Historical results of Dangerous Dogs in Pennsylvania. A dangerous dog is one that has: (1) Inflicted severe injury on a human being without provocation on public or private property. (2) Killed or inflicted severe injury on a domestic animal, dog or cat without provocation while off the owner’s property. (3) Attacked a human being without provocation. (4) Been used in the commission of a crime. And the dog has either or both of the following: (1) A history of attacking human beings and/or domestic animals, dogs or cats without provocation. (2) A propensity to attack human beings and/or domestic animals, dogs or cats without provocation. *A propensity to attack may be proven by a single incident. Severe injury is defined as, [3 P.S. § 459-102] “Any physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring lacerations requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery.” More information can be found here - https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/DogLaw/Dangerous%20Dogs/Pages/default.aspx More information on Chapter 27 Regulations - https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Animals/DogLaw/Dangerous%20Dogs/Documents/Chapter%2027%20Dangerous%20Dogs.pdf PDF's for Chapter 27 and Pennsylvania Dog Laws are attached to the metadata
This dataset has the following 25 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File Date | file_date | calendar_date | Date the incident was filed | 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Determination Year | determination_year | number | The year the determination was made in the case | 2017 2019 2016 2018 2010 view top 100 |
| Status Description | status_description | text | Status details of the case | Closed Deceased Euthanized Deceased Dog Open view top 100 |
| County Description | county_description | text | Name of the PA county | ALLEGHENY YORK WESTMORELAND BUCKS MONTGOMERY view top 100 |
| Dog Info Age | dog_info_age | text | Age of the dog when available | unknown UNKNOWN 2 YRS 3 YRS 2 years view top 100 |
| Dog Info Breed | dog_info_breed | text | Breed name of the dog when available | UNKNOWN Rottweiler MIXED BREED American Pit Bull Terrier Jack Russell Terrier view top 100 |
| Dog Info Predator | dog_info_predator | text | Stating the predator is a Dog | Dog view top 100 |
| County Key | county_key | number | PA State County Code as a number | 2 67 65 9 46 view top 100 |
| Owner County | owner_county | text | County name where the owner resides | ALLEGHENY YORK WESTMORELAND BUCKS MONTGOMERY view top 100 |
| Court Disposition | court_disposition | text | Valid Values: Guilty, Not Guilty, Appeal, Dismissed, Ruling, Pending, Other | Guilty Other Not Guilty Dismissed Ruling Pending view top 100 |
| Hearing Date | hearing_date | calendar_date | Hearing Date for the case | 2009-06-22T00:00:00.000 2013-04-17T00:00:00.000 2016-10-04T00:00:00.000 2014-01-27T00:00:00.000 2014-05-22T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Owner First Name | owner_first_name | text | First Name of the Owner | JOHN Michael ROBERT DAVID JAMES view top 100 |
| Owner Last Name | owner_last_name | text | Last Name of the Owner | SMITH Brown MILLER Smith BROWN view top 100 |
| Owner Address | owner_address | text | Owner Street Address | 510 Carothers Ave 1405 David Lane 554 MANOR ST 5312 PENNSYLVANIA ST 6102 SMITHFIELD ST view top 100 |
| Owner City | owner_city | text | Owner City Address | PITTSBURGH YORK York ERIE Pittsburgh view top 100 |
| Owner State | owner_state | text | Owner State Address | Pennsylvania view top 100 |
| Owner Zip | owner_zip | text | Owner Zip Code Address | 17403 17404 18102 15068 15601 view top 100 |
| PA Dept of Ag Dog Law Region | pa_dept_of_ag_dog_law_region | text | REGION 1: 13410 Dunham Road - Meadville, PA 16335 (Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Mercer, Venango, Warren Counties) 814-332-6890 REGION 2: 2130 County Farm Road - Suite 2 - Montoursville, PA 17754 (Cameron, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Tioga, Union Counties) 717-433-2640 REGION 3: Rt. 92 South - Box C - Tunkhannock, PA 18657 (Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming Counties) 717-836-2181 REGION 4: 5349 Wm. Flynn Highway - Gibsonia, PA 15044 (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, Westmoreland Counties) 724-443-1585 REGION 5 1304 7th St Cricket Field Plaza - Altoona, PA 16601 (Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Somerset Counties) 814-946-7315 REGION 6: 2301 North Cameron St. - Harrisburg, PA 17110 (Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York Counties) 717-787-4833 REGION 7: Route 113 - PO Box 300 - Creamery, PA 19430 (Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill Counties) 610-489-1003 | 7 4 6 1 3 view top 100 |
| Account Last & First Names | account_last_first_names | text | Last name, First name, on the Account as the owner | Dredger, Mary Jo RIVERA-ARROYO, GUILLERMO KOBLE, KRISTINA O'Neill, Patricia Tuite, Christina view top 100 |
| Account First & Last Name | account_first_last_name | text | First name, last name on the Account as the owner | Mary Jo Dredger GUILLERMO RIVERA-ARROYO Melanie Von Tersch BRENDA MOORE Melissa Ross view top 100 |
| Business Name | business_name | text | Business name if applicable and not an individual owner | Brandywine SPCA Bedford County Humane Society Canine Rescue of Central PA Inc COVERED BRIDGE BOARDING ESTATE LLC DELAWARE COUNTY SPCA view top 100 |
| Full Address | full_address | text | Owner complete address | PA 510 Carothers Ave Apt 1 Carnegie PA 15106 1405 David Lane Effort PA 18330 554 MANOR ST LANCASTER PA 17603 5312 PENNSYLVANIA ST WHITEHALL PA 18052 view top 100 |
| Address Line 2 | address_line_2 | text | Owner Street Address line 2 | Apt 1 APT 2 Apt. 1 Apt. 2 APT 1 view top 100 |
| Middle Name | middle_name | text | Middle Name of the Owner | L M A A. J view top 100 |
| Georeferenced Latitude & Longitude | geocoded_column | point | This includes a georeferenced point of Latitude and Longitude calculated from the owner address to help with creating visuals such as maps. | {"coordinates":[-80.088225,40.399309],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.469886,40.986217],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.283641,39.888681],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.517169,40.681109],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-76.31516,40.034863],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |