Animal Control Incidents

Incidents responded to by the Baton Rouge Animal Control and Rescue Center (ACRC).

ACRC is responsible for carrying out duties related to animal-related situations, including: administering the anti-rabies vaccination, licensing, and tag program; investigating animal cruelty incidents; investigating dog fighting; resolving dangerous animal situations; rescuing injured animals; investigating abandoned animal cases; investigating occult, animal sacrifice, and bestiality cases; resolving stray animal situations; enforcing the leash law and owned animal problems; assisting law enforcement with narcotics, evictions, and DWI cases; enforcing barking dog cases; inspecting dog yards/pens; chaining or tethering compliance; assisting animal welfare groups with feral interventions; and conducting educational programs.

As many of the incidents included within this data set involve active cases that are currently under investigation and computerized system limitations do not allow for automated screening of open/closed cases, the identity of animal owners is redacted to protect the privacy of the animal owner. Members of the public interested in the identity of a specific incident may contact ACRC directly to inquire about the incident and, if it is closed, ACRC will release a copy of the file to the person requesting it. However, location data regarding where the incident was reported or occurred is included within this data set, which may or may not be the same location as the animal owner's home or property.

In addition, to protect the identity of the complainant (person filing the complaint or alerting ACRC to a potential incident), only the complainant's street name is included as part of this data set.

Finally, while all incidents are updated on a daily basis, incidents involving animal cruelty are updated based on a rolling 30-day delay to allow for ACRC to investigate the incident and make a determination as to the validity of the cruelty complaint.

本数据集记录了巴吞鲁日动物控制与救援中心（ACRC）所处理的各类动物相关事件。ACRC负责执行与动物相关事务相关的职责，包括：实施狂犬病疫苗接种、许可和标签计划；调查动物虐待事件；调查斗犬事件；解决危险动物状况；救助受伤动物；调查弃养动物案件；调查隐秘的动物祭祀、兽交案件；解决流浪动物问题；执行牵绳法律和宠物管理问题；协助执法部门处理毒品、驱逐和酒驾案件；执行吠声扰民案件；检查犬舍/围栏；确保系绳或拴系规定；协助动物福利组织进行野性动物干预；以及开展教育活动。

然而，由于数据集中包含许多正在调查中的活跃案件，且计算机系统限制无法实现开放/关闭案件的自动筛选，因此为保护动物主人的隐私，动物主人的身份信息已被删除。公众如对特定事件的身份信息感兴趣，可直接联系ACRC查询事件详情，若事件已结案，ACRC将向请求者提供案件副本。然而，数据集中包括的事件报告或发生地点的地理位置信息，可能或可能不与动物主人的住所或财产位置相同。

此外，为保护投诉人（提出投诉或向ACRC报告潜在事件的人员）的身份，仅包括投诉人的街道名称作为本数据集的一部分。

最后，尽管所有事件都每日更新，但涉及动物虐待的事件更新将基于滚动30天延迟，以便ACRC调查事件并确定虐待投诉的有效性。