FI16631
Request
Please provide, for the period January 2021 to December 2025:
- The number of reported cases of abandoned dogs and/or stray dogs
- The total number of abandoned and/or dogs taken in, seized, or otherwise handled by your council, broken down by month
- 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
|