tl;dr The Australian government's open data portal has a surprisingly large amount of data on dogs and cats. Nearly all of it comes from local councils with o

tl;dr The Australian government's open data portal has a surprisingly large amount of data on dogs and cats. Nearly all of it comes from local councils with open data policies, since it's local government in Australia that registers domestic animals, regulates animal numbers on non-farm properties and answers the call when someone complains about a wandering dog. Pretty cool data... thank you for sharing. I hope this summarize helps.