Orange County Animal Care In-Shelter Bites and Aggregate Shelter Statistics

These files pertain to Orange County Animal Care, a county-operated animal shelter in Orange County, California.The spreadsheet "Bites shelter only.xlsx” was provided by in response to California Public Records Act requests and was meant to be specific to animal bites occurring on the shelter’s premises. However, this file turned out to be incomplete.The "Bites slide" is further evidence of some data confusion in the shelter, regarding animal bites.The spreadsheet “Bites including community.xlsx” was provided later by Orange County Animal Care in response to California Public Records Act requests. It has animal bite reports in the entire jurisdiction of this shelter (including the shelter premises). It is more reliable because it has a public-health function The period covered is January 1, 2016 - May 6, 2024, but keep in mind that this shelter moved from an old facility to a new one in the spring of 2018.The OC Statistics file is a compendium of shelter statistics retrieved from the shelter's website https://www.ocpetinfo.com/about-us/shelter-statistics to facilitate the analysis of the bite data.