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Stray dogs and dog warden service
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I am contacting you to request the following information regarding stray dogs.
1. How many stray dogs entered pounds for each year between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2023, including by breed.
Please see attached file, the data provided relates to 2022 – current as this service was previously undertaken by PPP.
2. Broken down by year 2020,2021,2022,2023 (calendar years)
a) How many of these were reclaimed by their owners?
b) How many were adopted from the pound?
c) How many went to an animal rescue? Please provide a breakdown in numbers per year for each rescue used
d) How many were euthanized?
e) What happened to any remaining dogs that did not fall into above categories?
f) How many dogs were chipped?
g) How many were chipped with owners details up to date?
Please see attached file, the data provided relates to 2022 – current as this service was previously undertaken by PPP.
3.
a) For each year (2019-2023)could you please tell me the total number of w.t.e (whole time equivalent) dog wardens you employ?
b) if the role of the dog warden has been dispersed to other staff could you please let me know how many staff undertake dog warden duties and what proportion of their time in whole time equivalents (w.t.e.) that they roughly spend on the dog warden's role.
c) If you do not directly employ any dog wardens and manage this function via a contract with an external provider could you please confirm the provider.
The Dog warden role was brought back in house in Jan 2022. At the beginning of 2022 we had 2 x part time dog wardens who did job share 37hrs per week.
This was reduced to 1 x part time dog warden in June 2022 , we still have 1 x PT dog warden although the dog collection service and rehoming process is now undertaken by an external contractor.
The majority of the animal welfare work is undertaken by the dog warden although occasionally ASB officers may visit properties to witness dogs barking (ooh) so appro 5% of ASB officer time.
We now have a contract with SDK Environmental who deal with abandoned dogs.
4. Please provide the first part of the postcode of the pound holding kennels ( the details are for geographical spatial mapping and so exact address is not required)
The holding kennels are based in SL2
