$STRAY
Stray animal complaints in Chicago
1,0469.8% downon the month before
complaints in Oct 2026
1,046 complaints in Oct 2026. Not scored yet: the baseline is still filling.
From Mar 2026 to Oct 2026.
How it is counted
Normal934 to 1,076
Highest1,187May 2026
Unusual months0
- Counts
- Stray animal complaints made to Chicago's 311 service in a month (service code EAE), by the date each was made. Every complaint counts. Counted from January 2019.
- Why it is here
- Chicago gets about a thousand stray animal complaints a month.
- Terms
- City of Chicago Data Terms of Use: derivative use is allowed with the city's disclaimer on the page.
- Cadence
- Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. Newest complete month Oct 2026. Read Nov 13, 08:40 UTC.
- Baseline
- The prior 24 months, 12 needed.
- Notice
- This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one's own risk.
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Chicago residents made 1,046 stray animal complaints to 311 in Oct 2026, according to Tickerz, which counts them from city open data.
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- How many stray animals are reported in Chicago?
- 1,046 stray animal complaints were made to Chicago 311 in Oct 2026, counted by Tickerz from the city's open data.
- Where does the $STRAY number come from?
- Tickerz reads it from City of Chicago, 311 Service Requests, service code EAE. Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.
- Can I download the $STRAY data?
- Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/stray and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/stray/history.csv.
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No listing kit for $STRAY yet. A kit sets its strikes from 14 published numbers. This index publishes one a month and has none yet.
Resolution
- Index
- $STRAY Stray animal complaints in Chicago. Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04.
- Prints
- Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. The newest complete month is on the record after the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.
- As first published
Oct 2026 is not timestamped yet. The daily proof at 12:40 UTC adds it.
The number as first published is final for settlement. A revision by the source is shown beside it and never replaces it.
- Fallback
- A month prints three days after it ends. If 311 posts nothing for the month, it stays open. A month 311 never posts is void.
- Precision
- Whole complaints with service code EAE, by created date, Chicago time as the city records it.
- Cost to move
- Cheap in small numbers. A complaint is a phone call or a web form.
- Grade
- display. Complaints, not animals: one dog can bring several calls, and most strays go unreported. Shown, not settled on.
- For a rulebook
- Settle on the number Tickerz first recorded for $STRAY for the month named in the contract, published at tickerz.com/x/stray and in GET /api/indices/stray, timestamped daily in Bitcoin with OpenTimestamps.
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- Every reading is timestamped in Bitcoin once a day, so nobody can change it later. The newest proof covers Nov 12, in Bitcoin block 975,557.Proof fileLive feedHow it works
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