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Turn your data into knowledge and your knowledge into impact
Improving the welfare of companion animals requires using scientific data to demonstrate your interventions are having the desired impact. But barriers prevent us from collecting, storing, & analyzing our data properly.
Companion Animal Tools remove these barriers so you can access the power of your data to demonstrate your impact.
Companion Animal Tools is an online all-in-one system to enter, store, analyze, & report your data. We provide the tools, services, & support to meet the needs of colony caretakers, TNR practitioners, animal shelters, high capacity spay-neuter programs, animal welfare agencies, & shelter medicine groups.
Our Services
The tools you need to complete your work from start to finish
Project planning
Initial consult with an expert at sign-up to get you started on how to: form the right question, decide on the data you need, study design, and online tools to estimate effort and costs. Tools to set up projects and identify sampling locations.
Data Entry & Storage
Spreadsheet templates to easily enter & upload data. Automatically scan data for errors and format the data for long-term secure storage in the cloud. Tools for classifying individuals from photos for long-term population monitoring.
Data Visualization
Easy-to-read dashboards provide instant insight on data collection and results. Map your data and symbolize animals based on species, sex, or reproductive status. Graph relationships and test for effects of your interventions.
Data Reporting
Automated data reporting to meet project funder requirements and stakeholder needs. Less time on paperwork and more time on making an impact. Win-win.
Resources
Datasheet & spreadsheet templates, learning center with how-to and information videos, online drop-in sessions to get answers to your questions, discussions of case-studies and ongoing research. Mobile applications to aid data collection
Connect with Experts
One-on-one help with scientific & statistical experts to help you through every step of your project. From study design to statistical modeling, we help you make the most of your data and answer your questions with confidence.
What can you do with your data?
Case study 1
How many free-roaming cats are there in an entire city?
Case study 2
Dog ownership patterns and total owned dog population size in Costa Rica.
Case study 3
Counting free-roaming cats using camera-traps in a large city.
Case study 4
Landscape and socio-economic attributes predict free-roaming cat density.
Our Vision
Doing the hands-on work with companion animals and conducting science on those same animals requires fundamentally different skills sets. Our backgrounds have given us exposure to both and we wanted to provide the link between the good people that are committed to companion animal welfare and the data-driven science needed to make robust decisions to best decisions possible.