Your request has been passed to me to reply –

In our area the Police deal with the direct offences i.e. owning, breeding etc and would deal with offences after the fact as they have superior powers of entry under the Act.

We have not taken a prosecution specifically under this legislation in the past 5 years and I can not recall any in preceding 5 years.

We have not seized any dogs specifically under the legislation in the time period 2000 to 2008 – if Dogs are found straying they are seized under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Since April 2008 our Dog Warden Services have been contracted out and the contractor has trained their staff to recognise the Pitt Bull etc type dogs and 5 such dogs were identified in 2008 they were destroyed when they were not claimed.

We have seized no such dogs so far this year.

We do not current hold any such dogs

I hope the above is helpful to you however if I can be of further assistance please contact me

Andy Gumbley

Environmental Control Manager

Rochdale MBC

Tel 01706 924137

email xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx

-----Original Message-----

From: Amanda Dunckley [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]

Sent: 25 February 2009 00:10

To: Mailbox Council

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Dangerous Dogs Act

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am contacting you concerning the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, as

amended, legislation.

1) How many dogs have been seized by the council under Section One

of the Dangerous Dogs Act in each year from 2000 to 2008?

2) How many prosecutions under Section One of the Dangerous Dogs

Act did the council proceed with in 2007 and 2008?

3)How many dogs have been seized under Section One of the Dangerous

Dogs Act so far this year (2009)? Of those seized, how many have

been signed over for destruction by their owners?

4) How many applications have been made to the magistrates court

under section 4b of the Dangerous Dogs Act in the last three years?

Of those 4b applications, how many resulted in destruction orders

and how many resulted in registration onto the Index of Exempted

Dogs?

5) How many dogs are currently held under Section One of the

Dangerous Dogs Act by Rochdale Borough Council?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Dunckley

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