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tty2300

I was expecting some kind of statistics showing the common dog names and the number of dogs of each type kept as pets.

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Same, I was expecting some kind of statistical analysis along the lines of the birthday paradox.

It’s in German, but here’s open data about dog names in the city of Zürich:

https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/pd-stapo-hundenamen

The CSV should be clear enough:

https://data.stadt-zuerich.ch/dataset/pd-stapo-hundenamen/re...

So German cities have employees /systems whose job it is to register dog names not totally sure that's the best use of taxpayers money - better bike lanes and electric charging infrastructure or even GASP better support for homeless people.

*Switzerland

It is, the data also includes owner information so lost pets can be returned to their owners.

Worth noting: Switzerland has a pet tax, so that obviously pays for it.

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