FI16937

Request

  1. The number of stray cats collected by the Authority in the calendar year 2025
  2. The number of those stray cats that were microchipped in accordance with the regulations (The Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023)
  3. The number of deceased cats collected by the Authority in the calendar year 2025
  4. The number of those deceased cats whose owners were identified from a microchip
  5. Are council tenants required to microchip their pet cats as part of their tenancy agreement? Y/N
  6. The number of council tenants currently registered as owning a microchipped cat
  7. The number of 21-day enforcement notices issued for failing to microchip a cat in the calendar year 2025
  8. The number of cats handed over to the Authority for rescue or rehoming in 2025

Response

  1. Zero, as the Council does not collect stray cats. 
  2. Not applicable. 
  3. Five 
  4. Zero (none had keeper details on microchips). 
  5. No. 
  6. The Council does not hold this information. 
  7. Zero, the Council does not issue enforcement notices for failing to microchip a cat. 
  8. Zero, the Council does not rescue or rehome cats.