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Animal care, safety and emergency readiness

What information should a shared dog-bite reporting system collect and publish?

R1 and R2 propose centralized reporting and detailed incident fields. R2 continues onto page 54. Source datasets are not directly interchangeable.

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Consistent definitions can make safety discussions more useful without treating incomplete counts as prevalence estimates.

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Dog Bites – A Serious, Underreported Problem

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Recommendations R1–R2
Source citation
Dog Bites – A Serious, Underreported Problem, Recommendations R1–R2, physical PDF page 53 of Lake County Civil Grand Jury Final Report 2025–2026.
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