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.
| The number of reported cases of abandoned dogs and/or stray dogs | |
| Year | Number of dogs |
| 2021 | Information Not Held |
| 2022 | Information Not Held |
| 2023 | 48 |
| 2024 | 58 |
| 2025 | 28 |
| The total number of abandoned and/or dogs taken in, seized, or otherwise handled by your council, broken down by month | |
| Year | Number of dogs |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 55 |
| 2023 | 66 |
| 2024 | 86 |
| 2025 | 43 |
| The number of abandoned and/or stray dogs returned to their owner | |
| Year | Number of dogs |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 6 |