Contact animal owners to inform them that their pets are at animal holding facilities.

“Contact animal owners to inform them that their pets are at animal holding facilities.” is a core task performed by Animal Control Workers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#4 most important). About 96% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Issue documentation. in Performing Administrative Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Write reports of activities, and maintain files of impoundments and dispositions of animals. · importance 4.8
• Investigate reports of animal attacks or animal cruelty, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and writing reports. · importance 4.8
• Examine animals for injuries or malnutrition, and arrange for any necessary medical treatment. · importance 4.7
• Educate the public about animal welfare, and animal control laws and regulations. · importance 4.6
• Remove captured animals from animal-control service vehicles and place animals in shelter cages or other enclosures. · importance 4.5
• Capture and remove stray, uncontrolled, or abused animals from undesirable conditions, using nets, nooses, or tranquilizer darts as necessary. · importance 4.5
• Answer inquiries from the public concerning animal control operations. · importance 4.5
• Prepare for prosecutions related to animal treatment, and give evidence in court. · importance 4.5
• Supply animals with food, water, and personal care. · importance 4.4
• Issue warnings or citations in connection with animal-related offenses, or contact police to report violations and request arrests. · importance 4.3
• Euthanize rabid, unclaimed, or severely injured animals. · importance 4.3
• Clean facilities and equipment such as dog pens and animal control trucks. · importance 4.3
• Organize the adoption of unclaimed animals. · importance 3.9
• Examine animal licenses, and inspect establishments housing animals for compliance with laws. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Animal Control Workers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-7967,
  title  = {Contact animal owners to inform them that their pets are at animal holding facilities.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-7967}
}