Census Metrics: municipal census of companion animals

What it is

Census Metrics is the municipal census of companion animals, with registration and identification. It is an online platform that brings the procedure closer to each family so that the census reflects what is really in homes and on the street.

Each type of user has their own space: pet owners, veterinary clinics and the local government.

Who it is for

• Local governments and local bodies. Technical staff and councillors who need reliable data on the municipality’s animals.
• Pet owners. People who live with a dog or a cat and want to do the paperwork without travelling.
• Veterinary clinics. The centres that already know these animals’ history.
• Municipal services. Local Police and animal collection, who need to identify a found animal.

The problem

An animal can carry a microchip and appear in an identification register without being in its municipality’s census. The procedure is usually in person and the local government has no simple way to know who is missing.

They are two different things: the identification register records the microchip, and the census is regulated by each local government through its own bylaw, with its own deadlines and requirements.

From microchip to census, in five steps

1. The family starts the registration from their phone or with a QR code.
2. The platform cross-checks the microchip against the identification register.
3. The local government resolves it in its inbox.
4. The animal gets a digital ID card and a record.
5. The census stays alive with removals, changes and reminders.

Use situations

• An animal turns up lost. Its microchip leads to the family.
• A dog goes missing. The alert reaches people in the area.
• A campaign arrives. Only the right audience is called.
• A shop or clinic wants to help. A poster with its QR code brings registrations to the platform.
• The year needs reporting. The annual report comes from data already recorded.

What it lets you do

For pet owners

Digital registration

Families register their animal from their phone, with no queues or counters. The local government receives the request already complete.

Digital ID card

A document on the phone that vouches for the animal and is checked with a QR code. Always at hand, never in a drawer.

Lost and found alerts

Whoever loses or finds an animal alerts people in the area. More eyes to bring it home.

Veterinary record

The history the clinic notes down, visible to the family. The owner decides what to share.

Campaigns and courses

Sign-up for municipal campaigns and short training on responsible ownership. Taking part gets easier.

Local benefits

Participating shops and clinics offer benefits to registered animals. One more reason to stay up to date.

For veterinary clinics

Microchip search

The animal is found in the census with the usual reader. If it is missing, its family is invited to register it.

Clinical acts and certificates

What the clinic notes reaches the animal’s record. No duplicated work and no change of software.

Materials with the clinic’s code

Posters and stickers with its own QR code. The clinic sees how many registrations it brings in.

For the local government

Census dashboard

A view of the census by species, neighbourhood and registration channel, with no exact addresses. Data to decide with confidence.

Registration and procedure validation

One inbox for registrations, removals and changes, with a record of who resolves each one. Less paper and fewer counters.

Search and export

Simple search and exportable lists. The information, when it is needed.

Targeted communication

Messages only to those concerned. Better-aimed campaigns and alerts.

Campaigns

Call-out, sign-up and attendance in one place. The result stays in the animal’s record.

Emergency identification

With the microchip, the municipal service reaches the family. A lost animal gets home sooner.

Partners and materials

A directory of participating points and their QR materials. You see which channel brings more registrations.

Alerts

Notices about situations worth watching, with thresholds set by the municipality. To act in time.

Reports and open data

Reports and an annual report from the recorded data, plus an optional public map with aggregated figures. Reporting stops being a separate job.

Automation and configuration

Automatic reminders

Notices to families about what they need to do. Fewer forgotten tasks.

Cross-check with the identification register

Each microchip is compared with the register and differences reach staff. The decision stays theirs.

Adapting to the municipality

Each local government sets its identity, contacts and messages. The platform fits the way it works.

Permissions and data protection

Each person sees only what corresponds to them. The exact address never appears on maps, identification queries are logged and the family decides what to share from the veterinary record.

Where it fits in the Zoometrics suite

Census Metrics is one of the Zoometrics tools, a suite for jointly managing coexistence between people, animals and plants in the municipality. Each covers a different area; they open in a new tab:

• Meow Metrics: street cat colonies, with the TNR method.
• Ark Metrics: the path from the street to adoption, with citizen participation.
• Wild Metrics: wildlife and citizen reports.
• Silva Metrics: the municipality’s green spaces, dog parks included.
• Zoometrics: the platform that brings them together.

How they complement the census is explained on the Zoometrics suite page.

Talk to us

If your local government, clinic or organisation wants to know how Census Metrics works or to tell us what it needs from a municipal census, write to us from the contact page.