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    Louisville Metro KY - Animal License data (5 years coverage up to last 30 days)

    Metadata Updated: July 30, 2025

    Animal Services Provides for the care and control of animals in the Louisville Metro area, including pet licensing and pet adoption.Data Dictionary:

    Field Name

    Field Description

    animal id

    Unique identifying number assigned to each specific animal

    tag number

    Unique identifying number assigned to each individual tag

    tag type

    The type of tag or permit purchased

    LIC 3Y


3yr
spayed/neutered license




LIC 3YSR


3yr
senior spayed/neutered license




LIC ALTERED


1
year spayed/neutered license




LIC ASST


1
year assistance animal license




LIC DD1


year
dangerous dog license




LIC MULTIPLE


1
year discounted license when they license more than 3 animals




LIC PDD


1
year potentially dangerous dog license




LIC SR


1
year senior altered license




LIC UNALTERED


1 year
non spayed or neutered license




PER ADV


Animal
Drawn Vehicle permit




PER BOARDING


Boarding
permit




PER CIRCUS


Circus
permit




PER CIRCUS EL


Elephant
Ride permit




PER CLASS A


Class
A kennel license




PER HS


Animal
Welfare Group permit




PER PS NOSELL


Pet
Shop not selling dogs, cats or ferrets permit




PER PS SELL


Pet
shop selling dogs, cats or ferrets permit




PER STABLE


Stable
permit




PER SWINE


Swine
permit




RAB VAC CERT


Rabies
vaccination tag




RABIES CERT


Rabies
vaccination tag

    tag date

    The date the tag was issued to the owner

    tag expire

    The date that the tag expires

    tag status

    The status of the tag or permit

    CURRENT


Tag
is current




DEAD


Pet
is deceased




DUPLICATE


Owner
lost the tag and it is replaced




EXPIRED


Tag
is expired




GAVE AWAY


Owner
gave pet away to new owner and did not transfer tag




LOST


Owner
no longer has the pet




MOVED


Owner
no longer lives in Jefferson County




MOVED JEFF


Owner
no longer lives in Jefferson County




NO REASON


Did
not give a reason




NOT MY PET


Owner
no longer has the pet




NOT OWNER


Owner
no longer has the pet




RENEWED


New
license has been issued




REPLACED


Owner
lost the tag and it is replaced




RETUR MAIL


Owners
moved and the tag is undeliverable




REVOKED


Tag
or permit taken away due to violations




TEMPORARY


Issued
to a person until requirements are met




TURN IN


Owner
no longer has the pet




UNKNOWN


Did
not give a reason

    vax date

    The date the animal was given a rabies vaccination

    vax expire

    The date the rabies vaccination expires

    city

    location information associated with the owner of the animals address

    state

    zip code

    animal type

    Type of animal associated with the tag

    sex

    The sex of the animal

    M


male




F


female




N


neutered




S


spayed




U


unknown

    pet dob

    The date of birth of the animal

    bites

    Does the animal have a bite reported to MAS? (Y)es | (N)o

    color

    The color of the animal

    breed

    The breed of animal

    vet name

    The name of the vet or agency that administered the rabies vaccination

    Contact:Adam HamiltonAdam.Hamilton@louisvilleky.gov

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Louisville Open Data

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 30, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 30, 2025
    Publisher Louisville/Jefferson County Information Consortium
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=75d753d290134ab3acb66e7c53fbd704&sublayer=0
    Data First Published 2025-06-05T11:09:19.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-29T12:36:40.490Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:86, 010:04
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Culture en-us
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250730175953
    Harvest Object Id 700b4a07-033f-4a3e-b354-ddd08861191a
    Harvest Source Id df573dd9-dda2-439d-be4a-c5a3e9b0cc03
    Harvest Source Title Louisville Open Data
    Homepage URL https://louisville-metro-opendata-lojic.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/LOJIC::louisville-metro-ky-animal-license-data-5-years-coverage-up-to-last-30-days
    License https://louisville-metro-opendata-lojic.hub.arcgis.com/pages/terms-of-use-and-license
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial
    Platform ArcGIS Hub
    Program Code 015:001, 015:002
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b5f7f9ac171fac3a771c9672b8ddf1f1a51ded2b5eb27c83c78f9b837f786788
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Summary Listing of all pets licensed in Jefferson County over the last five years up to the last 30 days. This data is updated daily

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