Pet licensing data for Cambridge

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act, G.L.M. c.4, €7, clause 26th, I hereby request the following records:

All the pet licensing data, including breed, owner address, and animal names for Cambridge.

I agree to pay reasonable search and duplication fees for the processing of this request in an amount not to exceed $5.

In the event that fees do exceed $5, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, via e-mail attachment or CD-ROM.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Morisy
Filed via MuckRock.com
185 Beacon St. #3
Somerville, MA 02143

Daytime: (857) 488- 3081
E-mail: requests@muckrock.com

Picked up 2 CDs and paid $15.75 fee, but they contained named and addresses of owners, not information on dog names.

Hi Christina,

Thank you so much for your quick and friendly help with my request! I had a chance to look through the data and really appreciate your help.

Unfortunately, I was actually more interested in the dog names rather than people names: The data was going to be for a story on popular names and popular parts of Cambridge where people have dogs, rather than for use marketing.

Is this data stored electronically as well?

Again, thank you so much for your help, and I apologize for the confusion caused by my request.

Thanks again,

Michael