Shelter Animal Adoption Report

www.dallasopendata.com | Last Updated 17 Aug 2021

Dallas Animal Shelter Data pertains to operational processes carried out by shelter personnel who assist citizens by receiving surrendered and stray animals, facilitating adoptions, transferring animals to rescue groups, and providing care to the animals in the shelter every day. Shelter personnel document their work using Chameleon software, an animal shelter management program. The Dallas Animal Shelter Data is updated daily to help citizens better understanding the operational processes that the shelter personnel perform daily for the animals and citizens of the City of Dallas. “Helping Dallas be a safe, compassionate, and healthy place for people and animals”. The start date is October 01, 2016

Tags: dog, shelter, shelter animal, adopt, animal adoption

This dataset has the following 3 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
MonthmonthstextAdded column to improve visualization of activities by month
Animal IDanimal_idtextSystem auto generated number, unique to every animal impounded
Intake Dateintake_datecalendar_dateThe date of impoundment or when the animal was admitted into the shelter