About this Dataset

Louisville Metro KY - Animal Services Intake Historical

The Department of Animal Services has a fundamental mission to protect public health and safety, ensure the humane treatment of domesticated animals and provide quality, professional service to the public. LMAS serves as an authority in domestic animal welfare by creating and preserving a safe and humane community for both people and domesticated animals. LMAS strives to eliminate the euthanasia of adoptable animals in Louisville Metro through education, community engagement, enforcement and leadership efforts.

Data Dictionary:

Month: The numerical month of the intake.

Year: The year the type of intake occurred.

Number of Animals: The amount of animals taken in by the shelter under the specific intake type/subtype.

Intake type and Intake Subtype: The reason why the animal was impounded at Metro Animal Services (MAS).

** CONFISCATE** The animal was impounded due to a violation of Louisville Metro Ordinance or Kentucky Revised Statutes

ABANDONED Animal was impounded because of a violation of the Abandonment ordinance

BITE Animal was impounded due to biting someone
CHAINING Animal was impounded for a chaining violation
COURT ORD Animal was impounded as a result of a court order
CRUELTY Animal was impounded for a violation of the Cruelty ordinance or statute

DANGER DOG Animal was impounded because of a violation of the Dangerous Dog/Potentially Dangerous Dog ordinance

EVICTION Animal was impounded during an eviction

HOSPITAL Animal was impounded due to the owner being in the hospital

NEGLECT Animal was impounded for a violation of the Provision of Necessities ordinance

OWNER DIED Animal was impounded because their owner died

POLICE Animal was impounded by the police

POTDANGER Animal was impounded because of a violation of the Dangerous Dog/Potentially Dangerous Dog ordinance

RESTRAINT Animal impounded by an animal control officer for restraint violation

UNPERMITED Animal was impounded by an animal control officer for not being licensed or permitted

** DISPOSAL** The animal was brought to the shelter deceased to be properly disposed
FIELD An animal control officer picks up a deceased animal while outside the shelter.
OWNER A owner turns in their deceased animal
STRAY A deceased unowned animal is brought in to MAS by a citizen.
VET CLINIC The animal was brought to the shelter deceased to be properly disposed by a vet clinic.
WILDLIFE A citizen turning in a deceased wild animal.

EVACUEE The animal was impounded due to the owner being evacuated due to a natural

disaster
FIELD The animal was impounded outside of the shelter due to the owner being evacuated due to a natural disaster
OTC The animal was impounded at the shelter due to the owner being evacuated due to a natural disaster

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FOR TRANSP This category was used when MAS impounded an animal from a rescue or other shelter to be transported by MAS to another rescue

K HUMANE S MAS impounded an animal from Kentucky Humane Society to be transported by MAS to another rescue
RESCUE GRP MAS impounded an animal from a rescue group to be transported by MAS to another rescue

** FOSTER** When a foster returns an animal to MAS to go up for adoption
RETURN When a foster returns an animal to MAS to go up for adoption

** FOUND** When a citizen reports finding a dog.
WEB Category used when a citizen reports an animal lost or found on the website

** LOST** When a citizen reports their dog missing.
WEB Category used when a citizen reports an animal lost or found on the website

** OWNER SUR** The animal was impounded due to the owner signing over their rights to MAS.
EUTH REQ Animal was surrendered to be euthanized.
FIELD Animal was surrendered by its owner to an officer while the officer was outside of the shelter
OTC Animal was surrendered by its owner to MAS
RETURN 30 Animal is surrendered by an adopter before owning it 30 days

** RETURN** The animal was impounded due to being returned by the adopter

ADOPTION The animal was impounded due to being returned by the adopter

K HUMANE S The animal was impounded due to being returned by Kentucky Humane Society

** STRAY** The animal was impounded for being a stray either in the field or at the shelter.
FIELD Animal was impounded in the field usually by an animal control officer
OTC Animal was impounded at Metro Animal Services usually being turned in by a citizen
Organization: Louisville Metro Government
Last updated: 2025-07-30T13:34:18.102990
Tags: animal-services, animals, historical, jefferson-county, kentucky, lmas, louisville, louisville-metro, louisville-metro-animal-services, louisville-metro-ky, modp, open-data, service-intake, static

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.louisville_metro_government_louisville_metro_ky_animal_00f903dc.table_1

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2,859 rows
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CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "intaketype" VARCHAR,
  "intakesubtype" VARCHAR,
  "number_of_animals" BIGINT,
  "year" BIGINT,
  "month" BIGINT,
  "objectid" BIGINT
);