FOI/EIR 25/26-490-Stray Dogs

Stray dog cases broken down for past four years

Request received 14 January 2026

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

Responded 22 January 2026

Please see attachment.
Please note that the CRM form for the ‘number of reported cases of abandoned dogs and/or stray dogs’ was only introduced in 2023, we therefore do not hold this information for 2021 and 2022.