Stray dog information.

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am contacting you to request the following information regarding stray dogs.

• How many stray dogs entered pounds between 1st January 2010 and 31st December 2010?
• How many of these were reclaimed by their owners?
• How many were adopted from the pound?
• How many went to an animal rescue?
• How many were euthanized?
• What happened to any remaining dogs that did not fall into above categories?
• Do you keep any records as to which dogs were chipped?
• Do you keep any records as to the breed of the dogs?
• How many dogs entered the pound on more than one occasion?

Yours faithfully,

C.Bottle

foi, East Cambridgeshire District Council

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Kind Regards

FOI & EIR Administration
East Cambridgeshire District Council
Tel:01353 665555

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Karen See, East Cambridgeshire District Council

Dear Ms Bottle

In response to your enquiry the following data is provided:

* How many stray dogs entered pounds between 1st January 2010 and
31st December 2010? 122 were reported to the Local Authority - not all entered the holding kennels.
* How many of these were reclaimed by their owners? 76 were returned to their owner.
* How many were adopted from the pound? 4 were kept by finder or rehomed by holding kennels.
* How many went to an animal rescue? 29 were taken to Woodgreen Animal Shelter.
* How many were euthanized? 1 was found dead on road and 5 were euthanised at the animal shelter.
* What happened to any remaining dogs that did not fall into above 6 dogs were reported to us as seen to be straying but on visiting the area, were never found. 1 dog was reported as a
categories? stray but information strongly suggested it was reported by the owner themselves so the Local Authority refused to take the dog and advised the owner to take to Woodgreen direct.
* Do you keep any records as to which dogs were chipped? All dogs are checked for chip number to trace possible owner. No records kept at Local Authority after reclaiming or
rehoming.
* Do you keep any records as to the breed of the dogs? Breed/description of each dog kept.
* How many dogs entered the pound on more than one occasion? Not available from data kept.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require further information.

Karen See
Principal Environmental Health Officer (Domestic)
East Cambridgeshire District Council
The Grange
Nutholt Lane
Ely
Cambs
CB7 4EE

01353 665555
[email address]

PLEASE NOTE THAT BEFORE RE-USING ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, AN APPLICANT MUST SPECIFICALLY REQUEST PERMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT RE-USE OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2005 AND THE COUNCIL'S OWN POLICY DOCUMENT / FORM UNDER THE PUBLICATION SCHEME (AVAILABLE VIA THE INTERNET.) SUCH A REQUEST WOULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS AND IS NOT AUTOMATIC. THEREFORE NO PERMISSION IS IMPLIED IN THE RE-USE OF THIS INFORMATION, UNTIL SUCH REQUEST TO RE-USE IS MADE AND AGREED, SUBJECT TO ANY APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS. I HAVE ATTACHED A LINK TO THE REGULATIONS FOR EASE OF REFERENCE: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/2005151....

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Karen See, East Cambridgeshire District Council

Dear Ms Bottle,

I write to provide additional information to you, following my email to you earlier today.

For information the Dog Warden managed to get the data for your last question from her records and the number of dogs entering the kennels on more than one occasion was 3.

Thank you

Karen See
Principal Environmental Health Officer (Domestic)
East Cambridgeshire District Council
The Grange
Nutholt Lane
Ely
Cambs
CB7 4EE

01353 665555
[email address]

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ECDC Private and Confidential Notice The information contained in this e-mail is intended for the named recipients only. If you are not the intended recipient you may not copy, distribute or take any action or reliance on it. Opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the opinions of East Cambridgeshire District Council. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately by using the e-mail address or by telephoning (01353 665555 Ext.6497) Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communication medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure that they are actually virus-free.

Thank you.

Carla Bottle