Yeah, Kyle's suggestion was correct. Map worked great.

Thanks! Just FYI here is Dumper($v) output

$VAR1 = [, 
          {, 
            'name' => 'Cat',
            'id' => '7670', 
          }, 
          {, 
            'name' => 'Dog',
            'id' => '7671', 
          }, 
        ];, 
$VAR1 = [, 
          {, 
            'name' => 'Cat', 
            'id' => '7670', 
          },
        ];,
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