Stray dogs and dog warden service
Dear Tunbridge Wells Borough Council,
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.
2) Broken down by year 2020,2021,2022,2023 (calendar years)
2a)How many of these were reclaimed by their owners?
2b) How many were adopted from the pound?
2c)How many went to an animal rescue? Please provide a breakdown in numbers per year for each rescue used
2d)How many were euthanized?
2e)What happened to any remaining dogs that did not fall into above categories?
2f)How many dogs were chipped?
2g)How many were chipped with owners details up to date?
3a) For each year (2019-2023)could you please tell me the total number of w.t.e (whole time equivalent) dog wardens you employ?
3b) 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.
3c)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.
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)
Yours faithfully,
emma smith
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Dear Emma Smith,
Re: FOI F13042
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
Please find below the response to your recent request. The information has
been provided by our Waste & Streetscene Team.
Response:
Please see spreadsheet below attached. We cannot fully complete it because
once we collect dogs if they are not claimed within 7 days the Kennels
take ownership of them and we do not then record their next stage when
they are with the Kennels, but have provided the information we do hold.
Q1 & Q2a Q2b Q2c & Q2f Q2g Q3a Q3b Q3b Q3c Q4
Q2 Q2d Hours
Year No of Reclaimed Rehomed Not Chipped Correct Employed No of WTE External Postcode
stray recorded chip Dog staff provider of
dogs details Wardens collecting provider
found dogs
2019 52 0 0 52 Unknown 0
2020 70 1 0 69 Unknown 0
2021 57 0 4 53 Unknown 0
2022 100 6 0 94 Unknown 0
2023 104 8 3 93 Unknown 0
Total 383 101 3 5% 0 TN15
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