal dog-bite ED-visit rates by age/sex for a national 'Dog Bite Safety' pillar page and trust signals on safety content - [CDC WONDER API (Data Query Web Service)](https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/wonder-api.html) (CDC / NCHS · api · United States (national via API; state/county restricted)) — Programmatic refresh of W54 dog-bite mortality counts (POST request_xml to /controller/datarequest/D76 etc.) to auto-update fatality stat widgets; note 1 query / 2 min rate limit - [CDC WONDER — Underlying / Multiple Cause of Death (ICD-10 W54 'bitten/struck by dog')](https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html) (CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) · portal · United States (national, state, county where releasable)) — Authoritative US dog-bite fatality counts/trends by year, state, age group for a 'how often are dog bites fatal' explainer and state-comparison tables - [CPSC NEISS Online Query System](https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/NEISSQuery/home.aspx) (U.S. CPSC · portal · United States) — Custom no-code queries (e.g. dog-bite product code by age/body part) to pull specific cuts for safety infographics without downloading full-year files - [Dallas Dog Bite Data (Dallas OpenData / Socrata)](https://www.dallasopendata.com/Public-Safety/Dog-Bite-Data/pe63-26ny) (City of Dallas — Dallas Animal Services · api · Dallas, TX) — City-level bite incident records for a Dallas case-study page and cross-city comparison (pairs with USPS Dallas ranking); SODA API id pe63-26ny - [DogsBite.org — U.S. Dog Bite Fatality Statistics & Citations](https://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics.php) (DogsBite.org (nonprofit) · report_pdf · United States (national; some state-level)) — Breed-attribution and victim-demographic angle on fatal attacks (news-report-based) — powers 'dog breeds involved in fatal attacks' content; flag as advocacy-source for balance - [HCUPnet (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project) — dog-bite ED visits & inpatient stays](https://datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet) (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) · portal · United States (national + state via NIS/NEDS/SID/SEDD)) — Hospitalization cost, length of stay, and ED-visit counts for dog-bite diagnoses — powers a 'cost of a dog bite' / 'severity & hospital burden' section with dollar figures - [Kaggle — Animal Bites (Louisville Metro) Dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rtatman/animal-bites) (Kaggle user (rtatman), derived from Louisville Metro Animal Services · bulk_download · Louisville, KY (US city-level)) — Ready-cleaned breed/species/bite-location CSV for fast prototyping of bite-by-breed charts before wiring the live Louisville API - [Louisville Metro Animal Services — Animal Bites / Activity Log (Louisville Open Data)](https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/animal-bites) (Louisville Metro Government (KY) · bulk_download · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY) — Bite investigations with breed field and bite Yes/No flag — supports breed-level local analysis and a Louisville case study (basis of the widely-cited Kaggle 'animal-bites' set) - [NEISS — National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (CPSC injury data)](https://www.cpsc.gov/Research--Statistics/NEISS-Injury-Data) (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) · bulk_download · United States (national hospital ED probability sample)) — Record-level ED dog-bite cases (body part, disposition, age, locale, narrative) — powers granular 'where/how dog bites happen' charts and the underlying microdata behind WISQARS estimates - [NHS England Digital — Hospital Episode Statistics 'HES on… Dog Bites'](https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/hes-on-dog-bites) (NHS England (NHS Digital) · report_pdf · England (national + region/trust)) — England hospital-admission counts and rates for dog bites/strikes (~8,000 admissions/yr) for a UK 'dog bite hospitalisations' page and deprivation/age trend charts - [NYC DOHMH Dog Bite Data (NYC Open Data / Socrata)](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Health/DOHMH-Dog-Bite-Data/rsgh-akpg) (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) · api · New York City (borough + ZIP of person bitten)) — Record-level bites with date, breed (self-reported), dog age/sex/neuter status, borough, ZIP — powers an interactive NYC dog-bite map, breed/ZIP breakdowns, and a city case-study; SODA API at /resource/rsgh-akpg.json - [NYC DOHMH Dog Bite Data — CSV resource on data.gov](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/dohmh-dog-bite-data) (City of New York / data.gov · bulk_download · New York City) — Mirror download of the NYC bite dataset for bulk ingestion into the pet-intelligence pipeline without hitting the Socrata API - [Triple-I / State Farm Dog Bite Liability Report (Spotlight on Dog Bite Liability)](https://www.iii.org/article/spotlight-on-dog-bite-liability) (Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) + State Farm · report_pdf · United States (national + state-level claim counts/payouts)) — Insurance-angle content: number of dog-bite claims, total payouts (e.g. $1.57B+/yr), average cost per claim, and per-state claim counts — powers a 'dog bite insurance & liability cost' page and state ranking table - [USPS National Dog Bite Awareness — annual attacks-on-mail-carriers rankings](https://www.usps.com/dogbite/) (United States Postal Service · report_pdf · United States (national, state, and city rankings)) — City- and state-level dog-attack rankings (e.g. LA, Dallas, Houston) — powers 'most dog bites by city' listicles and local-SEO comparison pages; ~5,000+ attacks/yr headline - [WHO — Animal Bites & Rabies Fact Sheets (global estimates)](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/animal-bites) (World Health Organization · report_pdf · Global) — Global framing stats (tens of millions of bites/yr; dogs cause 99% of rabies cases; ~59,000 rabies deaths/yr) for an authoritative intro/context block and rabies-risk safety section - [City of St. Louis — Animal Bites Open Data](https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/data/datasets/dataset.cfm?id=130) (City of Saint Louis Department of Health (Animal Care & Control) · bulk_download · St. Louis, MO) — Additional city-level bite dataset for multi-city benchmarking and a 'how cities track dog bites' explainer - [HCUPnet on HealthData.gov (dataset catalog entry)](https://healthdata.gov/dataset/HCUPnet/j4yu-nizc) (AHRQ / HHS · portal · United States) — Discoverable catalog landing for HCUP statistics; citation anchor for hospital-burden claims - [Healthy People 2030 — NEISS-AIP data-source profile](https://odphp.health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/data-sources-and-methods/data-sources/national-electronic-injury-surveillance-system-all-injury-program-neiss-aip) (HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) · portal · United States) — Methodology/citation anchor explaining the NEISS-AIP basis behind national dog-bite ED estimates — E-E-A-T footnote for safety pages - [Kaggle — New York Dog Bite Data (DOHMH-derived)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rosebeltran/new-york-dog-bite-data-2025/data) (Kaggle user, derived from NYC DOHMH Open Data · bulk_download · New York City) — Pre-packaged NYC bite CSV (date/breed/borough/ZIP) for quick analysis; defer to the live Socrata source for canonical, fresh data - [ONS — Dangerous Dog Offences / Dog Attacks (police-recorded, FOI releases)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/dangerousdogoffences2019to2021) (UK Office for National Statistics (data from Home Office) · report_pdf · England & Wales) — Legal/enforcement angle — Dangerous Dogs Act offences and recorded dog-attack injury counts for a UK 'dangerous dog law & enforcement' content piece (note breed not separately recorded) ## Pet insurance (23) - [A Regulator's Guide to Pet Insurance + Pet Insurance topic hub](https://content.naic.org/insurance-topics/pet-insurance) (National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) · report_pdf · United States (all states)) — Regulatory/definitional content for a 'how pet insurance is regulated in the US' page: Pet Insurance Model Act (adopted 2022), preexisting-condition/wellness rules, and the fact that pet premiums are reported under Inland Marine line 09 (mixed with other coverages). Guide PDF: content.naic.org/sites/default/files/publication-pin-op-pet-insurance.pdf - [data.gov.uk — insurance datasets catalog (CKAN search)](https://www.data.gov.uk/search?q=pet+insurance) (UK Government (Cabinet Office / GDS) — CKAN portal · portal · United Kingdom) — Discovery + CKAN JSON API entry point to find OGL-licensed UK insurance datasets (FCA value measures, etc.) programmatically and keep a country page's data fresh via automated pulls. - [Dog Aging Project — Open Curated Data](https://dogagingproject.org/data-access) (Dog Aging Project (NIH-funded; Univ. of Washington / Texas A&M; hosted on Terra @ Broad Institute) · bulk_download · United States) — Not insurance-priced data per se, but the largest US open companion-dog health/lifestyle cohort (HLES survey, 200+ questions, tens of thousands of dogs). Powers 'health factors that affect insurance risk' and breed/age morbidity context that complements claims-based sources. - [Facts + Statistics: Pet Ownership and Insurance](https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-pet-ownership-and-insurance) (Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I / III.org) · portal · United States) — Curated, citable US figures: insured-pet counts, premium volume ($3.9B in 2023), avg dog/cat premiums, dog-vs-cat insured share (80/20), top states (CA/NY/FL), and dog-bite liability claim costs — ideal one-stop citation block for a US pet-insurance facts page. Custom-print PDF at iii.org/customprint/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-pet-ownership-and-insurance. - [FCA General Insurance Value Measures — data (2023 & 2024)](https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/c74cbcdc-7512-4347-bfd7-c4533c3c8823/fca-general-insurance-value-measures-data-2024) (Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), via data.gov.uk · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — Machine-readable UK product-value metrics. NOTE: the 2024 data.gov.uk release covers motor/home/GAP — pet insurance appears in FCA's own value-measures publications (claims acceptance ~65.6% for 'covered for life', avg payout, % of premium paid in claims). Use the FCA value-measures hub below for the pet-specific scorecard; this OGL feed is the canonical bulk-download format. - [General Insurance Value Measures — scorecard & underlying data (incl. pet insurance)](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/general-insurance-value-measures) (Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — Regulator-sourced pet-insurance value metrics: claims frequency, claims acceptance rate, average claim payout, claims-complaint rate, and proportion of premium paid in claims — the most authoritative UK 'how good is pet insurance value' dataset for a transparency/comparison page. - [Morbidity pattern by age, sex and breed in insured cats in Japan (2008–2013)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11112240/) (PMC / open-access veterinary journal · report_pdf · Japan) — Citable cat-specific morbidity tables derived from insurance claims — supplements dog-heavy datasets for balanced 'common claims by species' content. - [NAPHIA SOI Report Highlights PDF + section pages (Penetration, GWP, Total Pets, Average Premiums)](https://naphia.org/industry-data/section-2-total-pets-insured/) (NAPHIA · report_pdf · United States, Canada) — Year-over-year time series (e.g. 6.25M pets in 2023 → 7.03M in 2024) for trend charts; per-section breakdowns of premium, insured-pet counts, and penetration for a multi-year 'state of the industry' explainer. - [NAPHIA State of the Industry Report — Public Highlights](https://naphia.org/industry-data/) (North American Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA) · portal · United States, Canada (North America)) — Authoritative US/Canada penetration rates (dogs ~5.5%, cats ~2%), total pets insured (7.03M in 2024), gross written premium ($5.2B in 2024), and average A&I premiums ($749/yr dogs, ~$383/yr cats) — powers a 'pet insurance penetration & cost' stat page and benchmarking widget. Covers ~99% of NA written premium. - [Pet insurance claims & policyholder statistics (annual press releases + data tables)](https://www.abi.org.uk/news/news-articles/2025/5/insurance-payouts-for-pawly-pets-top-1-billion-for-third-year-in-a-row/) (Association of British Insurers (ABI) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK headline series: total claims paid (£1.23B in 2024), claims notified (1.8M, ~4.9k/day), average premium (£389), average claim cost (£685), policyholders (4.6M), and dog/cat/other split — powers a UK pet-insurance cost-and-claims page and a 'is pet insurance worth it' calculator baseline. - [Predicting health outcomes in dogs using insurance claims data (Fetch dataset description)](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36023-5) (Scientific Reports (Nature) — open access · report_pdf · United States, Canada) — Peer-reviewed scale benchmark — 785,565 dogs and ~2.4M claims over 17 years — and methodology for breed/age disease-risk modeling. Powers 'most common conditions claimed' editorial content and a credible citation; raw data not redistributable (PMC mirror: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10240479). - [Species/breed periodontal-disease risk from Japanese insurance claims (Anicom data study)](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2026.1764413/full) (Frontiers in Veterinary Science (open access) · report_pdf · Japan) — Large-scale Japanese insured-pet morbidity reference: 688,665 dogs (81 breeds) and 185,782 cats (38 breeds). Powers breed-level disease-prevalence content and an international (Japan) angle for a 'what pet insurance claims reveal about pet health' page. - [ABI Data Packages (general & motor insurance datasets)](https://www.abi.org.uk/data/data-packages/) (Association of British Insurers (ABI) · portal · United Kingdom) — Structured downloadable insurance data tables; entry point to confirm which ABI pet-insurance tables are downloadable vs press-release-only, for building maintainable time series rather than scraping news posts. - [American Pet Products Association (APPA) National Pet Owners Survey — headline figures](https://www.americanpetproducts.org/research-insights/industry-trends-and-stats) (American Pet Products Association (APPA) · report_pdf · United States) — Denominator data for penetration math: US pet-owning households (~71%, ~94M households) and total pet-care spend ($152B in 2024). Combine with NAPHIA insured-pet counts to compute/illustrate insurance penetration. (Triple-I republishes APPA headline numbers free.) - [Anicom White Paper on Household Animals (pet disease statistics) + Investor 'Strength' data](https://www.anicom.co.jp/en/ir/investor/strength/) (Anicom Holdings, Inc. · report_pdf · Japan) — Largest Japanese pet-disease/claims compendium (analysis of 4M+ claims/yr): breed-specific disease rates, lifespan estimates, and claim payment patterns — strong source for Japan country page and breed-health content. White paper highlights via anicom.co.jp. - [EIOPA Insurance Statistics (solo undertaking & cross-border data)](https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/tools-and-data/insurance-statistics_en) (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) · bulk_download · European Union / EEA) — Official EU insurance market statistics (premiums/claims by line of business and country). Pet sits within non-life 'miscellaneous financial loss'/'other'; useful for EU non-life context and triangulating market size where a dedicated pet line is unavailable. - [EU Open Data Portal / data.europa.eu — insurance statistics search](https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets?query=pet%20insurance) (Publications Office of the European Union · portal · European Union / EEA) — Pan-EU discovery layer for member-state insurance/animal-health open datasets via a DCAT-AP API; useful to surface country-specific penetration or animal-registration data that feeds a Europe pet-insurance comparison page. (Pet-specific coverage is thin — verify hits before relying.) - [Insurance datasets tag (claims/premium ML datasets)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets?tags=16369-Insurance) (Kaggle · bulk_download · varies / synthetic) — Free downloadable insurance/premium-prediction datasets (incl. pet-insurance classification notebooks/data) for prototyping a claims-cost or premium-estimate model behind a 'estimate your pet insurance cost' tool. Quality/representativeness varies — validate before publishing derived numbers. - [Market Conduct Annual Statement (MCAS) — Pet Insurance line (new for 2024 data year)](https://content.naic.org/insurance-topics/market-conduct-annual-statement) (NAIC · portal · United States (state-by-state)) — Emerging carrier-level US conduct metrics specific to pet insurance (claims handling, complaint ratios) once the first 2024 MCAS pet data is published — would power state-level carrier comparison and claims-acceptance pages. Scorecard ratio spec PDF available under content.naic.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/. - [Predicting Claims — pet insurance claims modeling project (code + schema)](https://github.com/stevenrhart/predicting-claims) (Steven Hart (GitHub, open-source) · bulk_download · United States) — Reference methodology + feature schema (8 pet features, 4 claim features; 50,000 pets enrolled 2018) for building a second-year-claims prediction model. Code is reusable; the underlying claims data is proprietary and must be sourced separately. - [Quarterly & Annual General Insurance Performance Statistics database](https://www.apra.gov.au/quarterly-general-insurance-performance-statistics) (Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) · bulk_download · Australia) — Official Australian GI premium/claims database at class-of-business level (post-July-2023 reporting framework). Use to triangulate Australian pet-insurance GWP (~A$1B) and growth; verify whether pet is broken out as a distinct class in the latest spec before relying on it for a country page. - [Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket) — pet insurance market reports](https://www.konkurrensverket.se/en/publications-and-decisions/publications/) (Konkurrensverket (Swedish Competition Authority) · report_pdf · Sweden) — Authoritative Swedish market-share and premium data (e.g. Agria ~55%, Folksam ~21%; ~SEK 5.3B premiums) for the world's highest-penetration market — anchors a Sweden case-study page on why penetration reaches ~90% of dogs. Search the publications index for the pet/companion-animal insurance report. - [Pet Insurance Penetration Rates by Country (compiled headline figures)](https://insurnest.com/blog/pet-insurance-mga-penetration-rates-by-country/) (Insurnest (industry blog, free) · scrape · Global (multi-country)) — Convenient cross-country penetration comparison (Sweden ~40%+, UK ~25%, Australia ~10%) to scaffold a global penetration map page — but treat as a pointer; trace each number back to NAPHIA/ABI/Agria/Swedish Competition Authority primaries before publishing. ## Disease surveillance (22) - [CDC Bird Flu (H5N1) situation data — wild birds & mammals maps/datasets](https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/data-map-wild-birds.html) (US CDC · portal · United States) — Consumer-facing H5N1 situation summary and detections-in-mammals data for pet-owner safety content - [CDC NNDSS — Notifiable disease tables (Rabies, animal; Rabies, human) on data.cdc.gov](https://data.cdc.gov/w/scxv-4u4u/tdwk-ruhb) (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · api · United States (50 states, DC, NYC, territories; by region/state)) — US weekly/annual animal & human rabies case counts via Socrata SODA API — powers a US rabies-trend chart and state comparison page - [ECDC Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases (incl. rabies, leptospirosis)](https://atlas.ecdc.europa.eu/public/index.aspx) (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) · portal · EU/EEA member states (national + some subnational)) — European human rabies and leptospirosis incidence by country/year — powers an EU comparison page and trend charts - [EMPRES-i+ live platform](https://empres-i.apps.fao.org/) (FAO · portal · Global) — Interactive outbreak browsing and current-threat snapshots for country pages - [EU Animal Disease Information System (ADIS) — public outbreak notifications](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/tracesnt/adis/public/notification) (European Commission (DG SANTE, via TRACES NT) · portal · EU/EEA + connected countries (by country, disease, date)) — EU rabies and avian-influenza outbreak alerts for a European 'disease watch' page - [EURL Avian Influenza Data Portal](https://eurlaidata.izsvenezie.it/) (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (EU Reference Laboratory for AI) · portal · EU/EEA (excl. UK), poultry + wild birds) — Detailed European HPAI epidemiology view for wild-bird vs poultry risk explainers - [FAO EMPRES-i+ — Global Animal Disease Information System (FAO data catalog)](https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/major-diseases-by-date-empres-i) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) · bulk_download · Global (~190 countries; georeferenced lat/long events)) — Georeferenced global outbreak event point dataset (rabies, HPAI, ASF, etc.) for a world disease-event heat map - [GOV.UK — Monthly APHA animal disease surveillance reports + notifiable disease data](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apha-disease-surveillance-monthly-reports/monthly-apha-animal-disease-surveillance-reports) (UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) / Defra · report_pdf · United Kingdom (GB regions)) — UK-specific endemic/exotic disease trend content (bovine TB, rabies status) for a UK market page - [New York State Open Data — Positive Rabies Samples by Animal Classification](https://health.data.ny.gov/Health/Positive-Rabies-Samples-by-Animal-Classification/uwxw-p8qc) (New York State Department of Health (Wadsworth Center) · api · New York State (excl. NYC), by county and animal class) — Local rabies-positive species breakdown for a NY state/county rabies page; model for other state Socrata portals - [NYC DOHMH — Animals testing positive for rabies in NYC](https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/rabies-stats.page) (NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · report_pdf · New York City (by borough, species)) — Hyperlocal rabies stats for a NYC pet-owner rabies-risk page - [Our World in Data — Reported deaths from rabies](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/reported-rabies-deaths) (Our World in Data (Global Change Data Lab); upstream WHO/IHME GBD · bulk_download · Global (by country and world region)) — Ready-to-embed rabies mortality trend charts and a 'rabies-free countries' explainer - [USDA APHIS — HPAI confirmed cases in livestock (dairy cattle)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock) (USDA APHIS · bulk_download · United States (by state, herd, date confirmed)) — H5N1-in-mammals tracking that supports raw-milk/raw-diet safety guidance pages for pet owners - [USDA APHIS — HPAI detections in commercial & backyard poultry flocks](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) · bulk_download · United States (by state/county, flock type, flock size, date)) — Live US bird-flu outbreak tracker for poultry — powers an 'avian flu near you' map and a backyard-flock risk advisory page - [USDA APHIS — HPAI detections in wild birds + Wild Bird Surveillance dashboard](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds) (USDA APHIS (with USGS NWHC) · bulk_download · United States (by state/county, species, sampling type, date)) — Wild-bird H5N1 spillover signal feeding a 'risk to cats/dogs from wildlife' explainer and geographic risk overlay - [USGS WHISPers — ScienceBase catalog record (citable dataset/DOI)](https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5633b8b4e4b048076347eff6) (USGS National Wildlife Health Center · portal · North America) — Citable provenance/DOI for any wildlife-disease metric reused on the site - [USGS WHISPers — Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership event reporting system](https://whispers.usgs.gov/) (USGS National Wildlife Health Center · api · North America (primarily US; by state/county, species, diagnosis)) — Wildlife mortality/disease events (rabies, HPAI, distemper) near a user for a 'wildlife disease near you' overlay - [WHO GHO OData API (programmatic endpoint)](https://www.who.int/data/gho/info/gho-odata-api) (World Health Organization (WHO) · api · Global) — Direct API pull of rabies and other indicators to keep a stats page auto-updating - [WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) — rabies deaths indicator + OData API](https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/indicator-groups/indicator-group-details/GHO/rabies) (World Health Organization (WHO) · api · Global (WHO member states)) — Country-level reported human rabies deaths for a 'global rabies burden' page and choropleth - [EFSA — EU One Health Zoonoses Report + zoonoses monitoring datasets/dashboards](https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/microstrategy/zoonoses-EUOHZ-dashboard) (European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with ECDC · portal · EU member states + reporting countries) — Headline EU figures on salmonella, campylobacter, leptospirosis and other zoonoses for an evidence-backed 'zoonoses your pet can carry' page - [GBADs — Global Burden of Animal Diseases informatics dashboards & API](https://gbadske.org/dashboards/) (Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme (Univ. of Liverpool / WOAH-hosted) · api · Global (national + subnational, by species)) — Economic/health burden context and livestock population denominators for a 'cost of animal disease' explainer - [HealthMap — automated global outbreak monitoring (incl. zoonoses)](https://www.healthmap.org/en/) (Boston Children's Hospital / HealthMap · portal · Global) — Early-signal outbreak feed (rabies, HPAI, leptospirosis news) for a 'latest outbreak news' widget — supplement, not authoritative counts - [USAHA Foreign Animal & Emerging Disease (FAEDC) / U.S. animal-health committee reports](https://www.usaha.org/foreign-animal-emerging-diseases) (United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) · report_pdf · United States) — Expert narrative + headline figures on US zoonoses/foreign animal disease for editorial backing of risk pages ## Travel & import rules (22) - [Australia DAFF — Bringing cats and dogs to Australia + BICON](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/cats-dogs) (Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) · portal · Australia (inbound); origin countries classified Group 1/2/3) — Australia's approved-country grouping (Group 1/2/3) and the 180-day residency, RNATT titer, and quarantine rules — among the strictest globally. BICON (bicon.agriculture.gov.au) is the live import-conditions database. Powers the Australia row of a country matrix and a 'bringing pets to Australia' deep-dive. - [Canada CFIA — Automated Import Reference System (AIRS)](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/importing-food-plants-animals/airs) (Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) · portal · Canada (inbound), all origin countries) — Official tool returning import requirements by HS code (dogs 0106.19.20.83, cats .84) + origin/destination/end-use. Powers the Canada row of a country-pair lookup; AIRS is the source of truth for whether a CFIA inspection or rabies-status restriction applies. - [CDC — High-Risk Countries for Dog Rabies](https://www.cdc.gov/importation/dogs/high-risk-countries.html) (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · scrape · Global classification (high-risk vs free/low-risk) for dog import to US) — Authoritative list classifying every country as dog-rabies high-risk vs free/low-risk. The single most load-bearing input for a US dog-import rules engine (drives whether titer test, microchip, CDC Dog Import Form, and reservation at a registered facility are required). - [CDC — Rabies Status by Country](https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/country-data/index.html) (US CDC · scrape · Global) — Country-by-country rabies presence/free status from a public-health lens. Complements the import high-risk list and powers a per-country 'rabies risk' badge on travel-rules pages. - [EUR-Lex — Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2013 (Annex II country lists)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2013/577/oj/eng) (Publications Office of the European Union (EUR-Lex) · bulk_download · EU + listed territories/third countries) — Annex II Part 1 / Part 2 lists of territories and third countries (the EU equivalent of the UK listed/unlisted split) plus model identification documents. Parse the annex tables to build the authoritative EU 'which countries can enter without titer test' dataset. - [EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 (non-commercial pet movement)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/576/oj/eng) (Publications Office of the European Union (EUR-Lex) · bulk_download · EU-wide) — The base regulation governing pet passports, microchip + rabies vaccination, and the 5-pet limit. Available as structured XML via the ELI (European Legislation Identifier). Provides authoritative, citeable legal grounding (E-E-A-T) for EU travel-rules content. - [European Commission — Movement of pets (dogs, cats, ferrets)](https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/movement-pets_en) (European Commission, DG SANTE (Food Safety) · scrape · EU/EEA + listed third countries) — Official explainer of EU non-commercial pet movement: intra-EU rules, entry from non-EU countries, EU pet passport, listed vs unlisted third countries, and the 2026 changes (TRACES NT digital records). Powers the EU section of travel-rules pages and a 'traveling within Europe' guide. - [GOV.UK Content API](https://content-api.publishing.service.gov.uk/) (UK Government Digital Service (GDS) · api · UK (all GOV.UK guidance, incl. pet travel)) — Machine-readable JSON for any GOV.UK page (append .json or use /api/content/). Lets you pull the 'bring-pet-to-great-britain' guidance structurally instead of scraping HTML — cleanly powers an auto-updating UK pet-travel-rules card. - [GOV.UK — Bring your pet dog, cat or ferret to Great Britain](https://www.gov.uk/bring-pet-to-great-britain) (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) / APHA · scrape · United Kingdom (inbound); origin countries classified Part 1 / Part 2 / unlisted) — Definitive UK entry rules and the listed/unlisted country classification (drives whether a rabies blood test + 3-month wait applies). GOV.UK content is OGL-licensed and reusable. Powers a 'bringing a pet to the UK' page and the UK row of a country matrix. - [New Zealand MPI — Cats and Dogs Import Health Standard (CATDOG.GEN) + Guidance](https://www.mpi.govt.nz/bring-send-to-nz/pets-travelling-to-nz/bringing-cats-and-dogs-to-nz/) (NZ Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) · report_pdf · New Zealand (inbound); origin countries classified Category 1/2/3) — The IHS Guidance Document (section 5.3) lists approved countries by Category 1/2/3 and the quarantine (min 10 days) + microchip + permit rules. Parse the PDF to build the NZ approved-country dataset and the NZ row of a travel-rules matrix. - [USDA APHIS Pet Travel — Export (US to another country)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/pet-travel/us-to-another-country-export) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) · scrape · Per destination country (global, ~150+ countries) for US-origin pets) — The canonical per-country export-requirements page set: each destination has its own page (e.g. /pet-travel-us-new-zealand, /pet-travel-us-united-kingdom-great-britain...). Scrape one page per country to build a 'taking your pet from the US to X' requirements table (microchip, rabies vax, titer, health certificate, waiting period). Powers a country-pair travel-rules lookup page. - [USDA APHIS Pet Travel — Import (another country to US)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/pet-travel/another-country-to-us-import) (USDA APHIS · scrape · US (inbound), all origin countries) — Federal entry requirements for pets entering the US (the APHIS side; CDC governs dogs/rabies). Powers an 'importing a pet to the USA' requirements page and feeds the US row of any country-to-country matrix. - [WHO Global Health Observatory — Reported human rabies deaths](https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/reported-number-of-human-rabies-deaths) (World Health Organization (WHO GHO) · api · Global (per country, time series)) — Country-level human rabies death time series via the GHO OData API (api endpoint at ghoapi.azureedge.net). Powers an objective per-country rabies-burden context panel that contextualizes why a country is high-risk for pet import. - [WOAH WAHIS — World Animal Health Information System](https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/animal-health-and-welfare/disease-data-collection/world-animal-health-information-system/) (World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) · portal · Global (all WOAH members/territories)) — Official global reference for rabies (and other listed disease) status by country — present/absent/control-programme. The backbone dataset for an objective per-country rabies-risk classification feeding travel-rules and a 'rabies status' world map. - [WOAH — Official Disease Status (incl. dog-mediated rabies control programmes)](https://www.woah.org/en/what-we-do/animal-health-and-welfare/official-disease-status/) (World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) · portal · Global) — Authoritative list of members with an official endorsed control programme for dog-mediated rabies. Powers a credibility badge ('officially recognised rabies-control programme') on a country's travel-rules page. - [data.europa.eu (European Data Portal)](https://data.europa.eu/en) (Publications Office of the European Union · api · EU + member-state portals) — CKAN/SPARQL-searchable federated catalogue aggregating EU + national open datasets; query for animal-health, veterinary, and movement-of-pets datasets across member states. Discovery layer for any EU-side pet-movement statistics to enrich travel-rules pages. - [ecohealthalliance/wahis — WAHIS data R package & scraped datasets](https://github.com/ecohealthalliance/wahis) (EcoHealth Alliance (open-source, GitHub) · bulk_download · Global) — Ready-made tooling to extract WAHIS outbreak/disease-status data programmatically (vs scraping the portal). Fastest path to a structured per-country rabies-status table for the travel-rules engine without re-implementing the WAHIS scraper. - [EFSA — Rabies disease profile (animal-diseases.efsa.europa.eu)](https://animal-diseases.efsa.europa.eu/RABV) (European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · portal · EU-focused, global context) — Authoritative scientific profile of rabies virus (transmission, susceptible species, EU situation). Provides citeable E-E-A-T backing for the 'why these rules exist' explainer sections of pet-travel-rules content. - [EU TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) — health certificates & statistics](https://food.ec.europa.eu/horizontal-topics/traces_en) (European Commission, DG SANTE · portal · EU + ~90 partner countries) — Reference for the EU digital certification flow pets now travel under (mandatory TRACES NT from 22 Apr 2026) and the catalogue of model animal-health certificates. Powers a 'what document do I need' explainer; note full operational data is authority-gated, but certificate templates and process docs are public. - [IATA — Travellers' Pet Corner / Live Animals Regulations (country & airline rules)](https://www.iata.org/en/youandiata/travelers/pets/) (International Air Transport Association (IATA) · portal · Global (airline + country transport rules)) — Free headline guidance on airline container (CR) requirements and per-destination transport rules that complement government health rules. Use only the free public pages (the full LAR manual is paywalled) to power an 'air travel / crate requirements' section. - [US Department of State — Pets and International Travel](https://www.state.gov/transition-center/pets-and-international-travel) (US Department of State · scrape · US travelers, global destinations) — Government-curated cross-links and high-level guidance for US travelers moving pets abroad (quarantine, airline, breed-restriction pointers). Secondary corroboration source and internal-link target for a US-outbound travel-rules hub. - [USDA APHIS — Dog Imports: Check Country Disease Status](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/pet-travel/another-country-to-us-import/dogs/disease-status) (USDA APHIS · scrape · Global (per origin country)) — Per-country disease-status classification (screwworm, foot-and-mouth, etc.) that gates dog import to the US. Powers a 'is my dog's origin country restricted' checker alongside the CDC rabies list. ## Breed popularity (21) - [AKC Dog Breed Popularity Ranking 2013-2023 (Kaggle)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/dhanyalaxmipanickar/akc-dog-breed-popularity-ranking-2013-2023) (User dataset on Kaggle (compiled from AKC) · bulk_download · United States) — Ready-to-use US breed rank time series for bump charts / 'rising & falling breeds' analysis - [AKC Most Popular Dog Breeds (annual rankings)](https://www.akc.org/most-popular-breeds/) (American Kennel Club (AKC) · scrape · United States) — US dog breed popularity leaderboard; year-over-year rank movement; 'most popular dog breeds' editorial/pillar pages - [AKC Most Popular Dog Breeds by City](https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/most-popular-dog-breeds-by-city-2025/) (American Kennel Club (AKC) · scrape · United States (major metros)) — City-level 'most popular dog breed in ' pSEO pages; local breed-trend angles - [ANKC National Registration Statistics](http://ankc.org.au/AboutUs?id=1206) (Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) · report_pdf · Australia) — Australian breed registration time series; long-run breed popularity trend charts - [Austin Animal Center Outcomes / Intakes](https://data.austintexas.gov/Health-and-Community-Services/Austin-Animal-Center-Outcomes/9t4d-g238) (City of Austin Open Data Portal (Socrata) · api · Austin, TX, USA) — Shelter breed mix (incl. mixed breeds), intake/adoption breed trends; complements pedigree registries with real shelter population data - [Canadian Kennel Club – Top 10 Most Popular Dog Breeds](https://www.ckc.ca/en/News/2024/April/Top-10-Most-Popular-Dog-Breeds-2023) (Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) · scrape · Canada) — Canada breed popularity rankings; North America comparison (vs AKC) - [CFA Most Popular Cat Breeds (annual)](https://cfa.org/cat-talk/most-popular-breeds-for-2026/) (The Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) · scrape · International (CFA registry, US-centric)) — Cat breed popularity leaderboard (Maine Coon, Ragdoll, Persian...); 'most popular cat breeds' pages - [Data.gov pet/dog-tagged dataset catalog](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?tags=dog) (U.S. General Services Administration (data.gov / CKAN) · portal · United States (multi-city/county)) — Discovery hub to find additional municipal dog-license/breed datasets (CKAN-indexed) for scaling city breed pages - [dog_traits_AKC (breed traits + breed_rank_all)](https://github.com/kkakey/dog_traits_AKC) (GitHub – kkakey (scraped from AKC) · bulk_download · United States) — Joins breed popularity rank with structured trait scores (trainability, energy, size) for trait-vs-popularity pages - [List of most popular dog breeds in the US (Wikipedia compilation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_dog_breeds_in_the_United_States) (Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation · scrape · United States (plus UK/Canada/Australia/FCI tables)) — Pre-aggregated multi-year AKC rank tables (2006-2025) plus cross-country tables; fast seed data with reusable license (attribute) - [NYC Dog Licensing Dataset](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Health/NYC-Dog-Licensing-Dataset/nu7n-tubp) (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene via NYC Open Data (Socrata) · api · New York City, USA) — Real licensed-dog breed distribution by borough/ZIP; breed + dog-name popularity maps; city-level breed pages (proxy for ownership, not pedigree) - [Seattle Pet Licenses](https://data.seattle.gov/City-Administration/Seattle-Pet-Licenses/jguv-t9rb) (City of Seattle Open Data portal (Socrata) · api · Seattle, WA, USA) — Dog AND cat breed distribution by ZIP (species, primary/secondary breed, name); pet-name + breed popularity dashboards - [VDH Welpenstatistik (puppy/breed registration statistics)](https://www.vdh.de/ueber-den-vdh/welpenstatistik/) (Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen (VDH) – German Kennel Club · scrape · Germany) — German breed popularity rankings (puppies registered/breed/year); EU-market breed trends; sortable by year - [AKC Breed Popularity Statistics (Figshare)](https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/American_Kennel_Club_Breed_Popularity_Statistics/715895) (Figshare (academic deposit, AKC Gazette source) · bulk_download · United States) — Century-scale US breed popularity history for long-term trend/decline storytelling - [AKC Registration Statistics (Delegates Portal) + Annual Statistics](https://www.akc.org/sports/annual-statistics/) (American Kennel Club (AKC) · report_pdf · United States) — Authoritative US purebred registration counts/ranks; source-of-truth citation behind breed-popularity pages - [akcdata – 277 breeds scraped from AKC](https://tmfilho.github.io/akcdata/) (GitHub – tmfilho · bulk_download · United States) — Breed reference attributes (height/weight/life expectancy ranges, group) to enrich breed profile pages alongside popularity - [Dallas Animals Inventory / Shelter Data](https://www.dallasopendata.com/Services/Animals-Inventory/qgg6-h4bd) (City of Dallas OpenData (Socrata) · api · Dallas, TX, USA) — Shelter breed distribution and outcomes by breed; regional breed-popularity-in-shelters angle - [FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale) – worldwide registration figures](https://www.fci.be/en/) (Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) · portal · International (98 member countries)) — Global most-popular-breed rankings (Labrador, German Shepherd, Poodle leading); cross-country comparisons; endangered-breed context - [FiveThirtyEight data repository (dog-rates / breed analyses)](https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data) (FiveThirtyEight (ABC News) · bulk_download · United States) — Supplementary dog popularity/quality datasets with a clear reuse license for charts; verify exact subfolder before linking - [GCCF Stats and Policies – pedigree cat registrations](https://www.gccfcats.org/breeding-cats/stats-and-policies/) (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK cat breed popularity rankings and trends (British Shorthair, Ragdoll, Maine Coon) - [Registration figures worldwide – from top thirty to endangered breeds (DogWellNet / IPFD)](https://dogwellnet.com/content/population-statistics/general-breeds-specific-disease-inform/information-on-breeding-animals/registries-health-information/registration-figures-worldwide-%E2%80%93-from-top-thirty-to-endangered-breeds-r292/) (International Partnership for Dogs (IPFD) – DogWellNet · report_pdf · International (aggregates multiple national kennel clubs)) — Cross-registry comparison of breed popularity and small/endangered populations across countries ## Pet food recalls & safety (21) - [ACCC Product Safety Recalls (RSS)](https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recalls) (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission · api · Australia) — Consumer-product recalls incl. pet products/accessories (and saved-search RSS by category). Complements FSANZ for non-food pet items; powers an AU pet-product recall feed. - [AVMA Recalls & Safety Alerts](https://www.avma.org/news/recalls-alerts) (American Veterinary Medical Association · scrape · United States (vet-focused, aggregates FDA/USDA)) — Vet-verified, plain-language aggregation of animal-food/product/drug recalls. Best as an editorial cross-reference / 'vets say' citation layer, not a primary machine feed. - [Canadian Recalls & Safety Alerts Open Data (RSAM)](https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/sites/default/files/opendata-donneesouvertes/HCRSAMOpenData.json) (Health Canada / CFIA (recalls-rappels.canada.ca) · bulk_download · Canada) — All Canadian recalls incl. CFIA food recalls (pet/animal food among categories). Filter by category/keyword for a Canada pet-food recall page. Dataset record: open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d38de914-c94c-429b-8ab1-8776c31643e3. - [CFIA Food Recall Statistics](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/food-safety-consumers/canada-s-food-safety-system/food-recall-incidents-and-food-recalls) (Canadian Food Inspection Agency · report_pdf · Canada) — Aggregate annual recall-incident statistics (counts by hazard/cause) to power high-level 'how common are recalls' charts and yearly comparisons for Canada. - [EU RASFF Window (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed)](https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/list) (European Commission, DG SANTE · portal · EU/EEA + notifying countries) — Authoritative EU feed/food safety alerts including 'feed/pet food' product category notifications (contaminants, mycotoxins, Salmonella in petfood). Powers an EU recall page; consumers portal at /screen/consumers. - [FDA Animal & Veterinary Recalls & Withdrawals (datatable + XLSX export)](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/recalls-withdrawals) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine · bulk_download · United States) — CVM-curated, human-readable list of pet-food/animal-feed/vet-product recalls with press-release links; the /datatables-data/download?_format=xlsx export (302 to file) gives a structured table. Good editorial source + recall-detail pages. - [FDA Pet Food Recalls (data.gov historical dataset)](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/fda-pet-food-recalls) (U.S. FDA / HHS (data.gov) · bulk_download · United States) — Historical baseline of pet-food recalls 2006-2010 for a 'recall history / trends over time' page. Pair with openFDA for current data. Socrata mirror: healthdata.gov/dataset/.../2b7s-eyuy. - [FDA Recalls Data Sets (Enforcement Reports archive)](https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/open-government-fda-data-sets/recalls-data-sets) (U.S. Food & Drug Administration · portal · United States) — Landing/index for FDA recall data sets and weekly Enforcement Report (the source feeding openFDA); useful for documenting provenance and finding additional structured exports. - [FSANZ Food Recalls + RSS feed](https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls/alerts) (Food Standards Australia New Zealand · api · Australia, New Zealand) — Authoritative AU/NZ food recall list incl. pet food where regulated; machine-readable RSS at https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls-rss.xml (verified 200). Powers an AU/NZ recall feed + annual recall-statistics page. - [HealthData.gov FDA Pet Food Recalls (Socrata)](https://healthdata.gov/dataset/FDA-Pet-Food-Recalls/2b7s-eyuy) (U.S. HHS / FDA (Socrata) · api · United States) — Same FDA pet-food historical recall data via Socrata SODA API (2b7s-eyuy) for programmatic queries/embeds without downloading the XLS. - [Kaggle: FDA Adverse Food Events (CAERS)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/fda/adverse-food-events) (FDA via Kaggle · bulk_download · United States) — Ready-to-analyze CSV of consumer-reported adverse events (includes pet-food-related entries) for a 'reported reactions by product' analysis without API pagination. Good for a one-time analytics/visualization build. - [openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Event API (AERS)](https://api.fda.gov/animalandveterinary/event.json) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (openFDA) · api · United States (reports from 94 species, 1987-present)) — Adverse-event signal layer to complement recalls: which pet foods/drugs/products drew the most reported illness reports by species, brand, reaction. Powers 'most-reported products' and safety-trend charts. - [openFDA Food Enforcement (Recall) API](https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json) (U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA) · api · United States) — Live US pet food/treat recall feed. Filter product_description:(dog cat pet animal) returns 146 records; full RES set 28,957. Powers a 'Pet Food Recalls' page with firm, classification (Class I/II/III), reason, distribution states, dates. - [openFDA Food Enforcement bulk download](https://api.fda.gov/download.json) (U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA) · bulk_download · United States) — One-shot bulk ingest of the entire food enforcement dataset (single partition) for offline filtering/backfill of historical pet-food recalls without paginating the API. - [RASFF Food & Feed Alert Notifications (EU Open Data Portal / SANTE Datalake API)](https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/restored_rasff) (European Commission, DG SANTE (data.europa.eu) · api · EU/EEA) — Machine-readable RASFF notifications. JSON via developer.datalake.sante.service.ec.europa.eu API; pre-2021 archive as XLSX (data.europa.eu/euodp/.../RASFF notifications pre-2021 public information.xlsx). Powers EU recall trends/feed-category analytics. - [UK FSA Food Alerts API](https://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/ui/reference) (UK Food Standards Agency · api · United Kingdom (England, Wales, NI)) — UK Allergy Alerts (AA), Product Recall Information Notices (PRIN) and Food Alerts for Action (FAFA), filterable by product type. Captures UK pet-food/animal-feed alerts where issued; powers a UK recall page with controlled allergen/hazard code lists. - [USDA FSIS Recall API](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/science-data/developer-resources/recall-api) (USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service · api · United States) — Meat/poultry recall feed (FSIS jurisdiction). Relevant for raw/freeze-dried pet foods and treats containing meat/poultry that fall under USDA. Endpoint https://www.fsis.usda.gov/fsis/api/recall/v/1 (Akamai-protected; works from browsers/normal clients, blocks bare curl). - [Canada Recalls & Safety Alerts portal + REST search API](https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en) (Government of Canada (Health Canada) · api · Canada) — Search-driven REST API behind the public recalls portal for querying individual recall records (vs. the full daily dump). Powers recall-detail and search pages for Canadian pet-food recalls. - [Kaggle: FDA Food Enforcement 2008-2022](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/chiyucheng/fda-food-enforcement-20082022) (Community (chiyucheng) via Kaggle, sourced from openFDA · bulk_download · United States) — Pre-cleaned multi-year enforcement/recall CSV for trend modeling and a historical 'recalls over time' chart; filter to pet/animal product_description. Convenience copy of openFDA. - [Open Pet Food Facts (database) + recall feature tracking](https://world.openpetfoodfacts.org/) (Open Food Facts community · bulk_download · Global (crowdsourced)) — Open pet-food product database (brands, ingredients, barcodes) to JOIN against recall feeds by brand/barcode for a 'is this product affected' lookup. Recall exposure is tracked/partial (GitHub issue openfoodfacts-server#1087) - use as the product reference layer, not the recall source. - [RASFF API (API Store / third-party EU institutions wrapper)](https://api.store/eu-institutions-api/directorate-general-for-health-and-food-safety-api/rasff-rapid-alert-system-for-food-and-feed-api) (api.store (wraps DG SANTE RASFF) · api · EU/EEA) — Single-request JSON access to RASFF notifications if the official SANTE Datalake API onboarding is too heavy. Convenience layer; verify rate limits/uptime before depending on it. ## Trade & imports (21) - [APPA Pet Industry State-of-the-Industry headline figures](https://americanpetproducts.org/industry-trends-and-stats) (American Pet Products Association (APPA) · report_pdf · United States) — Headline US pet-industry spend ($158B in 2025) incl. 'supplies, live animals & OTC' category and household ownership rates — macro market-size hook for a US pet-economy page - [Bulk CITES via Speciesplus CSV downloads (listings, quotas, suspensions)](https://www.speciesplus.net/) (UNEP-WCMC / CITES Secretariat · bulk_download · Global) — Downloadable CITES listings, export quotas and trade suspensions filtered by Appendix/taxon/location — static reference layer for 'which exotic pets are restricted/quota-limited' tables - [CITES Trade Database (full bulk download)](https://trade.cites.org/en/cites_trade/download) (UNEP-WCMC on behalf of the CITES Secretariat · bulk_download · Global (all CITES Parties)) — Authoritative international trade volumes in CITES-listed exotic pets (parrots, reptiles, tortoises, etc.) by species, source (wild vs captive-bred), purpose, importer/exporter, year — powers an 'exotic pet trade' intelligence page and species-level legality/sourcing indicators - [Eurostat COMEXT — International trade in goods (live animals HS 01/0106)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/international-trade-in-goods/database) (Eurostat (European Commission) · bulk_download · EU Member States + partners) — Detailed EU live-animal trade by reporter, partner, HS code and month — granular European pet/livestock import-export flow charts - [FAOSTAT — Production: Live Animals & Crops/Livestock Trade](https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL) (Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) · bulk_download · Global (245+ countries, 1961–present)) — Live-animal stocks and trade by species/country (rabbits, poultry, etc.) — macro context for companion/exotic animal supply and country comparisons - [Illegal wildlife trade (seizures) under CITES — EU dataset](https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/illegal-wildlife-trade-seizures-under-cites) (European Commission, DG Environment (EU Open Data Portal) · portal · European Union) — EU seizure records for illegally traded species — context for 'illicit exotic pet trade' awareness content and risk indicators by species/origin - [LEMIS Wildlife Trade Database (cleaned 2000–2014, EcoHealth Alliance)](https://zenodo.org/records/3565869) (EcoHealth Alliance (FOIA of USFWS LEMIS), hosted on Zenodo · bulk_download · United States imports (global origins)) — Analysis-ready 15-year US wildlife import dataset (>2M shipments) with codebook + R package — ideal backbone for an exotic-pet-import-trends time series without FOIA friction - [Our World in Data — Share of traded species traded as pets / Global wildlife exports](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-species-traded-pets) (Our World in Data (data from Scheffers et al. 2019, Science) · bulk_download · Global (taxonomic, by country)) — Headline stat 'X% of traded vertebrate species are traded as pets' and wildlife-export-by-country charts — strong top-of-page hook for an exotic pet trade explainer - [Species+ / CITES Checklist API](https://api.speciesplus.net/documentation) (UNEP-WCMC / CITES Secretariat · api · Global) — Programmatic lookup of CITES Appendix listing, export quotas, trade suspensions and EU Annex status for a species — drives 'is this exotic pet legal to trade/own' lookups and species pages - [TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Portal](https://www.wildlifetradeportal.org/) (TRAFFIC (wildlife trade monitoring network) · portal · Global (seizure incidents)) — Searchable global wildlife seizure incidents (species, products, locations) with CSV export — content for illegal-exotic-pet-trade species hotspots and seizure trend charts - [U.S. International Trade Commission DataWeb (live animals HS 0106)](https://dataweb.usitc.gov/) (U.S. International Trade Commission · api · United States (imports/exports by country, district)) — Alternative free interface to US live-animal trade with flexible queries and API — redundant cross-check for Census trade figures on pet/exotic species imports - [UN Comtrade — Live Animals (HS chapter 01, incl. 0106 'other live animals')](https://comtradeplus.un.org/) (United Nations Statistics Division · api · Global (140+ reporter countries, 1962–present)) — Cross-country live-animal import/export values and quantities (HS 0106 covers many companion/exotic species) — powers a global pet-import trade-flows map and country trade rankings - [USA Trade Online + Census International Trade API (HS 0106)](https://usatrade.census.gov/) (U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division · api · United States (by country, district, port)) — US live-animal import/export by 10-digit HS, country and port of entry — drives US pet-import volume/value trends and port-level breakdowns - [USFWS Office of Law Enforcement Import/Export (LEMIS) Data](https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/office-law-enforcement-importexport-data) (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service · report_pdf · United States (all countries of origin)) — Declared wildlife shipments into/out of the US by species, quantity, country, wild-vs-captive source — quantifies live exotic pet imports (reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish) to the US - [Wildlife trade under CITES — EU annual reports dataset](https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/wildlife-trade-under-cites) (European Commission, DG Environment (EU Open Data Portal) · portal · European Union + candidate countries) — EU-level legal wildlife/exotic-pet trade reported under Reg. 338/97 — powers Europe-focused exotic pet import intelligence and EU-vs-US comparisons - [World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) — live animals (HS 0106)](https://wits.worldbank.org/) (World Bank (with UNSD/WTO/UNCTAD) · api · Global (6-digit HS harmonized across countries)) — Clean cross-country live-animal trade values/tariffs at HS6 with REST/SDMX API — comparative country pet-trade dashboards and tariff context - [CDC Dog Importation program (rules + import form)](https://www.cdc.gov/importation/dogs/index.html) (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · portal · United States imports (by country of origin / rabies-risk category)) — High-risk-country lists and import requirements for dogs — powers a 'can I import a dog from country X' rules tool; note no public per-shipment dataset, only requirements/lists - [CITES Illegal Trade Database (Annual Illegal Trade Reports)](https://citesdata.un.org/) (UNODC on behalf of the CITES Secretariat · portal · Global (since 2016)) — Global wildlife seizure events (amounts, routes, taxa, transport mode) — supports illegal-exotic-pet-trafficking trends, though full access is gated to Parties (use aggregate/portal views) - [CITES Wildlife Trade Database (Kaggle mirror)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/cites/cites-wildlife-trade-database) (CITES / UNEP-WCMC (mirrored on Kaggle) · bulk_download · Global) — Convenient pre-packaged CITES trade extract for quick prototyping of exotic-pet trade visualizations before wiring up the official bulk download - [DAFF Live Animal Export Statistics (Australia)](https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/export/controlled-goods/live-animals/live-animal-export-statistics/livestock-exports-by-market) (Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) · report_pdf · Australia (exports by destination market)) — Australian live-animal export volumes by market — regional pet/livestock trade-flow context and Australia country page - [USDA APHIS — Commercial Dog Import (Animal Welfare Act) program](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/live-animal-import/commercial-dog-import) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) · report_pdf · United States imports) — Regulatory framework + periodic figures on commercial dog imports for resale/adoption — supports a 'US imported puppy trade / regulation' explainer (no bulk dataset; figures from reports/FOIA) ## Animal cruelty & law enforcement (20) - [AWI Animal Cruelty Codebooks & User Guides (per-year PDFs)](https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/NIBRS/2020/NIBRS-Animal-Cruelty-User-Guide-2020.pdf) (Animal Welfare Institute · report_pdf · United States) — Field-level documentation and variable frequencies for the AWI curated datasets — lets you correctly label, filter, and footnote cruelty-type and demographic breakdowns on a data page (swap year in path for other years). - [AWI Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data — curated annual datasets (2016–2023)](https://awionline.org/content/center-study-nibrs-animal-cruelty-data) (Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) · bulk_download · United States (national, agency/ORI-level where reported)) — Directly the most analysis-ready animal-cruelty crime dataset: a 'pet-safety / animal-cruelty by year & state' page, cruelty-type breakdowns (neglect, intentional abuse/torture, organized abuse/dogfighting, sexual abuse), trend charts. Pre-filtered to the animal-cruelty offense so no NIBRS ETL needed. - [BJS LEARCAT - Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool](https://bjs.ojp.gov/learcat) (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) · portal · National, state, county, agency; US (2016-2024)) — No-code interactive querying of NIBRS incident & victimization data by offense (including animal cruelty), geography, victim and relationship filters - quick fact-check / embeddable stats source for a cruelty page - [BJS LEARCAT — Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool](https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/data-analysis-tools?ty=daa) (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Office of Justice Programs · portal · United States — national, state, agency (NIBRS-reporting)) — No-code generation of animal-cruelty incident/victim counts, rates, and percentages with Census context (rates per population) — useful for sourcing 'cruelty rate per 100k' figures and validating your own aggregations. (LEARCAT methodology: https://bjs.ojp.gov/learcat-methodology) - [BJS NIBRS National Estimates API](https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs-national-estimates-api) (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Office of Justice Programs · api · National (US) weighted estimates) — Nationally representative weighted incident/offense/victim estimates (correcting for partial NIBRS coverage) to contextualize raw animal-cruelty counts as national-scale figures; REST endpoints at api.ojp.gov/bjsdataset/v1/ - [BJS NIBRS — program landing & national estimates](https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs) (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) · portal · United States — national) — Authoritative methodology, national estimates and context for citing NIBRS coverage/representativeness on an animal-cruelty data page (caveat: animal cruelty is a Group A offense in NIBRS but is NOT broken out in BJS's separate National Estimates REST API — use CDE/ICPSR for the offense-level numbers). - [data.gov - National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) collection](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/national-incident-based-reporting-system-nibrs) (FBI / U.S. Department of Justice (catalogued on data.gov) · bulk_download · United States; agency-level by offense type) — Stable, license-clear catalog entry linking the downloadable agency-level offense-type NIBRS files (incl. animal cruelty) - good provenance/citation anchor and metadata for ingestion - [FBI 'Tracking Animal Cruelty' / 2016 NIBRS Animal Cruelty release](https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/-tracking-animal-cruelty) (Federal Bureau of Investigation · report_pdf · United States) — Authoritative definition and the four NIBRS animal-cruelty subtypes plus history (collection began Jan 1, 2016) - sourcing/citation for explanatory copy on a cruelty-data page - [FBI CDE Downloads — NIBRS master/incident-level files (CSV by state & year)](https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads) (FBI / CJIS UCR Program · bulk_download · United States — per-state ZIPs, agency/ORI-level incidents) — Raw incident-level rebuild of animal-cruelty stats: filter OFFENSE code 720 (Animal Cruelty), join to incident/victim/offender, derive your own county/agency aggregations, time-of-year, and co-occurring-offense metrics for a deeper analytics page. - [FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) — NIBRS animal cruelty offense views](https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/) (FBI / CJIS Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · portal · United States — national, state, and agency (ORI) level) — Authoritative source-of-truth for animal-cruelty offense counts by state/agency/year; powers map and state-comparison widgets and citation/links on a cruelty-data page. JS SPA, so use the downloads/API for programmatic ingestion. - [FBI NIBRS program page + offense definitions](https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr/nibrs) (FBI / CJIS UCR Program · report_pdf · United States) — Canonical definition of the Animal Cruelty offense (code 720) and its four sub-types (neglect; intentional abuse/torture; organized abuse incl. dog/cock fighting; animal sexual abuse) — the schema and labels for categorizing cruelty data on your page. - [ICPSR / NACJD - NIBRS Extract Files (e.g. 2023, Study 39270)](https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACJD/studies/39270) (ICPSR / National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (FBI data, BJS sponsor) · portal · United States; agency/incident level) — Simplified flattened NIBRS extract (one record per incident with joined offense/victim attributes) - easiest archival path to a single animal-cruelty-offense analysis table - [ICPSR / NACJD — National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Series](https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/series/128) (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Univ. of Michigan · bulk_download · United States — agency/ORI-level incident, victim, offender, arrestee files) — The upstream raw archive behind the AWI Center; full cleaned NIBRS extract files to derive animal-cruelty (offense 720) incident counts, demographics, and relationships at national scale for research-grade pet-safety reporting. - [ICPSR / NACJD — NIBRS 2022 Extract Files (per-year study example)](https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACJD/studies/38925) (ICPSR / National Archive of Criminal Justice Data · bulk_download · United States — incident/victim/offender/arrestee level) — Concrete year-specific download (and template URL pattern for other years, e.g. 39270 = 2023) to pull a single year's animal-cruelty incidents for a year-over-year pet-cruelty trend metric. - [AWI — 'Decade of Data: Clearer View of Animal Cruelty Crimes' (analysis writeup)](https://awionline.org/awi-quarterly/spring-2026/decade-data-delivers-clearer-view-animal-cruelty-crimes) (Animal Welfare Institute (AWI Quarterly) · scrape · United States) — Ready-made headline statistics and framing (e.g. intentional-abuse vs neglect, gender of offenders, co-occurring crimes) for editorial/intro copy and 'key findings' callouts on a pet-cruelty awareness page, with the underlying datasets linked above. - [Crime and Justice Journal - 'The FBI's Animal Cruelty Data' (peer-reviewed analysis)](https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/download/2631/1324) (International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy · report_pdf · United States) — Methodological caveats on interpreting NIBRS animal-cruelty data (undercounting, agency participation bias) - important for accurate, defensible stats presentation - [FBI Crime Data API (crime-data-api) — RESTful UCR/NIBRS service](https://github.com/fbi-cde/crime-data-api) (FBI / CJIS (open-source repo, fbi-cde) · api · United States — national/state/agency) — Programmatic NIBRS offense/victim/offender counts to keep an animal-cruelty stats page auto-updating. Needs a free api.data.gov key; confirm current production base URL and animal-cruelty offense endpoint before wiring in (repo is the canonical API codebase). - [GitHub - ercas/nibrs-extractor (NACJD NIBRS -> CSV converter)](https://github.com/ercas/nibrs-extractor) (Open-source (community, ercas) · bulk_download · United States (operates on NACJD NIBRS files)) — Utility to convert ICPSR/NACJD NIBRS archive files into flat CSV for an ETL pipeline that extracts the animal-cruelty (720) offense subset - [UCR Technical Specifications, User Manuals & Data Tools](https://le.fbi.gov/informational-tools/ucr/ucr-technical-specifications-user-manuals-and-data-tools) (FBI / Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (le.fbi.gov) · report_pdf · United States) — Data dictionary / record-layout reference needed to correctly parse NIBRS CSV master files (segment levels, code lists) when ingesting animal-cruelty incidents from CDE/ICPSR downloads. - [National Law Enforcement Center on Animal Abuse (NLECAA)](https://www.sheriffs.org/programs/national-law-enforcement-center-animal-abuse) (National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) · portal · United States) — Authoritative law-enforcement context and the rationale for NIBRS animal-cruelty tracking; useful for credibility/links and 'why this data matters' sections, and as a partner reference — but it is not itself a downloadable dataset. ## Microchipping & ID (20) - [AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool](https://www.petmicrochiplookup.org/) (American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) · portal · USA (participating registries)) — Single chip-number -> registry/manufacturer resolution; backs a 'look up your pet's microchip' utility and registry-coverage explainer - [AKC Reunite](https://www.akcreunite.org/) (American Kennel Club (AKC Reunite, non-profit) · portal · USA) — Largest US non-profit registry; reunification-stat citations and registry directory entry - [BVA Position on Microchip Scanning and Databases](https://www.bva.co.uk/media/6013/july-2024-position-on-microchip-scanning-dogs-and-cats-and-databases-final-_.pdf) (British Veterinary Association (BVA) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — Professional-body stance on registry fragmentation and scanning; authoritative context for UK microchip-database explainer - [Compulsory dog microchipping (GOV.UK) + Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/468/body/made) (Defra / UK Government; legislation.gov.uk · portal · England, UK) — Authoritative legal basis + Defra compliance figures (75%->~90% dogs) for 'is microchipping mandatory?' explainer pages - [Europetnet](https://www.europetnet.com/) (Europetnet (European pet microchip registry network) · portal · Europe (cross-border)) — Pan-European chip lookup federation; powers an EU registry-coverage / cross-border pet-travel ID page - [ICAR Manufacturer Codes table](https://www.service-icar.com/tables/Tabella3.php) (International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) · portal · Global (ISO 11784/11785 manufacturer & country codes)) — Maps a 15-digit chip's first 3 digits to manufacturer/country; backs a 'decode your microchip number' tool - [NSW Pet Registry](https://www.petregistry.nsw.gov.au/) (NSW Office of Local Government · portal · New South Wales, Australia) — Authoritative description of mandatory NSW microchip+registration system; context/methodology for AU pet-ID compliance pages - [NYC Dog Licensing Dataset](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/nyc-dog-licensing-dataset) (NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (NYC Open Data / Socrata) · api · New York City, USA) — City-level dog registration counts by ZIP/breed; proxy for licensed-pet density and ID compliance; powers a 'pet registration by area' page - [PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report](https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report) (PDSA (with YouGov) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — Headline UK microchipping rates (dogs 92%, cats 74%, rabbits 30% in 2024) over a 10+ year time series; core stat for a UK microchip-rate trend page - [PetLink Microchip Search (Datamars registry)](https://www.petlink.net/microchip-search/) (Datamars / PetLink · portal · USA (and international via Datamars)) — Major US registry lookup reference; registry-comparison and 'find my chip's registry' utility - [PETtrac / AVID Check-a-Chip (US & UK)](https://www.avidplc.com/pet-microchip-services/check-a-chip/) (AVID Identification Systems / AVID plc · portal · USA, UK) — Registry-lookup reference (14M+ registered chips); context for 'world's largest registries' comparison page - [Seattle Pet Licenses](https://data.seattle.gov/Community-and-Culture/Seattle-Pet-Licenses/jguv-t9rb) (City of Seattle Open Data (Socrata) · api · Seattle, WA, USA) — Active pet-license records by species/breed/ZIP; registered-pet counts feeding a city pet-ID dashboard - [Townsville City Council Animal Registrations](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/tcc-animal-registrations) (Townsville City Council (data.gov.au / CKAN) · bulk_download · Townsville, QLD, Australia) — Registered cats/dogs by breed/sex/desexed/suburb; council pet-registration density metric (AU microchip-linked registration) - [American Pet Products Association (APPA) National Pet Owners Survey](https://www.americanpetproducts.org/research-insights/ownership-surveys) (American Pet Products Association · report_pdf · USA) — US microchip adoption rates by species (dogs/cats) and pet-ownership base; trend context for microchipping-rate page - [Battersea — Compulsory microchipping campaign data](https://www.battersea.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-welfare-campaigning/compulsory-microchipping) (Battersea Dogs & Cats Home · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — Real-world reunification gaps (e.g. only 7% cats reunited due to inaccurate records); 'keep your registration updated' content - [Check-a-Chip / CheckaChip (UK federated lookup)](https://www.checkachip.com/) (checkachip.com (UK) · portal · United Kingdom) — Identifies which Defra-compliant UK database a chip is on; UK 'look up your chip' utility - [Dog Registrations (data.sa.gov.au)](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dog-registrations) (Government of South Australia / SA councils (data.sa.gov.au CKAN) · bulk_download · South Australia councils, Australia) — Registered-dog counts by council; AU microchip-linked registration coverage page - [Evaluating English compulsory dog microchipping policy — Swale dataset (academic)](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30670183/) (Preventive Veterinary Medicine (Elsevier) / study authors · report_pdf · Swale Borough, England) — Local-authority evidence on microchipping policy effect on stray-dog reclaim; case-study content for policy-impact page - [GOV.UK Approved Microchip Database Operators (Defra-compliant list)](https://www.gov.uk/get-your-dog-or-cat-microchipped) (Defra / UK Government · portal · United Kingdom) — Canonical list of ~15-22 Defra-compliant UK registries; powers a 'which registry / how to register' directory - [VetCompass Programme (open animal health research data)](https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass) (Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — Empirical UK microchipping prevalence by species (e.g. ~23% cats pre-legislation) and demographics; evidence base for cat-microchip-law page ## Pet-friendly infrastructure (20) - [Amtrak Pets Policy (Carry-On Pets)](https://www.amtrak.com/pets) (Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) · scrape · USA (Amtrak network)) — Authoritative US rail pet rules (size/weight ≤20 lb incl. carrier, ≤7 hr trips, $29–$39/segment) — powers a 'traveling with your dog on Amtrak' guide and a transit pet-policy comparison table. - [Directory of Dog Runs and Off-Leash Areas (NYC)](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Recreation/Directory-of-Dog-Runs-and-Off-Leash-Areas/ipbu-mtcs) (NYC Department of Parks & Recreation / NYC Open Data (Socrata) · api · New York City, USA) — Authoritative official off-leash inventory for NYC — cross-validates OSM and powers a 'dog parks in New York City' city page with verified names/hours; pairs with the separate 'NYC Parks Dog Runs' GIS polygon dataset. - [Dog Off-Leash Parks (City of Sydney) & data.gov.au council off-leash datasets](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dog-off-leash-parks) (City of Sydney / Australian councils — data.gov.au & data.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au (CKAN/ArcGIS) · api · Australia (multiple councils: Sydney, Brimbank/Melbourne, Townsville, Kingston, etc.)) — Multi-council aggregate of permitted/prohibited and off-leash areas with leash-time-zone attributes — feeds AU coverage and 'is my dog allowed off-leash here' rules per park. - [Dog Off-Leash Parks (City of Vancouver)](https://opendata.vancouver.ca/explore/dataset/dog-off-leash-parks/) (City of Vancouver Open Data Portal (OpenDataSoft) · api · Vancouver, BC, Canada) — Official Vancouver off-leash park list (weekly refresh) for a Canadian city page; OpenDataSoft API supports clean geo-export. - [Dog Parks (City of Phoenix)](https://www.phoenixopendata.com/dataset/dog-parks) (City of Phoenix Parks & Recreation / Phoenix Open Data (CKAN + ArcGIS Hub) · api · Phoenix, AZ, USA) — Official Phoenix off-leash activity areas to seed/verify the Phoenix city page; CC-BY makes reuse clean with attribution. - [Dog Parks (Washington DC)](https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/dog-parks) (DC Department of Parks & Recreation / Open Data DC (Esri ArcGIS Hub) · api · Washington, DC, USA) — Officially sanctioned DC dog parks with name + size (sq ft) — powers a DC dog-park page and a 'largest dog parks' comparison metric. - [Geofabrik OpenStreetMap Data Extracts](https://download.geofabrik.de/) (Geofabrik GmbH · bulk_download · Global (per continent / country / sub-region)) — Bulk, rate-limit-free harvest of all dog-park / off-leash / dog=yes features per region (filter with osmium) to rebuild the entire directory offline instead of hammering Overpass. Backs nationwide dog-park count and density metrics. - [Map of Dog Play Areas in San Francisco Public Parks](https://data.sfgov.org/Culture-and-Recreation/Map-of-Dog-Play-Areas-in-San-Francisco-Public-Park/fjzq-yb2u) (San Francisco Recreation & Parks Dept / DataSF (Socrata) · api · San Francisco, CA, USA) — Official SF dog-play-area polygons (functional_area_type = 'Dog Play Area') to verify SF map markers and city page. - [Off-Leash Areas (City of Austin)](https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Off-Leash-Areas/ui24-emge) (City of Austin Parks & Recreation / Austin Open Data (Socrata) · api · Austin, TX, USA) — Authoritative Austin off-leash inventory for the Austin city page and map; cross-checks OSM coverage in a high-pet-ownership metro. - [OpenStreetMap — leisure=dog_park / dog=* / off-leash tagging (via Overpass API)](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure=dog_park) (OpenStreetMap Foundation / community · api · Global) — Core POI layer for the pet-friendly-places map: dog parks, off-leash areas, and any amenity with dog=yes. Already the primary feed for this directory; powers per-city dog-park count pages and 'dog parks near me' map markers. - [OS Open Greenspace](https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/4c1fe120-a920-4f6d-bc41-8fd4586bd662/os-open-greenspace1) (Ordnance Survey (Great Britain) — via data.gov.uk · bulk_download · Great Britain) — Comprehensive GB greenspace/park polygons + access points to build UK 'parks where you can walk your dog' pages where enclosed dog parks are rare; complements OSM dog=yes tagging for UK coverage. - [Overpass API (public query endpoints)](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API) (Overpass API / OpenStreetMap community (multiple mirrors: overpass-api.de, kumi.systems, private.coffee) · api · Global) — Ad-hoc extraction of dog parks / off-leash POIs by bounding box or admin area to build/refresh the directory. Note: public endpoints 429-rate-limit under burst — use small queries + backoff, or Geofabrik+osmium for bulk. - [Park — Dog Off-Leash Areas (Queensland)](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/park-dog-off-leash-areas) (Queensland Government / Brisbane & QLD councils — data.qld.gov.au (CKAN) · api · Queensland, Australia) — Australian off-leash area polygons (with on/off-leash + time-restriction attributes) to power AU city/region pages and time-of-day 'off-leash now' logic. - [Pets on Public Transport (Transport for London)](https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/safety/pets-on-public-transport) (Transport for London (TfL) · scrape · Greater London, UK) — Official London Tube/Overground/DLR/bus pet rules (dogs free, leash-or-carrier, carry on escalators) — powers a London pet-transit guide and the transit comparison table. - [Seattle's Off-Leash Dog Parks](https://data.seattle.gov/dataset/Seattle-s-Off-Leash-Dog-Parks/fa7z-wkeh) (City of Seattle / Seattle Open Data (Socrata) · api · Seattle, WA, USA) — Official Seattle off-leash park list/locations to seed and verify the Seattle city page and map markers. - [Train Travel with Pets (National Rail, GB)](https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/on-the-train/train-travel-with-pets/) (National Rail / Rail Delivery Group · scrape · Great Britain (National Rail network)) — Authoritative GB rail dog rules (2 dogs free per passenger under National Rail Conditions of Travel, leash/carrier) — powers a UK rail pet-travel guide and operator comparison. - [Travel With a Pet — USDA APHIS Pet Travel](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/pet-travel) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) · scrape · USA (export/import by destination country)) — Authoritative US pet export/import (health-certificate endorsement) requirements by destination country — powers an 'international travel with your dog from the US' guide with per-country rules. - [Traveling by Air With Service Animals — DOT Final Rule (Air Carrier Access Act)](https://www.transportation.gov/resources/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/service-animals) (U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) · report_pdf · USA (all carriers serving the US)) — Authoritative federal definition of airline service-animal rights and required attestation forms — powers an 'flying with a service dog' guide and the airline-policy section. - [Parks — Dog-Friendly Map & Chicago Park District facilities (Dog Friendly Areas)](https://data.cityofchicago.org/Parks-Recreation/Parks-Dog-Friendly-Map-deprecated-November-2016-/p97q-qace) (City of Chicago / Chicago Park District — Chicago Data Portal (Socrata) · api · Chicago, IL, USA) — Chicago off-leash 'Dog Friendly Areas' for the Chicago city page; note the named layer is deprecated — pull current DFAs from the Chicago Park District facilities dataset on the same portal. - [Traveling with Pets / Traveler's Pet Corner (IATA)](https://www.iata.org/en/youandiata/travelers/traveling-with-pets/) (International Air Transport Association (IATA) · scrape · Global (member airlines)) — Authoritative global standard for in-cabin vs cargo pet travel and IATA-compliant carrier sizing — powers an 'IATA-compliant carrier' explainer and global airline pet-travel guidance. ## Welfare legislation (20) - [ALDF U.S. Animal Protection Laws Rankings Report](https://aldf.org/project/us-state-rankings/) (Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) · report_pdf · United States (all 50 states + DC + 5 territories)) — State-by-state 'animal protection law strength' ranking (1-50) for a US welfare-law comparison page; powers a 'best/worst states for pets' map and per-state legislation score badge - [American Legal Publishing Code Library](https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/) (American Legal Publishing · scrape · United States (subscribing municipalities/counties)) — Municipal-level pet ordinances (dog licensing, leash, breed, pet-store sales bans) for city-level 'pet rules in [city]' pages; complements Municode coverage - [Animal Legal & Historical Center (animallaw.info)](https://www.animallaw.info/) (Michigan State University College of Law · scrape · United States (federal + all states + many municipalities), plus international) — Per-jurisdiction statute & ordinance source-of-truth (1400+ US statutes, topic/species index) backing per-state and per-topic 'what the law says about dogs/cats' explainer pages - [Congress.gov API](https://api.congress.gov/) (Library of Congress · api · United States (federal)) — Federal animal-welfare bill tracking (Animal Welfare Act amendments, FIGHT Act, PACT Act) with status/sponsors for a federal legislation tracker section - [eCFR REST API + bulk XML](https://www.ecfr.gov/developers/documentation/api/v1) (U.S. National Archives / GPO (Office of the Federal Register) · api · United States (federal)) — Live current text of 9 CFR Animal Welfare regulations with structure/metadata + change history; powers always-current federal welfare-rule citations and 'last amended' badges - [eCFR Title 9 bulk XML (Animals and Animal Products)](https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/ECFR/title-9/ECFR-title9.xml) (U.S. GPO / National Archives · bulk_download · United States (federal)) — Direct single-file download of the entire Title 9 regulatory tree for offline parsing of Animal Welfare regulation sections into structured page content - [EUR-Lex (EU legal database + Cellar SPARQL/REST web services)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:animal_welfare) (Publications Office of the European Union · api · European Union (27 member states)) — Authoritative EU welfare directives/regulations (e.g. companion-animal movement, sentience) text + metadata for an EU welfare-law reference page; machine access via the Cellar repository - [FAOLEX Database (national laws on agriculture/livestock/animal welfare)](https://www.fao.org/faolex/en/) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · portal · 200+ countries and territories) — Per-country full-text national animal-welfare laws with English/French/Spanish abstracts; powers an international per-country 'pet/animal law on the books' lookup - [Global Animal Law (GAL) Legislation Database](https://www.globalanimallaw.org/database/national/index.html) (Global Animal Law GAL Association (Zurich) · scrape · Global (national, regional, international levels)) — Country-tiered classification of animal-welfare legal frameworks (no law -> constitutional protection) for a world-map 'animal law coverage' visualization - [GovInfo Bulk Data Repository (CFR/USC in XML)](https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/CFR) (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) · bulk_download · United States (federal)) — Authoritative federal regulation text for 9 CFR Subchapter A (Animal Welfare) and Title 7; backs an 'Animal Welfare Act regulations explained' reference page - [legislation.gov.uk API (legislation incl. animal welfare acts)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/developer) (The National Archives (UK) · api · United Kingdom) — Full machine-readable text of UK Animal Welfare Act 2006, Sentience Act 2022, Import of Dogs/Cats/Ferrets Act 2025; backs a UK pet-law reference page with current/amended versions - [Municode Library (MunicodeNEXT)](https://library.municode.com/) (Municode (CivicPlus) · scrape · United States (3,300+ municipal codes)) — City/county animal-control ordinance text (Title 'Animals') for local pet-ownership rules pages and per-city ordinance citations - [Open States API v3 + bulk data (Plural Policy)](https://docs.openstates.org/api-v3/) (Plural Policy / Open States · api · United States (all 50 states + DC + Puerto Rico)) — Live tracking of pending/enacted state pet-welfare bills (keyword search 'animal', 'dog', 'cat', 'breeder') for a 'legislation tracker' page and per-state pending-bill counts - [Open States Bulk Data downloads](https://open.pluralpolicy.com/data/) (Plural Policy / Open States · bulk_download · United States (all states)) — Offline corpus of all bills + votes incl. full text for batch classification of animal-welfare legislation; feeds a historical 'pet laws passed by year' trend chart - [USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (AWA compliance)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal-care/awa-services/usda-animal-care-public-search-tool) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) · portal · United States (federal AWA-regulated facilities)) — AWA licensee/registrant lists, inspection reports, enforcement actions; backs a 'find/verify a licensed breeder or facility' page and per-state regulated-facility counts - [USDA AWA Inspection & Annual Reports (downloads)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/awa/annual-inspection-reports) (USDA APHIS · bulk_download · United States) — Aggregate research-facility animal-use reports and inspection histories for a federal AWA enforcement-stats dashboard - [USDA National Agricultural Library — Animal Welfare Act information](https://www.nal.usda.gov/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-welfare-act) (USDA National Agricultural Library (Animal Welfare Information Center) · portal · United States (federal)) — Authoritative plain-language explanation + history of the federal Animal Welfare Act and citations; reference content for a federal welfare-law explainer page - [World Animal Protection Index (API)](https://api.worldanimalprotection.org/) (World Animal Protection · portal · 50 countries (global)) — Cross-country A-G welfare-legislation grades incl. companion-animal indicator; powers an international 'how does country X protect pets' comparison page and country score badges - [GovTrack (US federal bills + votes)](https://www.govtrack.us/developers) (Civic Impulse, LLC (GovTrack.us) · api · United States (federal)) — Enriched federal animal-welfare bill metadata (sponsors, prognosis, subject tags) as a fallback/complement to Congress.gov for the federal legislation tracker - [UK data.gov.uk Animal Welfare Compliance dataset](https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/f8830ccb-7067-47b5-8d0e-4a5969fd4b0a/animal-welfare-compliance) (UK Government (Defra / APHA) · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — UK animal-welfare compliance/inspection figures for a UK enforcement-stats panel complementing the legislation reference ## Pet food & nutrition (19) - [AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles + Model Regulations](https://www.aafco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Model_Regulations_for_Pet_Food_and_Specialty_Pet_Food_Under_the_Model_Bill.pdf) (Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) · report_pdf · United States (de facto reference globally)) — U.S. nutrient-minimum/maximum reference (dry-matter basis) and label-rule definitions ('complete and balanced', life-stage claims, guaranteed analysis). Powers label-decoder and nutritional-adequacy pages. Note: the full annual Official Publication (ingredient definitions) is behind a paywall; model regs/nutrient profiles are free. - [EFSA Chemical Hazards Database (OpenFoodTox)](https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/data-report/chemical-hazards-database-openfoodtox) (European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · bulk_download · European Union) — Toxicological reference values and hazard summaries for feed additives, contaminants and nutrients used in animal feed. Powers ingredient-safety/contaminant context and 'is this additive assessed safe' explainers. Zenodo mirror: https://zenodo.org/records/8120114 - [EFSA OpenFoodTox — Zenodo data archive](https://zenodo.org/records/8120114) (EFSA (deposited on Zenodo / CERN) · bulk_download · European Union) — Citable, versioned bulk download of EFSA hazard data (incl. feed additives/contaminants) for ingredient-safety reference, with a stable DOI for citation in a methodology page. - [EU Register of Feed Additives (Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003)](https://food.ec.europa.eu/food-safety/animal-feed/feed-additives/legislation-feed-additives_en) (European Commission, DG SANTE (Food Safety) · portal · European Union) — Authoritative list of EU-authorised feed/pet-food additives with authorisation regulations and conditions. Powers an EU ingredient/additive-legality lookup and EU-vs-US additive comparison. - [FDA CVM — Guidance #293: Enforcement Policy for AAFCO-Defined Animal Feed Ingredients](https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cvm-gfi-293-fda-enforcement-policy-aafco-defined-animal-feed-ingredients) (U.S. FDA, Center for Veterinary Medicine · report_pdf · United States) — Authoritative current status of which pet-food ingredients are permitted post-AAFCO/FDA MOU expiry. Powers an 'is this ingredient FDA-permitted' regulatory-context page. Direct PDF: https://www.fda.gov/media/180441/download - [FDA Open Government Data Sets (animal & veterinary catalog)](https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/transparency/open-government-fda-data-sets) (U.S. FDA · portal · United States) — Index/discovery hub for FDA pet-food and animal-feed datasets (recalls, ingredient lists, GRAS notices). Useful for finding additional structured feeds to back ingredient/recall pages. - [FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete & Complementary Pet Food (Cats & Dogs)](https://europeanpetfood.org/self-regulation/nutritional-guidelines/) (FEDIAF — The European Pet Food Industry Federation · report_pdf · European Union / Europe) — European nutrient-standard reference table (min/max per nutrient, per life stage) to power 'is this food nutritionally complete (EU)' checks and AAFCO-vs-FEDIAF comparison pages. Direct 2025 PDF: https://europeanpetfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/FEDIAF-Nutritional-Guidelines_2025-ONLINE.pdf - [NANP Feed Composition Database (Ag Data Commons / Figshare mirror)](https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset/National_Animal_Nutrition_Program_NANP_Feed_Composition_Database/24662355) (USDA National Agricultural Library — Ag Data Commons · bulk_download · United States) — Machine-readable bulk download of the NANP feed-composition tables for offline ingestion into a nutrient-reference store (avoids the account-gated portal). - [National Animal Nutrition Program (NANP) Feed Composition Database](https://animalnutrition.org/about-feed-comp-db) (National Animal Nutrition Program (USDA NRSP-9, university consortium) · portal · United States (species-agnostic feedstuffs)) — Mean nutrient composition + variability (SD, percentiles) for feedstuffs (animal proteins, grains, oilseeds, fats, minerals) used in pet-food formulation. Powers ingredient nutrient-profile reference and formulation calculators. - [Open Pet Food Facts on data.gouv.fr (French open-data portal entry)](https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/open-pet-food-facts) (Open Food Facts / data.gouv.fr (Etalab) · bulk_download · Global (France-hosted portal listing)) — Government-portal-catalogued access point to the Open Pet Food Facts dump, with stable French open-data licensing/citation for the same product/nutrition data. - [Open Pet Food Facts — product, ingredient & nutrition database](https://world.openpetfoodfacts.org/data) (Open Food Facts (non-profit, France) · bulk_download · Global (crowd-sourced, EU/US heavy)) — Brand/product database: ingredient lists, guaranteed analysis, packaging, nutrition tables per SKU. Powers a pet-food product lookup page and ingredient-transparency scoring. - [openFDA — Animal & Veterinary Adverse Event API (ADAE)](https://open.fda.gov/apis/animalandveterinary/event/) (U.S. FDA, Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) · api · United States (some international reports)) — Pet-food safety signals: adverse events that list pet food/treats/supplements by brand. Powers a 'reported reactions / safety alerts' page and brand-level adverse-event trend charts. NOTE: cannot be used to estimate risk or rank brands causally. - [openFDA — Food Enforcement (Recall) Reports API](https://open.fda.gov/apis/food/enforcement/) (U.S. FDA · api · United States) — Pet-food recall feed filterable by keyword (e.g. 'dog food', 'cat food'). Powers a live recall-alerts page with classification (Class I/II/III), reason, distribution, and recalling firm. - [USDA FoodData Central — downloadable datasets + API](https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/download-datasets/) (USDA Agricultural Research Service / National Agricultural Library · bulk_download · United States (Branded DB also NZ)) — Reference nutrient values for ingredients used in pet food (meats, grains, fish, organ meats, oils). Powers ingredient nutrient lookups and 'what's in this protein' explainers; cross-reference for DIY/raw-diet nutrient calculators. - [USDA Global Branded Food Products Database (within FoodData Central)](https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/GBFPD_Documentation/) (USDA ARS + IAFNS + GS1 US / 1WorldSync (Syndigo) + Univ. of Maryland · bulk_download · United States, New Zealand) — Branded/private-label product label data (ingredients, nutrition panels, UPC/GTIN). Primarily human food but includes label-format reference and GTIN linkage useful for matching pet-food SKUs. - [Amazon Fine Food Reviews (Kaggle / SNAP)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/snap/amazon-fine-food-reviews) (Stanford SNAP (hosted on Kaggle) · bulk_download · United States) — 568K food reviews including pet-food (dog/cat food) products — sentiment, helpfulness, text. Powers review-sentiment / consumer-perception features. Caveat: dated (pre-2013) and mixed food categories; pet-food must be filtered. - [Chewy products dataset (Kaggle)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/crawlfeeds/chewy-data) (Crawl Feeds (community, on Kaggle) · bulk_download · United States) — Retail catalog of pet-food/products from chewy.com: brand, price, category, descriptions. Powers brand/price coverage and product-catalog seeding. Caveat: scraped retail data, verify license and freshness before reuse. - [FDA — Reportable Food Registry & Safety Reporting Portal (animal food)](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/report-problem/how-report-pet-food-complaint) (U.S. FDA, CVM · portal · United States) — Context for how pet-food safety complaints are reported and aggregate RFR figures for animal food. Supports a 'how to report a problem' help page and complaint-volume context. Note: raw complaint-level data is not a bulk CSV download (use the ADAE openFDA API for structured records). - [Canine diet datasets (Figshare)](https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Canine_diet_datasets/30344017) (Figshare (academic, individual researcher deposit) · bulk_download · Unspecified (academic study data)) — Research-grade canine diet/feeding data potentially useful for diet-composition or feeding-behavior analyses. Lower confidence: record was bot-blocked on fetch and contents/license unverified — confirm before relying. ## Genomics & cohorts (18) - [99 Lives Cat Genome Sequencing Initiative](https://cvm.missouri.edu/research/feline-genetics-and-comparative-medicine-laboratory/99-lives/) (University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine (Lyons Lab); EveryCat Health Foundation support · portal · Global (1,000+ cats sequenced)) — The premier open feline whole-genome resource — backs cat breed-variation and inherited-disease content; balances a dog-heavy dataset mix with cat coverage. - [Cat reference genome (Felis_catus_9.0 / felCat9) on NCBI Datasets](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_000181335.5/) (NCBI (NLM) — assembly GCA_000181335.5 (WashU GSC) · bulk_download · Reference (domestic cat)) — Canonical feline reference assembly for any cat-genome feature or annotation; pairs with 99 Lives variant data. - [Darwin's Ark — GitHub data & code (Darwin's Dogs)](https://github.com/DarwinsArk) (Darwin's Ark (UMass Chan Medical School + Broad Institute; Karlsson Lab) · bulk_download · Primarily United States (owner-enrolled dogs, global participation)) — Owner-reported behavior phenotypes + breed-ancestry pipelines and reference panels — backs an evidence-based 'breed stereotype vs behavior' / breed-ancestry content angle. - [Darwin's Ark — project site (community-science enrollment + data)](https://darwinsark.org/) (Darwin's Ark / Karlsson Lab · portal · United States (global participants)) — Citizen-science genetics + behavior framing; complex-trait and breed-stereotype findings for explainer content. - [Dog Aging Project — Curated Data Summary Tables](https://data.dogagingproject.org/) (Dog Aging Project · portal · United States) — Free-to-browse demographic/health/behavior/diet/medication distributions across the DAP cohort — usable for breed/age health-stat widgets without needing the full DUA-gated dataset. - [Dog Aging Project — dataRelease (codebooks & survey instruments)](https://github.com/dogagingproject/dataRelease) (Dog Aging Project (GitHub org dogagingproject) · bulk_download · United States) — Variable dictionaries, survey question text, gating logic and value labels — needed to correctly interpret/label any DAP-derived metric on a pet-intelligence page. - [Dog reference genome (Dog10K_Boxer_Tasha_1.0) on NCBI Datasets](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCF_000002285.5/) (NCBI (NLM) — assembly GCF_000002285.5 · bulk_download · Reference (single Boxer 'Tasha')) — Canonical canine reference assembly + gene annotation — foundation for any coordinate-based genomic feature; citable authority for 'the dog genome' explainers. - [Dog10K integrated database (multi-omics)](https://dog10k.kiz.ac.cn/) (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · portal · Global) — Searchable multi-omics front end over Dog10K (genes, variants, annotations) — quick lookups to enrich breed/disease pages. - [Dog10K — full data share (Kidd Lab mirror)](https://kiddlabshare.med.umich.edu/dog10K/) (Kidd Laboratory, University of Michigan (Dog10K Consortium) · bulk_download · Global) — Direct large-scale download of alignments, variants and metadata — for any deep genomic analysis powering breed-diversity or health-risk pages. - [Dog10K — variant call sets & imputation panel (Zenodo)](https://zenodo.org/record/8084059) (Dog10K Consortium (deposited via Kidd Lab, U. Michigan) · bulk_download · Global (1,987 canids: 1,611 dogs/321 breeds, 309 village dogs, 63 wolves, 4 coyotes)) — The largest open canine variant catalog (34M+ SNVs, 14.4M indels, 144k+ SVs) — authoritative reference for breed-variation / genetic-diversity content. CC BY makes it cleanly citable. - [European Variation Archive (EVA) — dog variant studies](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/eva/) (EMBL-EBI · api · Global (any species; Canis lupus familiaris studies e.g. PRJEB24066)) — FAIR, queryable canine (and feline) variant data by study/gene/location — programmatic access for a structured genetic-variant lookup feature. - [iDog — integrated multi-omics resource for domestic dogs & wild canids](https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/idog/) (National Genomics Data Center (CNCB-NGDC), Chinese Academy of Sciences · portal · Global) — Genes, genomes, SNPs, breed/disease traits, gene expression, single-cell, and dog–human homolog diseases — a one-stop lookup for breed-disease and dog-as-human-model content. - [Morris Animal Foundation — Golden Retriever Lifetime Study overview](https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/golden-retriever-lifetime-study) (Morris Animal Foundation · portal · United States) — Plain-language findings and study design for editorial/explainer content on canine longevity and cancer risk. - [NHGRI Dog Genome Project — Dog10K study](https://research.nhgri.nih.gov/dog_genome/study_descriptions/study-dog10k.shtml) (National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Ostrander Lab · portal · Global) — Authoritative US-government context on canine genomics (domestication, breed formation, disease-as-human-model) — trustworthy citation source for explainer/topic-authority content. - [UCSC Genome Browser — cat (felCat9) bulk downloads](https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/felCat9/bigZips/) (UCSC Genome Browser, University of California Santa Cruz · bulk_download · Reference (domestic cat)) — Ready-to-use cat (and dog, via parallel goldenPath dirs) genome sequence + annotation tracks for browser embeds or coordinate lookups. - [99 Lives feline whole genomes on NCBI SRA](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/?term=99+lives+cat+genome) (NCBI (NLM) hosting 99 Lives / Felis catus submissions · bulk_download · Global) — Read-level feline genome download for variant/ancestry analysis; primarily an upstream research source rather than direct page content. - [Broad Institute Canine Genomic Resources](https://www.broadinstitute.org/mammals-models/broad-institute-canine-genomic-resources) (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · portal · Global) — Hub linking canine reference assembly, annotation, and related genomic datasets — useful authority/citation anchor and download gateway. - [Genome Sequence Archive (GSA) — Dog10K raw sequence data](https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/gsa/) (National Genomics Data Center (CNCB-NGDC) · bulk_download · Global) — Raw read-level access underpinning Dog10K — for reproducing or extending genomic analyses; mostly an upstream/research source rather than direct page content. ## Working & service animals (16) - [ADA.gov — Service Animals (regulatory definitions & guidance)](https://www.ada.gov/topics/service-animals/) (U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division · portal · United States) — Canonical definition of 'service animal' under the ADA (vs ESA), access rules — the authoritative legal-context block every US service-dog page should cite. - [Assistance Dogs International — ADI Member Program Statistics](https://assistancedogsinternational.org/members/adi-member-program-statistics/) (Assistance Dogs International (ADI) · portal · Global (170 accredited members, 5 continents)) — Global assistance-dog placement metrics (e.g. 4,498 new teams placed in 2024), employees/volunteers, prison-based training programs — powers a 'state of assistance dogs worldwide' page. Note: WebFetch returns 403; figures confirmed via search and the public ADI Program Summary PDF. - [data.police.uk — Police Open Data (workforce / ADR tables, incl. dog units)](https://data.police.uk/data/open-data/) (UK Home Office / National Police Chiefs' Council · bulk_download · England, Wales, Northern Ireland) — Backbone for a UK 'working dogs in policing' page; per-force dog-unit counts come via FOI disclosure logs (e.g. Police Scotland breed/task, West Midlands) layered on top of the open workforce tables. - [DoD OIG — Evaluation of the Military Working Dog Program (DODIG-2026-057)](https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/Article/4409688/evaluation-of-the-dod-military-working-dog-programs-management-of-canine-welfar/) (U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General · report_pdf · United States (DoD, all branches)) — Most recent official MWD program/welfare evaluation; cite for U.S. military working dog inventory context (~2,800 MWDs) and Lackland AFB procurement/training stats. - [DOT Air Travel Consumer Report — Animal Incident Reporting](https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/air-travel-consumer-reports) (U.S. DOT, Office of Aviation Consumer Protection · report_pdf · United States (all scheduled U.S. carriers)) — Trend page on animals (incl. service animals) lost/injured/killed in air transport, plus service-animal disability complaints against airlines — 'flying with a service dog' safety/complaints metrics. - [GAO — Working Dogs: Federal Agencies Need to Better Address Health and Welfare (GAO-23-104489)](https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-104489) (U.S. Government Accountability Office · report_pdf · United States (cross-agency: DoD, DHS/TSA, CBP, ATF, Secret Service, etc.)) — Authoritative cross-agency counts/inventory of U.S. federal working dogs and welfare findings; cite for a 'U.S. government working dogs' explainer. (gov sites return 403 to bots but page is live.) - [Guide Dogs UK — Annual Report & Accounts](https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/about-us/finance-governance/reports-accounts-and-annual-reviews/) (The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK guide-dog metrics: new partnerships per year (469 in 2023), total active partnerships, puppies bred, cost per partnership (~£50k) — UK 'guide dogs by the numbers' page. - [International Guide Dog Federation — Facts and Figures](https://www.igdf.org.uk/about-us/facts-and-figures/) (International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF) · portal · Global (100 member orgs, 34 countries)) — Global 'guide dogs in the world' headline metrics: working guide dogs, dogs trained per year, puppies in development, instructors/volunteers, breed mix, aftercare visits — year-over-year trend cards. - [Queensland Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Register (Open Data)](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/guide-hearing-and-assistance-dogs) (Queensland Government — Dept. of Communities / Disability Services · bulk_download · Queensland, Australia) — Country/region page showing counts of certified assistance dogs, handlers, trainers, certified institutions and puppy carers; the only confirmed government open dataset that enumerates the assistance-dog ecosystem. CKAN API: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/api/3/action/package_show?id=guide-hearing-and-assistance-dogs - [TSA Canine Olfactory Detection ML Dataset (628 Labradors) — GitHub](https://github.com/AWEyre7147/2013TSA-Trait-ML-Project) (A. Eyre et al. (Scientific Reports 2023) / TSA cohort data · bulk_download · United States (TSA detection-dog program)) — Machine-readable detection-dog behavioral/selection data (toy engagement, hunting, stress) for a 'what makes a good detection dog' data-story; only confirmed downloadable working-dog performance dataset found. - [VA Research — PTSD and Service Dogs (PAWS / monograph study)](https://www.research.va.gov/ptsd-service-dogs.cfm) (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research & Development · portal · United States) — Evidence-based 'do service dogs help veterans with PTSD' content; cohort sizes, outcome effect sizes, and the VA veterinary-benefit eligibility metric. - [DHS S&T Detection Canine Program](https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/detection-canine) (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate · portal · United States) — Authoritative descriptions and research links for federal explosive/detection canine programs and standards; context source for a 'detection dogs in homeland security' explainer. - [Geographic Availability of Assistance Dogs (US/Canada placements, 2013–2014)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6794437/) (PMC / peer-reviewed (Walther et al.), via NIH PubMed Central · report_pdf · United States & Canada) — Per-facility and per-region assistance-dog placement counts across ADI/IGDF-accredited and non-accredited US facilities — supply/availability map of assistance dogs. - [Penn Vet Working Dog Center — Research & Datasets](https://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/research-centers-and-institute/penn-vet-working-dog-center/research/) (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine · portal · United States) — Detection/SAR canine fitness, behavior and selection research; source for 'working dog health & performance' content and links to deposited datasets (e.g. Fit to Work program, behavioral selection archive). - [South Australia Dog and Cat Management Board — Assistance Dogs Register](https://dogandcatboard.com.au/dogs/assistance-dogs) (Dog and Cat Management Board (SA Government) · portal · South Australia) — Publicly inspectable register of accredited assistance dogs under the Dog and Cat Management Act 1995; feeds an SA assistance-dog accreditation page and counts. - [Western Australia Assistance Dog Approval / Register](https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/local-government/community/cats-and-dogs/applying-for-assistance-dog-approval) (WA Dept. of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) · portal · Western Australia) — State-level accreditation framework under the Dog Act 1976; supports a per-state Australia assistance-dog rights/registration comparison page. ## AI / computer-vision datasets (14) - [Animal Pose Dataset (Cross-Domain Adaptation for Animal Pose Estimation, ICCV 2019)](https://sites.google.com/view/animal-pose/) (Jinkun Cao et al. (project site + noahcao GitHub mirror) · bulk_download · Global) — 2D keypoint/pose estimation for dogs and cats (plus cow, horse, sheep) — 6,000+ instances; powers pet posture/activity analysis - [Animal3D](https://xujiacong.github.io/Animal3D/) (Jiacong Xu et al. (Johns Hopkins / ICCV 2023) · portal · Global) — 3D pose + shape (SMAL model) estimation for 40 mammal species incl. dogs (3,379 images, 26 keypoints); 3D pet avatar / body-condition estimation - [AP-10K](https://github.com/AlexTheBad/AP-10K) (Hang Yu, Yufei Xu et al. (NeurIPS 2021 Datasets & Benchmarks; AlexTheBad GitHub) · bulk_download · Global (in-the-wild)) — General animal 2D pose estimation across 23 families / 54 species (10,015 annotated images, ~50k more weakly labeled) incl. dogs/cats; cross-species transfer for pet pose - [DogFaceNet Datasets](https://zenodo.org/records/12578449) (Guillaume Mougeot et al. (Zenodo) · bulk_download · Global) — Dog face detection + alignment + individual identification (2,522 dogs raw / 1,393 aligned); face-based lost-dog matching and embedding models - [Kaggle Cats and Dogs (Asirra / Dogs vs. Cats)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54765) (Microsoft Research (originally via Petfinder shelters) / Kaggle · bulk_download · United States (Petfinder shelter photos)) — Binary cat-vs-dog species classifier (25,000 labeled images); lightweight species-detection step before breed/pose models - [Oxford-IIIT Pet Dataset](https://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/data/pets/) (Visual Geometry Group (VGG), University of Oxford + IIIT Hyderabad · bulk_download · Global) — Cat+dog breed classification (37 breeds, ~7,349 images), head bounding-box detection, and pixel-level pet segmentation for cutout/avatar features - [PetFace](https://dahlian00.github.io/PetFacePage/) (Risa Shinoda et al. (ECCV 2024 Oral; mapooon/dahlian00) · portal · Global) — Individual animal face re-identification at scale — 257,484 unique individuals, 1,012,934 images, 13 families / 319 breeds; lost-pet matching and pet identity verification - [Stanford Dogs Dataset](http://vision.stanford.edu/aditya86/ImageNetDogs/) (Stanford Vision Lab (Aditya Khosla et al., Stanford University) · bulk_download · Global (images sourced from ImageNet)) — Dog breed classifier across 120 breeds (20,580 images) with bounding boxes; baseline breed-ID model behind a 'what breed is my dog?' feature - [StanfordExtra](https://github.com/benjiebob/StanfordExtra) (Benjamin Biggs et al. (ECCV 2020, 'Who Left the Dogs Out?'; benjiebob GitHub) · portal · Global (built on Stanford Dogs images)) — Dog 2D keypoint (20 joints) + silhouette annotations for 12,538 dogs; training data for 3D dog pose/shape reconstruction (SMAL/SMBLD) - [SuperAnimal-Quadruped (DeepLabCut Model Zoo)](https://huggingface.co/mwmathis/DeepLabCutModelZoo-SuperAnimal-Quadruped) (M.W. Mathis Lab, EPFL (DeepLabCut) · api · Global) — Out-of-the-box 39-keypoint quadruped pose estimation (trained on 'Quadruped-80K' incl. dogs, cats, horses) without custom training; instant pet pose inference - [Tsinghua Dogs](https://cg.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/ThuDogs/) (Tsinghua University (Graphics & Geometric Computing Group) · portal · China-weighted (breeds proportional to Chinese prevalence; real-life user photos)) — Largest fine-grained dog breed classifier (130 breeds, 70,428 real-world images) with body+head boxes; higher real-world accuracy than Stanford Dogs - [APT-36K](https://github.com/pandorgan/APT-36K) (Yuxiang Yang et al. (NeurIPS 2022; pandorgan GitHub) · bulk_download · Global) — Animal pose estimation AND multi-frame tracking (36,000 frames, 30 species incl. dog/cat); video-based pet motion/behavior tracking - [Oxford-IIIT Pet VL-Enriched](https://huggingface.co/datasets/visual-layer/oxford-iiit-pet-vl-enriched) (Visual Layer (Hugging Face) · api · Global) — Enriched cat/dog dataset with auto-generated captions, object bounding boxes, and label-quality issues; multimodal pet vision/captioning and data-cleaning pipelines - [TigDog Dataset](https://calvin-vision.net/datasets/tigdog/) (CALVIN research group, University of Edinburgh (Del Pero et al.) · bulk_download · Global (nature documentaries + YouTube-Objects)) — In-the-wild quadruped pose + behavior modeling (~110k frames of dogs, horses, tigers); video pet behavior/landmark analysis and domain adaptation ## Retail & e-commerce (14) - [Amazon Reviews 2023 — Pet Supplies category (McAuley Lab, UCSD)](https://amazon-reviews-2023.github.io/) (McAuley Lab, UC San Diego · bulk_download · United States (Amazon.com)) — Large-scale product metadata + review/rating signals for pet products (price, ratings, bought-together graph) to derive product-popularity and category-trend pages. Direct Pet_Supplies metadata: datarepo.eng.ucsd.edu/.../meta_Pet_Supplies.jsonl.gz. - [BEA Personal Consumption Expenditures — Pets line (NIPA / API)](https://apps.bea.gov/API/signup/) (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · api · United States) — Official PCE for 'Pets, pet products and related services' (NIPA tables, also mirrored in FRED DPETRC1A027NBEA) — authoritative national pet-spending trend line for a spending-over-time chart. - [BLS Public Data API — CPI/CE pet series (programmatic)](https://www.bls.gov/developers/) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · api · United States) — Direct pull of CPI series CUUR0000SS61031 ('Pet food and treats') and pet/services CPI by series ID, plus Consumer Expenditure pet spending; powers a self-updating pet-cost inflation tracker without FRED dependency. - [Google Trends BigQuery Public Dataset (US, 210 DMAs)](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/bigquery-public-datasets/google-search-trends) (Google / Google Cloud Public Datasets · api · United States (210 Designated Market Areas)) — Search-interest time series for pet terms (e.g. 'puppy adoption', 'dog groomer', 'pet insurance') by metro area; could power a 'pet search trends' / seasonal-demand page and city-level interest ranking. Note: this is the Top-25/Top-25-rising terms feed, so direct term-by-term querying is limited vs the consumer UI. - [Google Trends Datastore (curated downloadable datasets)](https://googletrends.github.io/data/) (Google Trends Data Team · bulk_download · Global / per-dataset) — Ready-made CSV trend exports for visualization; limited pet relevance directly but a clean example of normalized Trends data and methodology reference for a trends page. - [Google Trends International BigQuery Public Dataset (~50 countries)](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/bigquery-public-datasets/google-trends-intl) (Google / Google Cloud Public Datasets · api · ~50 countries (international)) — Cross-country search-interest comparison for pet topics; powers a global/EU vs US pet-trend comparison page. - [pytrends (unofficial Google Trends Python client)](https://github.com/GeneralMills/pytrends) (GeneralMills (open-source maintainers) · api · Global (per-query geo/region)) — Ad-hoc 'interest over time' and 'related queries' for specific pet keywords/breeds; can backfill a pet-search-trends widget. Caveat: unofficial, frequently rate-limited/blocked; use sparingly with backoff. - [UK Pet Food (PFMA) Pet Population & Pet Data Report](https://www.ukpetfood.org/information-centre/statistics.html) (UK Pet Food (formerly PFMA) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK pet population by species (≈35M pets, 13M dogs, 12M cats) and ownership rates; powers a UK pet-market/ownership page and demand context for UK pet retail. - [US Census Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS/MRTS) — API](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/MRTS.html) (U.S. Census Bureau · api · United States (national, by NAICS)) — Retail sales time series by NAICS, including general merchandise/non-store categories that capture pet-retail demand; powers monthly retail-momentum charts for the pet/retail sector context. - [US Census Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales Report](https://www.census.gov/retail/ecommerce.html) (U.S. Census Bureau · portal · United States) — Headline e-commerce share of total retail (e.g. ~16.9% Q1 2026) as macro context for online pet-shopping growth; powers an 'online vs in-store pet retail' context section. - [Wikimedia Pageviews REST API + bulk pageview dumps](https://doc.wikimedia.org/generated-data-platform/aqs/analytics-api/reference/page-views.html) (Wikimedia Foundation · api · Global (per language project)) — A free, robust Google-Trends alternative: daily page-view counts for pet-related Wikipedia articles (breeds, 'Dog', 'Cat food', specific products) as a public-interest/popularity proxy. Powers a 'breed & topic popularity' trends page. Bulk dumps at dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageviews/. - [IBISWorld Pet Stores in the US — free market-size headline figures](https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/market-size/pet-stores-united-states/) (IBISWorld · portal · United States) — Pet-store industry market size (~$33.6B 2026), number of businesses (~13,580), and concentration (PetSmart+Petco ≈ 1/3); powers a 'pet retail landscape' stat block. Only the free headline numbers are open. - [Packaged Facts / Freedonia US Pet Market Outlook — free headline figures](https://www.freedoniagroup.com/packaged-facts/us-pet-market-outlook) (The Freedonia Group (Packaged Facts) · report_pdf · United States) — Online-shopping / channel-shift and non-medical pet-services growth figures (e.g. services +10% to $13.2B); useful for an e-commerce-shift narrative. Only free headline stats usable. - [Statista Free Pet Industry Statistics (headline charts)](https://www.statista.com/topics/1369/pet-food/) (Statista · portal · United States + global (varies by stat)) — Selected free headline figures (industry expenditure, category sales, ownership %) for context cards. Caveat: most series are premium; only the marked free statistics are usable, attribution required. ## Spay/neuter (14) - [Animal Care Centers of NYC — Lifesaving Statistics](https://www.nycacc.org/about/statistics/) (Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) · report_pdf · New York City (5 boroughs)) — NYC municipal intake/outcome and spay/neuter-at-outcome counts for a major-metro page; pair with NYC Comptroller review of city spay/neuter program gaps - [ASPCA Pet Statistics + ASPCApro Research Index](https://www.aspcapro.org/researchindex) (ASPCA / ASPCApro · report_pdf · United States (national estimates)) — Headline national figures (6.5M dogs/cats enter shelters; 13.6M animals sterilized via ASPCA S/N Alliance clinics 2005–2024) — authoritative citations for a spay/neuter impact section - [California Grants Portal — Pet Lover's / Spay & Neuter grants](https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/2026-pet-lovers-spay-and-neuter-grant-program/) (State of California (grants.ca.gov / CKAN-backed) · portal · California) — Structured grant records (amounts, eligibility, deadlines) to quantify state investment in population-control programs over time - [CDFA Pet Lover's Spay and Neuter Grant Program (project abstracts)](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/SpayNeuter/) (California Department of Food and Agriculture · report_pdf · California (statewide grantees)) — Government-funded spay/neuter program coverage — list of funded clinics/municipalities + dollars awarded (~$500k/yr) for a 'who funds spay/neuter in CA' page - [Kaggle — Shelter Animal Outcomes (competition dataset)](https://www.kaggle.com/c/shelter-animal-outcomes/data) (Kaggle / Austin Animal Center · bulk_download · Austin, TX (2013–2016, ~26k records)) — Labeled neutered/intact + outcome features — clean training set showing spay/neuter correlation with adoption/euthanasia for a modeling-backed stat - [Long Beach Animal Shelter Intakes and Outcomes](https://longbeach.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/animal-shelter-intakes-and-outcomes/) (City of Long Beach, CA (Opendatasoft portal) · api · Long Beach, CA) — Per-animal sex/altered condition + intake/outcome with geo fields — map + rate computation; Opendatasoft API is easy to query for a city spay/neuter page - [PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report — Pet Populations & Neutering](https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report/paw-report-2024/pet-populations) (PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals), UK · report_pdf · United Kingdom (national, YouGov survey-based)) — Owned-pet neutering rates (cats 87%, dogs 68%, rabbits 61%; ~71% overall) — owner-side (not just shelter) spay/neuter benchmark for a UK page; complements shelter-only US data - [Shelter Animals Count — Altered Status Data Report (2019–2023)](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/altered-status-data-report/) (Shelter Animals Count (SAC) · report_pdf · United States (262 organizations, 47 states, 2.2M cats & dogs)) — Headline figures: dogs spayed/neutered at intake fell 33.2%→22.3% and cats 27.9%→22.0% (2019–2023) — citable hero stats for a spay/neuter trends explainer - [Shelter Animals Count — Intake & Outcome / Altered Status Database](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/explore-the-data/) (Shelter Animals Count (SAC) · portal · United States (1,200+ shelters/rescues, 47+ states)) — National spay/neuter (altered-at-intake) rate baseline; 'what % of shelter dogs/cats arrive already fixed' stat block and trend chart powering a spay/neuter intelligence page - [Animal Welfare Data Center — Data Portal (CA shelters)](https://www.animalwelfaredatacenter.org/) (Animal Welfare Data Center (nonprofit) · portal · California (public animal shelters)) — California spay/neuter-on-outcome stats and length-of-stay by outcome aggregated across CA public shelters — ready-made CA spay/neuter dashboard reference - [Bloomington Animal Shelter Animals](https://bloomington.data.socrata.com/dataset/Animal-Shelter-Animals/e245-r9ub) (City of Bloomington, IN (Socrata open data portal) · api · Bloomington, IN) — Midwest mid-size-city per-animal records incl. sex/altered status — geographic diversity for spay/neuter rate map - [FAO — Dog Population Management (Animal Production & Health report)](https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) · report_pdf · Global (case studies across countries)) — Authoritative methodology + country case figures on sterilisation as population control — context/citations for a global spay/neuter-policy explainer (search FAO OpenKnowledge for 'Dog Population Management' to get the stable item URL) - [SAC Data API (member/software integration)](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/apis-with-sac/) (Shelter Animals Count (SAC) · api · United States) — Programmatic intake/outcome+altered-status ingestion if a data partnership is set up; mostly submission, retrieval gated — flag as integration path not open pull - [EU Open Data Portal — Stray Dog Information](https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/stray-dog-information?locale=en) (European Commission (data.europa.eu) · portal · EU (member-state level)) — EU-level stray-dog/population-control reference for an international spay/neuter page — verify field-level sterilisation content before relying on it ## Wildlife & exotic pets (14) - [Animal Legal & Historical Center — Map of Private Exotic Pet Ownership Laws](https://www.animallaw.info/content/map-private-exotic-pet-ownership-laws) (Michigan State University College of Law (animallaw.info) · portal · United States (all states)) — Authoritative, citation-backed statute references per state for the exotic-pet-legality map; cross-check/source-of-truth for Born Free's summary and legal-detail pages - [Born Free USA Exotic Animal Incidents Database](https://www.bornfreeusa.org/exotic-incidents-database/) (Born Free USA · portal · United States (by state, since 1990)) — Exotic-pet escapes/attacks/incidents searchable by state and species — powers 'exotic pet safety incidents by state' content and risk-by-species context - [Born Free USA — Summary of State Laws on Private Possession of Exotic Animals](https://www.bornfreeusa.org/campaigns/animals-in-captivity/summary-state-laws-exotic-animals/) (Born Free USA · portal · United States (all 50 states)) — State-by-state legality of private exotic animal ownership — powers an interactive 'is this exotic pet legal in my state' map and per-state legal-summary pages - [CITES Trade Database](https://trade.cites.org/) (UNEP-WCMC on behalf of the CITES Secretariat (UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre) · bulk_download · Global (184 CITES Parties)) — Authoritative volumes of live CITES-listed exotic species in legal international trade (parrots, reptiles, tortoises, primates) by exporter/importer, source (wild vs captive-bred), year — powers a 'global exotic pet trade trends' data page and species-level trade profiles - [CITES Wildlife TradeView](https://tradeview.cites.org/) (UNEP-WCMC / CITES Secretariat · portal · Global) — Ready-made global/country/taxon visualizations of live-animal exotic trade (top exporters, importers, wild vs captive source) — embeddable charts for trend explainer pages without building the pipeline - [Eurogroup for Animals — EU Exotic Pet Trade & Positive List Reports](https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/library/current-pet-trade-eu-and-its-variation-between-member-states) (Eurogroup for Animals · report_pdf · European Union (member-state breakdowns; 18-state survey)) — EU exotic-pet trade scale, member-state variation, and 'positive list' regulatory context — powers a 'which exotic pets are legal in the EU' policy explainer and species-allowed-list reference - [GBIF Occurrence API](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/occurrence) (Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) · api · Global) — Species range/native-distribution and living-specimen records to contextualize where an exotic pet species naturally occurs and flag non-native/invasive risk on species pages - [IUCN Red List API](https://api.iucnredlist.org/) (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) · api · Global) — Conservation status, population trend, and use/trade flags for exotic pet species — powers 'is this exotic pet a threatened species?' badges and responsible-ownership conservation context - [lemis R package (programmatic LEMIS access)](https://github.com/ecohealthalliance/lemis) (EcoHealth Alliance (GitHub: ecohealthalliance/lemis) · bulk_download · United States imports) — Scripted/reproducible pulls of US exotic-animal import records for building rankings and origin charts in an automated content pipeline - [LEMIS US Wildlife & Wildlife Product Imports — Ag Data Commons mirror](https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/data-united-states-wildlife-and-wildlife-product-imports-2000%E2%80%932014) (USDA National Agricultural Library / EcoHealth Alliance · bulk_download · United States) — Government-hosted, citable mirror of LEMIS import data for the same US exotic-pet import metrics; useful as a stable .gov-domain citation source - [Our World in Data — Global Wildlife Exports](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/wildlife-exports) (Our World in Data (Oxford / Global Change Data Lab), built on CITES data · bulk_download · Global (by country, time series)) — Clean, citable country-level wildlife-export time series (whole-organism equivalents) — drop-in chart + downloadable data for a 'which countries export the most wildlife' explainer - [UK Pet Food (PFMA) Pet Population Data](https://www.ukpetfood.org/resource/pfma-releases-latest-pet-population-data.html) (UK Pet Food (formerly PFMA — Pet Food Manufacturers' Association) · report_pdf · United Kingdom) — UK exotic-pet population estimates (reptiles ~1.5M, indoor birds, small mammals) and growth trends — powers UK-market exotic ownership metrics and 'reptiles fastest-growing pet' narrative - [EU-TWIX (Europe Trade in Wildlife Information eXchange)](https://www.eu-twix.org/) (TRAFFIC / Belgian CITES authorities (consortium of EU member-state enforcement) · portal · EU-27 + UK, Switzerland, Western Balkans, Ukraine, Iceland) — Headline EU live-animal seizure figures (e.g. 600k+ live animals seized in 2023) for EU illegal exotic-pet-trade scale metrics — use the published aggregates, not the restricted raw DB - [USFWS Wildlife Import/Export (LEMIS) — current data via FOIA / USFWS Office of Law Enforcement](https://www.fws.gov/program/office-law-enforcement) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · report_pdf · United States) — Up-to-date (post-2014) US wildlife import figures beyond the static EcoHealth release — for current-year exotic import volume metrics; requires FOIA for raw granular data ## Poison control & toxicology (13) - [ASPCA APCC Top 10 Pet Toxins (annual) + Top Toxin by State](https://www.aspcapro.org/resource/top-10-toxins-2024) (ASPCA / ASPCApro · report_pdf · US (state-level breakdown available)) — Editorial 'most common pet poisons' rankings and a per-state top-toxin map. Powers seasonal/awareness content pages and a state-level 'top pet toxin near you' widget. Aggregate stats only (no record-level data); cite as source, don't redistribute raw. - [ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants Database](https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants) (ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) · scrape · US (species-agnostic plant data, globally applicable)) — A toxic-plants lookup feature: ~1,024 plants browsable A-Z, filterable by dog/cat/horse, each with common + scientific name and a detail page (toxic principle, clinical signs). Could power a 'is this plant safe for my pet' tool or enrich pet-friendly-places/garden content. No API — would require scraping (license-limited) or linking out. - [EPA Computational Toxicology & Exposure APIs (CTX / CompTox Dashboard)](https://www.epa.gov/comptox-tools/computational-toxicology-and-exposure-apis) (U.S. EPA Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure · api · Global (chemical hazard data)) — Programmatic chemical hazard/toxicity values (ToxValDB), chemical identity, and exposure data for ~1M+ chemicals. Backs a substance-toxicity lookup or chemical-property enrichment for poison content. Free API key required; bulk ToxValDB also downloadable via DOI. - [EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase](https://cfpub.epa.gov/ecotox/) (U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development · bulk_download · Global (chemical-species toxicity literature)) — 1M+ test records across 13,000+ species and 12,000+ chemicals, with endpoints like LD50/LC50/NOAEC. Can be filtered to mammalian / companion-relevant species (dog, cat, rat surrogate) and specific chemicals to build a chemical-toxicity reference backing a 'how toxic is X' feature. Entire DB downloadable as ASCII. - [EPA Incident Data System (IDS) public search](https://ordspub.epa.gov/ords/pesticides/f?p=359:1) (U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs · portal · US) — Searchable pesticide-incident reports that explicitly include domestic animals (pets/livestock), with incident date, report reason (adverse effect / product defect), and severity. Powers a 'pesticide exposure incidents affecting pets' content/data feature. Note EPA's stated low confidence in data validity — present as reported, not authoritative. - [FDA CVM 'Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices' landing page](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/cvm-updates/fda-posts-adverse-event-report-data-animal-drugs-and-devices-used-animals-increase-transparency) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine · report_pdf · US) — Authoritative documentation/context for the openFDA ADAE dataset (scope, 30+ years of reports, limitations). Use as the citation/explainer source alongside the API/bulk data when surfacing reported-reaction stats; not itself a dataset. - [NPDS Annual Reports (America's Poison Centers / AAPCC) — animal-exposure statistics](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41432769/) (America's Poison Centers (formerly AAPCC), via Clinical Toxicology journal / PubMed · report_pdf · US (all 55 poison centers)) — Published national counts and breakdowns of animal exposures reported to human poison centers (e.g., 34,919 animal exposures in 2024). Aggregate-only — cite for context/trends ('X pet poison exposures reported nationally per year') rather than per-record use. Raw NPDS access requires a formal data-use request to America's Poison Centers. - [openFDA Animal Drug Adverse Events (ADAE) bulk downloads](https://open.fda.gov/data/adae/) (U.S. FDA CVM via openFDA · bulk_download · US (+ international reports)) — Full downloadable ADAE dataset (same data as the API) for offline analysis — building your own aggregated 'most-reported reactions by drug/species' tables, precomputed trends, or a local search index without rate limits. Free, CC0. - [Pet Poison Helpline Common Poison List](https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poisons/) (Pet Poison Helpline (a division of SafetyCall International) · scrape · US + Canada) — A browsable poison reference (medications, foods, plants, chemicals, household items) with per-toxin detail pages and severity. Could back a 'search a substance' toxicity-lookup tool. No API; linking out is the compliant path. - [Pet Poison Helpline Toxin Trends (interactive Tableau dashboard)](https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/toxin-trends/) (Pet Poison Helpline / SafetyCall International · portal · US + Canada (state/province level)) — Top-20 toxins by state/province and by species (dog/cat), with call-frequency-by-month and clinical-sign charts. Powers a 'regional pet poison risk' map/page and seasonal alerts. View-only; embed or link rather than ingest. - [PubChem PUG-REST API](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/docs/pug-rest) (NCBI / National Library of Medicine (NIH) · api · Global) — Programmatic chemical lookup including safety/toxicity sections (GHS hazards, acute toxicity, LD50 from aggregated sources) and identifiers. Enriches a poison/substance page with chemical names, synonyms, hazard classification, and toxicity values for any ingested toxin. Free, no key (rate-limited). - [EPA Pesticide Incident data sets (raw downloads)](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-incidents/about-incident-data-system-ids) (U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs · bulk_download · US) — Two published data sets (individually-reported incidents with descriptions, and aggregate-submitted incidents) covering ~10 years. Can be filtered to domestic-animal cases to build precomputed pesticide-poisoning trend stats for pets. Confirm exact download format on the page before ingesting. - [NPIC Veterinary Pesticide Incident Reporting Portal + Annual Reports](http://npic.orst.edu/vet/) (National Pesticide Information Center (Oregon State University + EPA) · report_pdf · US) — Surveillance-oriented veterinary pesticide-incident data and NPIC annual reports summarizing pesticide-call volumes and trends (low counts via VIRP). Useful as cited context and authoritative pesticide-safety info for pets, plus an outbound 'report an incident / get info' resource. Aggregate reports only — no record-level open dataset. ## Animal control (13) - [311 Service Requests (City of Dallas)](https://www.dallasopendata.com/Services/311-Service-Requests/gc4d-8a49) (City of Dallas (Dallas OpenData, Socrata) · api · City of Dallas, TX, USA) — Animal-related 311 demand page: filter to animal service-request types (loose dog, dead animal, animal bite) to map citizen-reported animal incidents over time. SODA: https://www.dallasopendata.com/resource/gc4d-8a49.json - [Animal Care and Control Division Annual Statistics (Bloomington, IN)](https://data.bloomington.in.gov/Public-Works/Animal-Care-and-Control-Division-Annual-Statistics/qgrj-praj) (City of Bloomington Animal Care & Control / Dept. of Public Works (Socrata) · api · City of Bloomington, IN, USA) — Enforcement-and-outcomes summary page: annual counts of intakes, dispositions, and enforcement actions for a small-city baseline. SODA: https://data.bloomington.in.gov/resource/qgrj-praj.json - [Animal Control - All Contacts for Service (Mesa, AZ)](https://data.mesaaz.gov/Community-Services/Animal-Control-All-Contacts-for-Service/d7db-dmbf) (City of Mesa, Arizona (Mesa Data Hub, Socrata) · api · City of Mesa, AZ, USA) — ACO contact-volume page: all animal-control service contacts (at-large, bite, cruelty, livestock, noise) by type and time for a large Phoenix-metro city. SODA: https://data.mesaaz.gov/resource/d7db-dmbf.json - [Animal Field Data Fiscal Year 2023-2026 (Dallas Animal Services)](https://www.dallasopendata.com/Services/Animal-Field-Data-Fiscal-Year-2023-2026/pxcj-qffj) (City of Dallas / Dallas Animal Services (Dallas OpenData, Socrata) · api · City of Dallas, TX, USA (council-district + lat/long level)) — ACO field-operations page: dispatched animal-control activity volume, outcome of field calls, geography of bite/stray/cruelty dispatches in a major US city. SODA API: https://www.dallasopendata.com/resource/pxcj-qffj.json - [Case Data from San Francisco 311 (SF311 Cases)](https://data.sfgov.org/City-Infrastructure/311-Cases/vw6y-z8j6) (City and County of San Francisco (DataSF, Socrata) · api · San Francisco, CA, USA (point-level)) — Animal-control demand page: filter Category/Request Type to animal cases (Animal Care & Control, dead animal, aggressive dog) for a major-city dispatch trend line. SODA: https://data.sfgov.org/resource/vw6y-z8j6.json - [Louisville Metro KY - Animal Services Activity Log](https://data.louisvilleky.gov/datasets/487cd775975e43479f9ffd067162cfb6_0/about) (Louisville Metro Government (LMAS), via ArcGIS Hub open data portal · api · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, USA) — Field-activity / dispatch intensity page: counts of ACO responses by activity type (bite investigation, stray pickup, cruelty, barking complaint). Pairs with the citation set to compute 'responses per investigation'. REST: https://services1.arcgis.com/79kfd2K6fskCAkyg/arcgis/rest/services/Louisville_Metro_KY_Animal_Services_Activity_Log/FeatureServer - [Louisville Metro KY - Animal Services Citation](https://data.louisvilleky.gov/datasets/louisville-metro-ky-animal-services-citation) (Louisville Metro Government (LMAS), via LOJIC/ArcGIS Hub open data portal · api · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, USA (point/address-level)) — Citation-rate page: animal-control citations per capita by city/neighborhood; 'most-enforced ordinances' content; powers a 'pet ordinance enforcement intensity' metric. REST endpoint: https://services1.arcgis.com/79kfd2K6fskCAkyg/arcgis/rest/services/Louisville_Metro_KY_Animal_Services_Citation/FeatureServer - [Shelter Animals Count - National Database](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/data-reports/) (Shelter Animals Count (501(c)(3) nonprofit data collaborative) · portal · United States (national + state/regional rollups, 7,000+ orgs)) — National + state context for impoundment/intake/outcome pages where a single city lacks open data; provides the denominator (national intake totals) for per-capita and trend comparisons across the directory. - [Trends in Intake and Outcome Data From U.S. Animal Shelters 2016-2020](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9237517/) (Frontiers in Veterinary Science (peer-reviewed; PMC open access) · report_pdf · United States (national aggregate, ~1,200+ shelters via Shelter Animals Count)) — National-baseline citation source for impoundment/intake trend pages; authoritative outbound citation (satisfies website chassis invariant #7 for a .gov/peer-reviewed link) when contextualizing municipal animal-control figures. - [311 Service Requests (City of Chicago)](https://data.cityofchicago.org/Service-Requests/311-Service-Requests/v6vf-nfxy) (City of Chicago (Chicago Data Portal, Socrata) · api · City of Chicago, IL, USA) — Animal-control demand page: filter SR_TYPE to animal categories (stray animal, dead animal, animal in trap) since Chicago CACC takes all field requests via 311. Verify the current 311 dataset ID (v6vf-nfxy) on the portal. SODA: https://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/v6vf-nfxy.json - [Animal Abuse (311 Service Requests)](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/Animal-Abuse/9uh9-2zfu) (City of New York / NYPD via 311 (NYC Open Data, Socrata) · api · New York City, NY, USA) — Animal-cruelty / neglect reporting page: 311 animal-abuse complaints by borough over time. NOTE: NYC has restructured several 311 animal subsets; verify the live dataset ID before ingest (the broader '311 Service Requests' set vw6y-z8j6 / erm2-nwe9 also contains the Complaint Type = 'Animal Abuse'). - [Animal Services Intake Data (City of Los Angeles)](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/animal-services-intake-data) (Los Angeles Department of Animal Services (data.lacity.org, via data.gov) · portal · City of Los Angeles, CA, USA) — Big-city impoundment-intake page: LA Animal Services intakes by type (impound/stray, owner surrender, confiscation) across six shelters. Verify the live data.lacity.org resource ID before ingest. - [City of Sacramento Open Data - Animal Care datasets](https://data.cityofsacramento.org/search?tags=Animal+Care) (City of Sacramento (Sacramento Open Data, ArcGIS Hub) · portal · City of Sacramento, CA, USA) — Pet-licensing-citation / enforcement page: Sacramento runs a Pet Licensing Citation Program (ACOs issue citations for unlicensed/unvaccinated pets); the Animal Care tag set surfaces related enforcement and licensing datasets. Confirm the specific dataset slugs before ingest. ## Cats & TNR (13) - [Dryad — Planning/optimizing neutering programs for free-roaming cat populations](https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.j9kd51cq8) (Dryad Digital Repository (Cecchetti & Nelli, 2025) · bulk_download · Model/simulation (closed-system free-roaming colonies)) — Cost-effective TNR/neutering rates needed to reduce colony size — powers a 'how many cats must be neutered to control a colony' interactive/explainer. - [First Colony Mall TNVR Program (2023-2024)](https://data.sugarlandtx.gov/dataset/fcm_tnr_program_data) (City of Sugar Land Animal Services Department · bulk_download · Sugar Land, TX (single TNVR site)) — Concrete municipal TNVR case study: cats trapped/neutered/vaccinated/returned per site — powers a 'how TNR programs work + real numbers' explainer page and a TNR-outcomes data widget. - [GBIF — Felis catus occurrence records](https://www.gbif.org/species/2435035) (Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) · api · Global (millions of geolocated occurrences, incl. free-roaming/feral)) — Mappable density/distribution of free-roaming Felis catus by country/region — powers a global community-cat sightings map and regional density indicator. - [Loss, Will & Marra — Impact of free-ranging cats on US wildlife](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380) (Nature Communications (open access) / Smithsonian repository · report_pdf · United States (national estimates)) — Headline un-owned/free-ranging cat population & predation estimates (the most-cited US figures) — powers a 'community cats and wildlife / case for TNR' authority page. - [NYC Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) of Feral Cats — official program info](https://www.nyc.gov/site/animalwelfare/resources/outdoor-cats-and-tnr.page) (NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene / Mayor's Office of Animal Welfare · portal · New York City) — Authoritative description of a major-city TNR program and outdoor-cat regulations — powers a 'TNR by city / local rules' reference page (note: colony locations themselves are confidential). - [PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report — Pet Populations](https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report/pet-populations) (PDSA (UK, with YouGov) · report_pdf · United Kingdom (national)) — UK pet cat population (10.8M, 24% of adults, 2024) and welfare context — powers UK cat-population stats and outdoor-cat/neutering context. - [Shelter Animals Count — Community Services Database (CSD)](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/explore-the-data/data-dashboards/community-services-database-csd/) (Shelter Animals Count (US national nonprofit database) · portal · United States (and some Canada), state-level) — National TNR/community-cat service counts (e.g. cats TNR'd YTD) reported by shelters/rescues — powers a national 'community cat services tracked' stat and TNR-volume trend chart. - [UK Pet Food — Pet Population Report](https://www.ukpetfood.org/resource/paw-some-new-pet-population-data-released-by-uk-pet-food.html) (UK Pet Food (formerly PFMA), with Kantar · portal · United Kingdom (national, ~9,000 households)) — Alternative UK cat-population estimate and ownership rate — cross-check for UK cat stats. - [Zenodo — Drivers of abundance of free-roaming cats (Cove 2023)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7092971) (Zenodo (data + code for Ecological Applications paper) · bulk_download · Washington D.C. metro (urban free-roaming cats)) — Realized free-roaming cat densities (0.02-1.75 cats/ha) and the socio-environmental drivers — powers an urban cat-density benchmark stat. - [APPA National Pet Owners Survey — Dog & Cat Report (free highlights)](https://americanpetproducts.org/news/the-american-pet-products-association-appa-releases-2025-dog-cat-report) (American Pet Products Association (APPA) · report_pdf · United States) — Cat ownership/spending/demographic headline numbers — secondary US cat-population corroboration. - [Cat Stats (Neighborhood Cats colony-management platform)](https://www.catstats.org/) (Neighborhood Cats · portal · US (per-organization service areas; NYC via Cat Stats NYC)) — Reference/landing context on how colonies and caretakers are tracked; the data itself is not open, so use only for methodology/explainer content, not as a feed. - [Dryad — Estimating feral cat densities by distance sampling (urban)](https://datadryad.org/search?q=feral%20cat%20distance%20sampling) (Dryad (Hand 2019, Ecology and Evolution) · bulk_download · Urban environment (study site)) — Methodology + measured urban feral cat density figures — supplementary benchmark for a community-cat density page. - [GBIF — 'Feral Cats' project prey/observation dataset](https://www.gbif.org/dataset/dad0392e-2b02-4b2e-996a-32bb047a73df) (GBIF (volunteer 'Feral Cats' project occurrence dataset) · api · Multi-country (volunteer-reported)) — Free-roaming cat predation/observation records — powers a 'cats and wildlife / why TNR matters' evidence page. ## Veterinary health surveillance (13) - [CAPC Parasite Prevalence Maps](https://capcvet.org/maps/) (Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) · portal · United States (county-level) + southern Canada (FSA-level)) — County-level positive-test prevalence for heartworm, Lyme, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis from 60M–121M+ annual diagnostic results — powers location-aware 'parasite risk near you' content. Methodology at https://capcvet.org/articles/parasite-prevalence-maps/ . No documented data API — scrape/cite only. - [CAVSNET — Companion Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network](https://cavsnet.umn.edu/about-cavsnet) (University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine · portal · United States) — US primary-care EHR surveillance focused on antimicrobial use/resistance, diagnoses, prescriptions and demographics (SAVSNET-modeled). Watch for the planned public regional disease-incidence visualizations as a future US data source. - [IDEXX U.S. Companion Animal Market Trends updates](https://www.idexx.com/en/about-idexx/news/newsroom-archive/idexx-provides-us-companion-animal-market-trends-update/) (IDEXX Laboratories · report_pdf · United States) — National same-store clinical/wellness vet-visit growth and diagnostic-utilization trends from IDEXX's customer base — sector demand signals for trend articles. Same figures appear in SEC 8-K exhibits (sec.gov, CIK 0000874716). - [SAVSNET — Real-time data & disease dashboards](https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/savsnet/real-time-data/) (University of Liverpool (Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network) · portal · United Kingdom) — Syndromic surveillance trends (gastrointestinal disease, ticks, grass seeds, key infections) for seasonal/outbreak 'what's going around' pages. Verify the /real-time-data/ slug against current SAVSNET nav before linking. - [SAVSNET — Using SAVSNET data for research (DAPP + 4,415-consult sample)](https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/savsnet/using-savsnet-data-for-research/) (University of Liverpool (SAVSNET) · portal · United Kingdom) — The downloadable de-identified consult sample models the real EHR free-text + VeNom-coded schema; full access supports bespoke prevalence/antimicrobial studies. DAPP portal: https://savsnetvet.liverpool.ac.uk/dapp/ - [VetCompass Australia (VARDC data commons)](https://www.vetcompass.com.au/research/) (University of Sydney / all seven Australian veterinary schools · portal · Australia) — Australian primary-care companion-animal (dog/cat/horse) demographics and disorder-prevalence estimates. Row-level data is gated; use published studies/prevalence as cited stats. Data commons (VARDC): https://www.vetcompass.com.au/about-us/vardc/ - [VetCompass datasets on figshare (e.g. Rabbit 2019 Disorder Open Access Data)](https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/VetCompass_Rabbit_2019_Disorder_Open_Access_Data/24717699) (RVC VetCompass (deposited on figshare) · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — Directly downloadable, machine-readable disorder/demography tables (dogs, cats, rabbits, etc.) for prevalence widgets and breed health summaries without a data-access application. Search figshare for 'VetCompass' to enumerate the full collection; each study has its own DOI. - [VetCompass UK disorder prevalence (open-access papers on PMC)](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888168/) (RVC VetCompass (via PubMed Central) · scrape · United Kingdom) — Peer-reviewed prevalence tables (e.g. 'Prevalence of commonly diagnosed disorders in UK dogs under primary veterinary care') give citable, structured figures even where the figshare dataset is partial — evidentiary backing for breed/condition stats. - [IDEXX DecisionIQ (CKD + tick-borne disease intelligence)](https://www.idexx.com/en/veterinary/software-services/vetconnect-plus/decision-iq/) (IDEXX Laboratories · portal · United States) — Reference-lab-derived CKD and tick-borne-disease prevalence/risk (uses CAPC maps) — illustrative of commercial diagnostic-data products. Login-gated, not usable as an open source; listed for completeness of the named landscape. - [LIDA — Listing of Inherited Disorders in Animals](https://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/research/disorders/companion/index.shtml) (University of Sydney (Health Surveillance for Companion Animals Portal) · portal · Australia (breed-level, applicable globally)) — Searchable mapping of ~180 dog breeds to 500+ recognized inherited disorders — breed-health predisposition reference. Verify the .shtml path resolves; being superseded by the Anstee Hub (AHIDA), launched 2024. - [PetDiseaseAlerts.org — 30-day parasite forecast maps](https://www.petdiseasealerts.org/) (Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) · portal · United States (county) + Canada) — Owner-facing forward-looking parasite risk by location — complements historical CAPC maps for a 'risk forecast' widget. Verify exact domain before linking. - [SAVSNET Tumour Registry documents (figshare collection)](https://figshare.com/collections/SAVSNET_TUMOUR_REGISTRY_DOCUMENTS_/5433966) (University of Liverpool (SAVSNET) · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — Companion-animal tumour/cancer registry documentation and supporting data from lab-derived surveillance — adjacent reference for canine/feline cancer incidence content. - [Antech Diagnostics (Mars Petcare reference-lab data)](https://www.antechdiagnostics.com/) (Antech / Mars Petcare · unknown · United States / global) — Large reference-lab diagnostic dataset comparable to IDEXX, but not publicly accessible. Named in scope but not a usable open source — published prevalence insight appears via academic collaborations/papers, not an open portal. ## Dog & pet licensing (12) - [Allegheny County Dog Licenses](https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/allegheny-county-dog-licenses) (Allegheny County / Western PA Regional Data Center (WPRDC, Univ. of Pittsburgh) — CKAN · bulk_download · Allegheny County, PA, USA (excludes City of Pittsburgh)) — Long time-series of license dates, dog breed and dog name by ZIP; multi-year breed/name trend pages and county-level dog-population density. CKAN Datastore API also exposed per resource. - [Anzahl der Hunde in Wien pro Bezirk und Rasse (Dogs in Vienna by district and breed)](https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/stadt-wien_anzahlderhundeprobezirkderstadtwien) (City of Vienna (Stadt Wien) via data.gv.at (Open Government Data Austria) · bulk_download · Vienna, Austria (23 districts)) — ~56k registered dogs across ~320 breeds by district — powers a Vienna breed-by-neighborhood map and 'top breeds in Vienna' page. Direct CSV: https://www.wien.gv.at/finanzen/ogd/hunde-wien.csv ; historical counts since 2002 also published. - [City of Toronto - Licensed Dogs and Cats Reports](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/licensed-dogs-and-cats-reports/) (City of Toronto Municipal Licensing & Standards via Toronto Open Data (CKAN) · bulk_download · Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — Counts of licensed dogs and cats by primary breed and Forward Sortation Area (first 3 chars of postal code). Powers breed-by-neighborhood maps and dog-vs-cat ratio charts for Canada. CKAN Datastore API available. - [Dogs and Cats Online (DACO) Data - South Australia](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-and-cats-online-data-2022-2023) (Dog and Cat Management Board (SA) via data.sa.gov.au (CKAN) · bulk_download · South Australia (state-wide, all councils)) — State-wide registered dogs and cats: top-5 dog breeds by council, most-popular animals, owner/animal/incident records. Powers an Australian breed-by-council leaderboard and dog-vs-cat registration metric. Prior year: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-and-cats-online-data-2021-2022 - [Dogs of Cambridge](https://data.cambridgema.gov/General-Government/Dogs-of-Cambridge/sckh-3xyx) (City of Cambridge Animal Commission via Cambridge Open Data Portal (Socrata) · api · Cambridge, MA, USA) — Dog name + breed + obfuscated location; ready-made derived datasets 'Top Dog Names in Cambridge' (https://data.cambridgema.gov/General-Government/Top-Dog-Names-in-Cambridge/h6kb-zgjn) and 'Top Dog Breeds' — direct fuel for a city dog-name/breed leaderboard page and a neighborhood map. - [Dogs of Zurich (Kaggle mirror)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/kmader/dogs-of-zurich) (Kaggle (user kmader), sourced from Open Data Zürich · bulk_download · City of Zurich, Switzerland) — Convenience download of Zurich dog inventory (breed, owner age/sex, district) without scraping the city portal; useful for quick prototyping of breed/name analyses and notebooks. - [Hundebestand der Stadt Zürich (Dog inventory of the City of Zurich, since 2015)](https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/pd-stapo-hundebestand) (Statistik Stadt Zürich / Stadtpolizei via Open Data Zürich (and opendata.swiss) · bulk_download · City of Zurich, Switzerland) — Per-record dog breed (hunderasse), birth year, gender, owner age/sex, and city quarter — the canonical 'Dogs of Zurich'. Powers breed/name popularity and dog-name-creativity pages. Also mirrored on opendata.swiss: https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/hundebestande-der-stadt-zurich-seit-2015 - [Hundenamen der Stadt Zürich (Dog names of Zurich, since 2015)](https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/pd-stapo-hundenamen) (Statistik Stadt Zürich via Open Data Zürich · bulk_download · City of Zurich, Switzerland) — Dedicated dog-name dataset with each dog's birth year and gender — directly powers a 'most popular dog names in Zurich' page and name-trend-over-time charts without needing to aggregate the full inventory. - [Louisville Metro KY - Animal License Data (5-year rolling)](https://data.louisvilleky.gov/datasets/LOJIC::louisville-metro-ky-animal-license-data-5-years-coverage-up-to-last-30-days/about) (Louisville Metro Animal Services via Louisville Open Data / LOJIC (ArcGIS Hub) · api · Jefferson County / Louisville, KY, USA) — Recent licensed-pet counts by tag type (spayed/neutered, senior, dangerous-dog, kennel); breed-based analyses. Frequently updated so good for a 'live' license-volume metric. ArcGIS Feature Service queryable via REST. - [Open Calgary - Licensed Pets](https://data.calgary.ca/Services-and-Amenities/Licensed-Pets/5dgy-88cq) (City of Calgary Animal Services via Open Calgary (Socrata) · api · Calgary, Alberta, Canada) — Licensed cats vs dogs counts by community/ZIP; companion 'Licensed Pets Map' (nrfm-bzhx) and 'Total Number of Licensed Pets' (gcw3-s66r) for headline metrics. Socrata SODA API. - [Seattle Pet Licenses (Kaggle mirror)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/city-of-seattle/seattle-pet-licenses) (Kaggle (City of Seattle / aaronschlegel), sourced from data.seattle.gov · bulk_download · Seattle, WA, USA) — Pre-cleaned snapshot of Seattle pet names/species/breeds/ZIP for quick analysis and reproducible notebooks; backstop if Socrata API is rate-limited. - [Sonoma County Animal Shelter Intake and Outcome](https://data.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Government/Animal-Shelter-Intake-and-Outcome/924a-vesw) (County of Sonoma via data.sonomacounty.ca.gov (Socrata) · api · Sonoma County, CA, USA) — Adjacent to licensing: per-animal name, breed, color, sex, and intake/outcome — supports breed-prevalence and shelter-outcome metrics. Note: this is shelter intake/outcome, not a license register, but uses the same name/breed fields useful for cross-checking breed popularity. ## Health & longevity (12) - [Agria Breed Profiles (Swedish insurance morbidity & mortality)](https://www.agriapet.co.uk/guides-and-advice/agria-breed-profiles-2016-2021/) (Agria Djurförsäkring (Sweden) / Agria Pet Insurance UK · report_pdf · Sweden (insured population, ~40% of dogs/horses, ~50% of purebred cats)) — Breed mortality/morbidity pages: deaths per 10,000 dog-years-at-risk and veterinary-care-event rates by breed, age, sex, cause — one of the largest open breed-level mortality references. Also mirrored at dogwellnet.com. - [Banfield State of Pet Health Reports](https://www.banfield.com/State-of-pet-health) (Banfield Pet Hospital (Mars Veterinary Health) · report_pdf · United States) — US prevalence-trend pages: condition prevalence (dental disease, obesity, arthritis, otitis, diabetes, fleas/ticks, heartworm) from 2.5M+ dogs and 500K+ cats annually, with decade trend lines and topic deep-dives (e.g. osteoarthritis, allergic dermatitis). - [DogWellNet — Agria / VetCompass Breed Statistics Library](https://dogwellnet.com/dwn/references/5-agria-insurance-data-breed-statistics/) (International Partnership for Dogs (IPFD) · portal · Sweden (Agria) + UK (VetCompass) compilations) — Per-breed health hub: aggregates Swedish insurance mortality/morbidity and VetCompass disorder data into per-breed pages plus the HGTD genetic-test directory — convenient breed-page source linking. - [Dryad — Genetic Disease Variants in 100,000+ Dogs (Donner et al.)](https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.dd91b) (Dryad Digital Repository (Wisdom Health / Genoscoper study) · bulk_download · Global (genotyped dogs)) — Inherited-disorder pages: frequency/distribution of 152 genetic disease variants across ~330 breeds (mixed vs purebred) — breed genetic-risk panels and carrier-prevalence content. - [Frontiers/Scientific Reports VetCompass Life-Expectancy Papers (open-access supplementary data)](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1082102/full) (Frontiers in Veterinary Science / Nature Scientific Reports (RVC authors) · bulk_download · United Kingdom / United States (clinical-data derived)) — Life-expectancy table pages: peer-reviewed life-expectancy tables for dogs and cats by breed/size with downloadable supplementary data files — directly chartable longevity figures with a clear citation and open license. - [Golden Retriever Lifetime Study — Bette M. Morris Data Commons](https://datacommons.morrisanimalfoundation.org/) (Morris Animal Foundation · portal · United States) — Cancer & chronic-disease longitudinal pages: disease diagnoses, lab results, physical exams, cancer incidence (1,700+ confirmed diagnoses) across 11 subject areas in one breed — deep breed-specific health-risk content. - [OMIA — Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals](https://omia.org/) (Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney · bulk_download · Global (711 species incl. dog & cat)) — Inherited-condition reference pages: catalogue of inherited disorders, traits, genes and causal variants per breed/species with PubMed/Ensembl/Mondo links — authoritative backbone for breed genetic-disease entries. - [openFDA Bulk Data Downloads (Animal & Veterinary Event files)](https://open.fda.gov/data/downloads/) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) · bulk_download · United States) — Full-history bulk ingest of animal-drug adverse events for offline aggregation — condition/reaction frequency, breed-weighted risk, time trends — without paging the live API. - [SAVSNET — Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network](https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/savsnet/) (University of Liverpool · portal · United Kingdom) — Real-time health-trend pages: seasonal disease surveillance (GI disease, ticks, grass seeds), antimicrobial use/resistance, infection dashboards. Sample-consult set is freely browsable to scope the data. - [VetCompass Open Access Data](https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/papers-and-data/open-access-data) (Royal Veterinary College (RVC), University of London · portal · United Kingdom) — Disorder-prevalence pages: most common diagnosed conditions in UK dogs/cats (periodontal disease, otitis externa, obesity), breed-specific disorder predispositions. Index page links the per-paper open datasets hosted on figshare. - [VetCompass UK Companion-Dog & Cat Life Tables (figshare datasets)](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25006802) (Royal Veterinary College (RVC) / figshare · bulk_download · United Kingdom) — Life-expectancy / longevity pages: annual life expectancy and mortality life tables by breed, sex, body size and cephalic index. The cited DOI is the cat life-tables dataset (Teng et al. 2024); the companion dog life-tables dataset is similarly on figshare under the RVC account. - [Anicom White Paper on Household Animals (insurance claims statistics)](https://www.anicom.co.jp/en/sustainability/animals/) (Anicom Holdings / Anicom Insurance, Inc. (Japan) · report_pdf · Japan (nationwide insured pets)) — Asia-market health pages: largest Japanese pet-disease claims dataset — breed-specific disease frequency (periodontal, cardiomyopathy, arthritis), average lifespan (dogs ~14.1y, cats ~14.4y), morbidity by age/sex/breed. ## Pet names (12) - [data.gov.au pet/dog datasets catalog](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset?tags=pets) (Australian Government / Data.gov.au (CKAN) · portal · Australia (federal + local councils)) — National CKAN catalog to discover many council animal-registration datasets containing dog/cat names (e.g. City of Casey active pets). Programmatic harvest via CKAN API powers a multi-council Australian pet-name index. - [data.sa.gov.au council Dog Registrations (Burnside, Prospect, Port Adelaide Enfield, etc.)](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset?tags=dogs) (Government of South Australia / data.sa.gov.au (CKAN) · bulk_download · South Australia councils (suburb-level)) — Multiple councils publish registered-dog records with Name, Breed, Colour, Gender, Desexed and Suburb. Adds Australian metro coverage for a global pet-name comparison and AU-specific 'popular dog names by suburb' pages. Example: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/dog-registrations - [Dog Names over Time (Anchorage)](https://data.muni.org/widgets/da3g-dkms) (Municipality of Anchorage Open Data (data.muni.org, Socrata) · api · Anchorage, Alaska, USA) — Time-series of dog name counts by year — directly powers a 'how dog-name popularity changed over time' trend chart; useful as a small, clean longitudinal example. Also on data.gov: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/dog-names-over-time - [Hundenamen der Stadt Zürich (Zurich dog names)](https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/sid_stapo_hundenamen) (Stadtpolizei Zürich / Open Data Zürich (data.stadt-zuerich.ch, CKAN) · bulk_download · City of Zurich, Switzerland) — Per-dog name, birth year and gender for an entire EU/Swiss city — flagship non-US dataset for European pet-name popularity, gender-of-name analysis, and a 'Zurich's most popular dog names' page. Also cataloged on opendata.swiss: https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/hundenamen-aus-dem-hundebestanden-der-stadt-zurich-seit-2015 - [opendata.swiss (Swiss national open-data portal, CKAN)](https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset?keywords_en=dogs) (Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) / opendata.swiss · portal · Switzerland (federal, cantonal, municipal)) — CKAN catalog API to discover Swiss dog-registry and dog-name datasets beyond Zurich (e.g. canton-level Hundebestand). Lets a pet-name engine harvest multiple Swiss municipalities programmatically via the standard CKAN package_search API. - [Rover Top Pet Names Report (annual)](https://www.rover.com/blog/trending-pet-names/) (Rover.com · report_pdf · USA, Canada, UK, France, Spain) — Free published rankings of top and trending dog/cat names across 5 countries from millions of user-submitted names. Authoritative current-year 'trending pet names' editorial/comparison content and a benchmark to validate license-data rankings. Press release: https://www.rover.com/blog/press-release/pet-names-2025/ - [Seattle Pet Licenses (Kaggle mirror)](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/aaronschlegel/seattle-pet-licenses) (Aaron Schlegel / Kaggle (mirror of City of Seattle data) · bulk_download · Seattle, WA, USA) — Ready-to-use flat CSV of cat/dog names for quick prototyping of a name-popularity widget without hitting the live Socrata API; good for a first-pass 'most popular pet names' MVP and ML feature. - [seattlepets (openintro R dataset)](https://www.openintro.org/data/index.php?data=seattlepets) (OpenIntro (academic teaching repository; source City of Seattle) · bulk_download · Seattle, WA, USA) — Clean, documented flat file (animal_name, species, breed, zip, license_issue_date) ideal for reproducible analysis and as a labeled corpus for a pet-name suggestion/ML model. Codebook is well-documented for schema design. - [Top Dog Names in Cambridge](https://data.cambridgema.gov/General-Government/Top-Dog-Names-in-Cambridge/h6kb-zgjn) (City of Cambridge, MA Open Data Portal (Socrata) · api · Cambridge, MA, USA) — Pre-aggregated 'top dog names' ranking (name + count) plus a companion 'Dogs of Cambridge' per-dog dataset with name, breed and neighborhood. Directly powers a city-level top-names leaderboard with minimal processing. - [data.world pet & dog dataset collection](https://data.world/datasets/dogs) (data.world community (mirrors of city open data incl. NYC nu7n-tubp) · portal · Multiple (US-centric)) — Aggregator that mirrors municipal dog-license datasets (e.g. NYC) with a queryable SQL/API layer — useful for cross-dataset name joins and rapid exploration without standing up each city's portal. NYC mirror: https://data.world/city-of-ny/nu7n-tubp - [Dogs of Noosa Shire](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dogs-of-noosa-shire) (Noosa Shire Council, QLD / Data.gov.au (CKAN) · bulk_download · Noosa Shire, Queensland, Australia) — Registered-dog records (name, breed, locality) from a second QLD council — incremental AU coverage for cross-council name-popularity aggregation. - [Sunshine Coast Council Registered Animals / Dogs](https://data.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/) (Sunshine Coast Council, QLD (SCC Open Data, Socrata) · api · Sunshine Coast region, Queensland, Australia) — Tabular registered-animals dataset (dog names, breed, suburb) plus a Registered Dogs Dashboard — supports an Australian east-coast 'top dog names' page and breed/name geographic mapping. Dataset search: https://data.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/search?tags=registered+animals ## Pet-care businesses (12) - [BLS Beyond the Numbers — Productivity in Pet Care Services](https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-13/a-tail-of-productivity-in-pet-care-services-new-technology-enables-rapid-growth.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · report_pdf · US national) — Official analysis of pet-care industry growth, output, and productivity trends with citable figures and charts — credible source material for an industry-trends explainer and editorial GEO content on a pet-services hub - [BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS) — Animal Care & Service Workers (SOC 39-2021) National](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes392021.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · portal · US national, by state, and by metro/nonmetro area) — Employment count and full wage distribution (mean, median, 10th–90th percentile) for animal caretakers — powers 'what does a groomer/kennel attendant earn near you' content and salary/cost context pages. State-level estimates at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm - [BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — Animal Care and Service Workers](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/animal-care-and-service-workers.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · portal · US national) — Narrative + projection data (10-year employment growth, job openings, median pay, entry requirements) for animal care workers — supports career/explainer content and trust signals on a pet-services hub page - [BLS OEWS — Other Personal Services Industry (NAICS 812900) Occupational Estimates](https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · portal · US national (industry-specific)) — Occupation mix and wages within the personal-services industry group that contains pet care — quantifies staffing/wage profile of grooming, boarding, daycare operators. Direct industry page e.g. https://www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/naics4_812900.htm - [BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) — Open Data Access CSV API](https://www.bls.gov/cew/additional-resources/open-data/csv-data-slices.htm) (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · api · US national, all 50 states, ~3,000+ counties, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) — Most current (quarterly) establishment counts, employment levels, average weekly wages, and location quotients for pet-care (812910) by county — the freshest official establishment count and a wage benchmark for grooming/boarding/daycare staff. Verified working URL pattern: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/{year}/{qtr}/industry/812910.csv (returns area_fips, qtrly_estabs, monthly emplvl, avg_wkly_wage, lq_* columns) - [Census Business and Industry Data Profile — NAICS 812910](https://data.census.gov/profile/812910_-_Pet_care_(except_veterinary)_services?n=812910) (U.S. Census Bureau (data.census.gov) · portal · US national (with drill-down to geographies)) — Single human-readable profile aggregating establishments, employment, payroll, and revenue for 812910 across Census programs — quick reference / fact-check source and starting point for table exports backing directory copy - [County Business Patterns 2023 — Bulk CSV Datasets](https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2023/econ/cbp/2023-cbp.html) (U.S. Census Bureau (mirrored on data.gov) · bulk_download · US national, state, county, metro, ZIP) — Full bulk download (no key needed) of all NAICS-by-county establishment/employment/payroll rows for filtering to 812910 — ideal for pre-computing a static county-by-county pet-care business density layer at build time. Also cataloged at https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/2023-county-business-patterns - [FRED — Total Revenue for Pet Care (excluding Veterinary) Services, NAICS 81291](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REVEF81291TAXABL) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED), sourcing Census SAS · api · US national) — Ready-charted, API-downloadable national pet-care services revenue time series (employer firms subject to federal income tax) — drop-in chart data for an industry-trends section. Free FRED API key; series-level CSV download. Companion vet series: REVEF54194ALLEST - [Geofabrik OpenStreetMap Data Extracts — United States](https://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us.html) (Geofabrik GmbH (OpenStreetMap data) · bulk_download · US national + per-state/region extracts) — Bulk, rate-limit-free alternative to Overpass for harvesting all US pet-care POIs at once via osmium/osm2pgsql (filter shop=pet_grooming, amenity=animal_boarding, shop=pet) — the scalable way to build a nationwide pet-services business directory without hammering the public Overpass servers - [OpenStreetMap Overpass API — Pet-care POIs (shop=pet_grooming, amenity=animal_boarding)](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Danimal_boarding) (OpenStreetMap contributors / Overpass API · api · Global, including US (point/polygon level, address + name + hours where tagged)) — Actual mappable individual pet-care businesses (grooming shops via shop=pet_grooming, boarding/kennels/pet hotels via amenity=animal_boarding, plus shop=pet) with coordinates — the geocoded POI layer to plot on the interactive pet-friendly/pet-services map and to seed per-city business listings. Use small queries + backoff per Overpass rate limits - [Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) — Annual Datasets by Establishment Industry](https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2022/econ/susb/2022-susb.html) (U.S. Census Bureau (SBA-sponsored) · bulk_download · US national, state, metro, county, congressional district) — Pet-care (812910) establishments and firms broken out by enterprise employment-size class — distinguishes small independent groomers/sitters from large boarding chains, powering 'mostly small businesses' market-structure context. SBA firm-size portal: https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/firm-size-data - [Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) — Time Series + API](https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/business-dynamics.html) (U.S. Census Bureau (Center for Economic Studies) · api · US national, sector, 3- and 4-digit NAICS, state, MSA, county) — Establishment openings/closings and job creation/destruction for the personal-services sector containing pet care — shows industry churn/growth trend for a 'pet-care industry is booming' data narrative. Explorer UI: https://bds.explorer.ces.census.gov/ ## Demographics by geography (9) - [2021 Household Pets visualization (AHS-derived)](https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/demo/2021-household-pets.html) (U.S. Census Bureau · report_pdf · USA national) — Ready-made headline stat (share of US households with pets) for an explainer/landing hero; citable national baseline - [American Housing Survey (AHS) — data.gov catalog record](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/american-housing-survey-ahs) (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) · portal · USA national + metro) — Machine-discoverable entry point / metadata for the AHS pet question; same data as above for ETL pipelines - [Austin Animal Center Intakes / Outcomes](https://data.austintexas.gov/Health-and-Community-Services/Austin-Animal-Center-Intakes/pyqf-r2dc) (City of Austin (data.austintexas.gov / Socrata) · api · Austin / Travis County; intake ZIP for strays where recorded) — Shelter intake-by-area, breed and species mix as a proxy for local pet population pressure; long time series back to 2013 - [DAERA Northern Ireland — Council Dog Summary Statistics](https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/council-dog-summary-statistics) (Dept. of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA NI) · bulk_download · Northern Ireland, by council district) — Licensed dogs and dog-warden/stray figures by NI council — a regional licensed-dog map; rare example of mandatory UK dog-licence data - [U.S. Census Bureau — American Housing Survey (AHS) Public Use File (includes pet-ownership question)](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/data.html) (U.S. Census Bureau / HUD · bulk_download · USA: national + ~35 largest metropolitan areas (CBSA)) — Pet-owning-household penetration cross-tabbed with housing type, tenure (rent/own), income and metro — powers a US metro-level 'pet households' map and rent-vs-own pet-prevalence page - [Estimation of the size, density, and demographic distribution of the UK pet dog population (2019)](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-82358-y) (Scientific Reports (Nature) — peer-reviewed, open access · bulk_download · UK, sub-national density estimates) — Modeled dog-population density by area for the UK — a defensible methodology + downloadable estimates for a UK dog-density map - [Louisville Metro Open Data — Animal Services group](https://data.louisvilleky.gov/group/animal-services) (Louisville Metro Government (data.louisvilleky.gov / Socrata) · api · Louisville/Jefferson County) — Animal-services / licensing datasets for a mid-size US metro; supplements coastal-city coverage for the per-area map - [National Dog Survey: Describing UK Dog and Ownership Demographics](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10044414/) (Dogs Trust / open-access journal (PMC) · report_pdf · UK, regional breed/ownership demographics (354k respondents, 440k dogs)) — Regional UK dog-breed popularity and owner demographics to enrich breed-by-region pages with a large real-survey basis - [New Zealand National Dog Database (NDD) statistics by Territorial Authority](https://www.dia.govt.nz/Resource-material-Dog-Control-National-Dog-Database) (Dept. of Internal Affairs (DIA) — surfaced via data.govt.nz / Figure.NZ · report_pdf · New Zealand, by Territorial Authority (council); annual snapshot at 31 May) — Registered dogs per council across NZ — a national registered-dog density map; aggregate only (no personal data) ## Lost, found & strays (8) - [ASPCA — U.S. Animal Shelter Statistics (national estimates)](https://www.aspca.org/helping-shelters-people-pets/us-animal-shelter-statistics) (ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) · portal · United States (national)) — Ready-to-cite national headline numbers: 5.8M dogs+cats entered shelters in 2024, 60% as strays, 554k dogs + 362k cats returned to owner/field. Ideal for an authoritative stat callout on a lost-pet/reunification landing page (cite alongside SAC source). - [Dogs Trust UK — Stray Dogs Survey](https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/research/stray-dogs-survey-research) (Dogs Trust · report_pdf · United Kingdom (all local authorities: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)) — Authoritative UK stray + reunification stats: ~36,965 stray dogs handled by LAs in 2023/24, only 39% reunited with owners, ~60% microchipped but only 38% with correct chip details. Powers a UK 'microchip-your-dog / lost-dog reunification' awareness page with verifiable figures. Direct PDF: https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/downloads/Stray-Dog-Survey-2024.pdf - [Edmonton Animals Admitted to the Animal Care & Control Centre](https://data.edmonton.ca/d/wx5p-e8cd) (City of Edmonton, Alberta (data.edmonton.ca, Socrata) · api · Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)) — Canadian coverage: received_date, animal_type, source (Public/Agency = stray vs. transfer), breed, colour, FSA (forward sortation area = first 3 postal-code chars). Supports a Canada stray-intake geography metric without US-only bias. - [Kaggle — Austin Animal Center Shelter Intakes & Outcomes](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/aaronschlegel/austin-animal-center-shelter-outcomes-and) (Aaron Schlegel (mirror of City of Austin open data), on Kaggle · bulk_download · Austin, TX (USA)) — Convenient pre-joined intakes+outcomes CSVs (the basis of the well-known 'Shelter Animal Outcomes' Kaggle competition: https://www.kaggle.com/c/shelter-animal-outcomes ) including 'Return to owner' outcome. Useful for building a reunification-prediction or stray-outcome model that powers a 'likelihood your lost pet returns home' feature. - [Regional Animal Services of King County — Lost, Found, Adoptable Pets](https://data.kingcounty.gov/dataset/Lost-Found-Adoptable-Pets/yaai-7frk) (King County, Washington (data.kingcounty.gov, Socrata) · api · King County, WA (USA)) — The strongest single source for a lost-and-found map/feed: actual LOST and FOUND records with animal type/breed/color, obfuscated address + zip + city, date lost/found, and PetHarbor photo links. Could directly power a 'recently lost & found pets near you' widget and reunification-rate stats. - [RSPCA Australia — National Statistics (animals received / reclaimed)](https://www.rspca.org.au/about/annual-statistics/) (RSPCA Australia · report_pdf · Australia (national + state/territory breakdown)) — Australian reunification figures: animals received, reclaimed (returned to owner ~9k pets/yr), and rehomed, broken down by state and species (dogs/cats). Powers an Australia stray-and-reclaim stat panel. Latest PDF: https://rspca.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/public/Uploads/annual-statistics/RSPCA-Australia-Annual-Statistics-2023-2024.pdf - [University of Florida — Florida Shelter Animal Census (shelter-level data)](https://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/research/current-studies/florida-animal-sheltering/shelter-level-data/) (UF Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program, College of Veterinary Medicine · portal · Florida, USA (statewide — 100% of 153 shelters across 64 of 67 counties in 2024)) — A near-complete statewide academic dataset of dog & cat intake and outcome (incl. stray intake and return-to-owner) at the individual-shelter level. Powers a credible state case study on stray intake and reunification with academic provenance. - [Animal Care Centers of NYC — Intakes & Outcomes (NYC Open Data)](https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?q=animal%20care%20center) (Animal Care Centers of NYC via NYC Open Data (data.cityofnewyork.us, Socrata) · api · New York City, NY (USA)) — Largest-US-city shelter intake/outcome incl. stray share of intake (rose to ~61% FY24) and return-to-owner. Browse link given because the specific 4x4 resource IDs are re-versioned periodically — search the portal for 'Animal Care Center Intakes/Outcomes'. Powers a high-traffic NYC stray/reunification page. ## Behavior & temperament (8) - [C-BARQ (Canine Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire) Database](https://vetapps.vet.upenn.edu/cbarq/about.cfm) (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Center for the Interaction of Animals & Society (CIAS) / James Serpell · portal · Global (open to dog owners worldwide; majority US)) — Gold-standard 14-domain dog temperament scoring (aggression, fear, trainability, separation, excitability) by breed; powers a 'behavior profile by breed' page and predicts behavior-driven relinquishment risk. ~50,000 pet dogs + 35,000 working dogs, 300+ breeds. No open bulk download or public API; access is request/collaboration-based. - [Dryad — In-kennel Behavior Predicts Length of Stay in Shelter Dogs](https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.5n7p9) (Dryad Digital Repository (DOI 10.5061/dryad.5n7p9) · bulk_download · United States (289 shelter dogs)) — Observed in-kennel behavior linked to adoption length-of-stay (leaning +30 days, facing away +15, standing +7). Powers 'which behaviors slow adoption' content and behavior-to-outcome modeling at the individual-dog level. - [Fe-BARQ (Feline Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire)](https://vetapps.vet.upenn.edu/febarq/) (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, CIAS / James Serpell · portal · Global (76 countries; ~64% US, then UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia)) — Cat temperament/behavior dimensions (playfulness, sociability with people/cats, aggression to owners/strangers, vocalization, attention-seeking). Powers a feline counterpart to the dog behavior-profile page; ~5,000+ cats. - [Housing-related Companion Animal Relinquishment across 21 U.S. Shelters 2019–2023 (open access)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11266180/) (PMC / open-access journal (PMC11266180) · report_pdf · United States (21 shelters)) — Multi-shelter quantification of housing/moving as a relinquishment driver, complementing behavior-reason data and supporting a 'pet-friendly housing' angle in surrender content. - [Investigating Reasons behind Companion Animal Relinquishment: Content Analysis of Shelter Records 2018–2023 (open access)](https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/17/2606) (MDPI Animals 2024, 14(17):2606 (also PMC PMC11394480) · report_pdf · United States (one open-admission shelter, 2,836 records)) — Modern, coded relinquishment-reason percentages (Behavior 28%, Housing/Moving 18%, Unable to Care 16%, Too Many Pets 10%, Financial 6%, Allergies 5%; behavioral = aggression 32%, social conflict 28%, soiling 13%). Directly powers reason-breakdown charts. - [NCPPSP Regional Shelter Relinquishment Study — Reasons for Relinquishment (12 U.S. shelters)](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327604JAWS0302_2) (National Council on Pet Population Study & Policy (Salman, New, Scarlett et al.); Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science · report_pdf · United States (12 shelters across regions, 1995–1996)) — The canonical 71-ranked-reasons taxonomy for owner relinquishment (behavioral problems #1 for dogs; moving, landlord, cost, no-time). Backbone for a structured 'why pets are surrendered' reasons taxonomy. Open white-paper version: https://www.naiaonline.org/uploads/WhitePapers/RelinquishedAnimals.pdf - [Shelter Animals Count — National Database (dashboards + de-identified export on request)](https://www.shelteranimalscount.org/about-the-data/) (Shelter Animals Count (industry nonprofit; program of ASPCA + partners) · portal · United States (national, thousands of participating shelters/rescues)) — Authoritative national intake/outcome baselines (e.g., 5.8M dogs+cats in 2024; 29% owner-surrender share) to benchmark and contextualize per-shelter pages and the relinquishment-reason narrative. Dashboards: shelteranimalscount.org/explore-the-data/data-dashboards. - [Morris Animal Foundation — Bette M. Morris Data Commons (Golden Retriever Lifetime Study behavior data)](https://datacommons.morrisanimalfoundation.org/behavior-data) (Morris Animal Foundation · portal · United States (~3,000 golden retriever cohort)) — Longitudinal owner-reported behavior data (designed for cross-comparison against the Penn C-BARQ database) enabling temperament-over-lifetime and behavior-vs-health correlation content. Documented behavior-data landing page (returned 403 to automated fetch). ## Vaccination (8) - [NNDSS — TABLE 1CC. Rabies, Animal to Rabies, Human (weekly)](https://data.cdc.gov/NNDSS/NNDSS-TABLE-1CC-Rabies-Animal-to-Rabies-Human/6uy5-4d9d) (US CDC (National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System), on data.cdc.gov · api · US — national + by reporting area/state) — Animal & human rabies case counts (current week, prior 52 weeks, cumulative) — risk context layer for the vaccination page. Verified live via SODA API: data.cdc.gov/resource/6uy5-4d9d.json - [Rabies Aware — State Rabies Laws & Vaccination Requirements](https://rabiesaware.org/) (Rabies Aware (veterinary/public-health coalition initiative) · portal · US — all 50 states (per-state FAQ pages, e.g. /state/new-york)) — Consumer-facing per-state requirement copy (age, interval, exemptions; notes ~11 states with no state-level dog requirement) — feeds a 'rabies rules in your state' explainer. - [Rhode Island Department of Health — Rabies Data](https://health.ri.gov/data/rabies-data) (Rhode Island Department of Health · portal · US — Rhode Island, by county/municipality) — Animals submitted/positive for rabies testing by jurisdiction — another state-level surveillance feed for the by-jurisdiction risk map. - [State Rabies Vaccination Laws for Domestic Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets (LawAtlas / PDMP)](https://lawatlas.org/datasets/rabies-vaccination-laws) (CDC Public Health Law Program / Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research (LawAtlas) · bulk_download · US — 50 states + DC (51 jurisdictions)) — State-by-state 'rabies vaccination required?' compliance/requirements page: age threshold, revaccination interval (1yr vs 3yr), who may administer, exemptions. Legacy explorer at legacy.lawatlas.org. - [Table of Rabies Vaccination Laws](https://www.animallaw.info/topic/table-rabies-vaccination-laws) (Michigan State University College of Law — Animal Legal & Historical Center (animallaw.info) · portal · US — all 50 states) — Per-state requirements table with statute citations — secondary corroboration of the rabies-requirement-by-jurisdiction page; good for citing the actual law text. - [Texas DSHS — Rabies Cases & Statistics (animal rabies by county)](https://www.dshs.texas.gov/rabies/rabies-cases/rabies-statistics) (Texas Department of State Health Services (Zoonosis Control) · report_pdf · US — Texas, by county / public health region) — County-level confirmed animal rabies counts — state exemplar of sub-state rabies surveillance to layer on the jurisdiction map (model for replicating across states). - [UK Pet Travel / PETS — rabies vaccination & blood-test data (APHA, GOV.UK)](https://www.gov.uk/take-pet-abroad/getting-your-pet-vaccinated-and-tested) (Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) / DEFRA, published on GOV.UK & data.gov.uk · portal · United Kingdom / Great Britain) — UK rabies vaccination + titre-test requirements for pet movement, plus APHA testing-volume statistics (~14k samples/yr; 400k+ pets entered 2024) — UK requirements page + compliance-volume metric. - [WHO Immunization Data — Rabies vaccination schedules (WIISE)](https://immunizationdata.who.int/global/wiise-detail-page/vaccination-schedule-for-rabies) (WHO/UNICEF (Joint Reporting Form on Immunization), via immunizationdata.who.int · portal · Global — by country, 6 WHO regions) — Country-level human rabies vaccine schedule/policy data (where rabies is in the national schedule) — international 'requirements' comparison context. ## Pet safety & adverse events (7) - [European database of suspected adverse drug reaction reports — Veterinary (adrreports.eu/vet)](https://www.adrreports.eu/vet/en/index.html) (European Medicines Agency (EMA) — EudraVigilance Veterinary · portal · European Economic Area (plus some non-EU reports for same/similar products)) — EU-side veterinary drug safety profiles searchable by product/active substance with species, breed, geographic origin, and reaction-group filters — gives non-US (EU) coverage for the same pet medications. Web reports only; no documented bulk download. - [openFDA API key registration & usage / Terms of Service](https://open.fda.gov/apis/authentication/) (openFDA (U.S. FDA) · api · Global access) — Higher rate limits (free API key) so a production pet-intelligence site can query the vet AER endpoint at scale without 240-req/min throttling; rate-limit any keyed proxy endpoint per project convention. - [EMA EudraVigilance Veterinary (EVVet) / Union Pharmacovigilance Database overview](https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/veterinary-regulatory-overview/post-authorisation-veterinary-medicines/pharmacovigilance-veterinary-medicines/eudravigilance-veterinary) (European Medicines Agency (EMA) · portal · European Union / EEA) — Documentation and signal-management context behind adrreports.eu/vet — needed to correctly interpret and disclaim EU veterinary adverse-event figures on a pet-safety page. - [FDA CVM — Adverse Event Reports for Animal Drugs and Devices (program page)](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/product-safety-information) (U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) · portal · United States) — Authoritative human-readable context, caveats, and 'how to report' guidance to cite alongside any pet-medication-safety page (the canonical FDA framing the openFDA API derives from). - [USDA Animal Care Public Search Tool (APHIS eFile — AWA licensees & inspection reports)](https://aphis.my.site.com/PublicSearchTool/s/) (USDA APHIS Animal Care · portal · United States) — Lookup of licensed breeders/dealers/exhibitors and their inspection records — could power a 'check a breeder/facility' trust feature; portal search only (no documented open API/bulk feed). - [USDA APHIS Program Data Reports (Animal Care / AWA inspections)](https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife-services/publications/pdr) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) — Animal Care · portal · United States) — Background statistics on regulated animal facilities; supporting/contextual rather than core to pet medication safety, but useful for trust/authority sections on a pet-care site. - [USDA APHIS — National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) (data.gov entry)](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/national-animal-health-monitoring-system) (USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) · portal · United States) — National study reports on US animal health/management — mostly livestock/equine/poultry (limited companion-animal coverage), useful as supporting reference for population-level animal-health stats rather than pet-specific pages. ## Open-data repositories (6) - [CDC National Rabies Surveillance (US)](https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/php/protecting-public-health/index.html) (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · report_pdf · United States (54 jurisdictions, state-level)) — Rabies-by-species and state-level case counts for vaccination-importance, public-health, and 'is rabies a risk in my state' content - [DEFRA — Dog & Cat population per postcode district (Great Britain)](https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/ec8fc820-2e36-49d0-a09c-e2901e10b2e4/dog-population-per-postcode-district) (UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra Data Services Platform / data.gov.uk) · bulk_download · Great Britain (postcode-district + per-km2 grid)) — Modelled pet density/ownership by UK postcode — powers 'pets near you', UK city pet-population, and vet-demand geo pages; cat equivalent at environment.data.gov.uk dataset f9136426 - [Dog Aging Project — Open Data](https://dogagingproject.org/open_data_access) (Dog Aging Project (Univ. of Washington / Texas A&M; NIH-funded) · portal · United States (tens of thousands of companion dogs)) — Largest US companion-dog health/aging dataset: diet, exercise, environment, disease history — powers breed-specific health, longevity, and lifestyle-correlation content. Data portal: https://data.dogagingproject.org/ - [Our World in Data — Meat & animal-product datasets](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-consumption-by-type-kilograms-per-year) (Our World in Data (University of Oxford / Global Change Data Lab) · bulk_download · Global (country-level)) — Ready-to-embed charts for pet-food environmental-impact and protein-source articles; each grapher exposes a Download tab (CSV) and metadata - [Zenodo (open research repository — pet/canine datasets)](https://zenodo.org/search?q=dog%20cat%20pet%20dataset) (CERN / OpenAIRE · bulk_download · Global (research-dependent)) — Citable academic pet datasets: Dog Pain Database (record 15304081), Dog Health Vitals (8020390), Oxford-IIIT Pet breed-classification mirror (6849931), pet face-detection (7604865) — for breed-ID, health-monitoring, and behavior content - [Figshare (open research repository)](https://figshare.com/search?q=dog+cat+veterinary) (Digital Science · bulk_download · Global) — Supplementary veterinary/behavioral datasets backing peer-reviewed papers (epidemiology, imaging) for evidence-cited health articles; has a documented public API for programmatic search