FI16631

Request

Please provide, for the period January 2021 to December 2025: 

  1. The number of reported cases of abandoned dogs and/or stray dogs
  2. The total number of abandoned and/or dogs taken in, seized, or otherwise handled by your council, broken down by month
  3. The number of abandoned and/or stray dogs returned to their owner 

If possible, I would appreciate the data being presented as a year-by-year breakdown

Response

1. As follows:

Year

Number of Strays

2021

31

2022

64

2023

66

2024

75

2025

89

2. As follows:

Month

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

January

0

3

5

4

5

February

4

3

4

3

6

March

4

2

4

4

8

April

3

2

4

4

5

May

2

10

9

6

10

June

2

10

5

9

13

July

4

8

6

12

5

August

2

4

6

7

7

September

1

11

4

7

5

October

5

1

13

14

12

November

2

8

4

4

6

December

2

2

2

1

7

Total

31

64

66

75

89

3. As follows:

Year

Number of dogs returned to Owner

2021

19

2022

38

2023

38

2024

45

2025

49