Could you please provide the number of dogs seized by your force under the dangerous dogs act, broken down by breed, for each calendar year from 2018, including the figures for 2023 so far.
Please see the below table for the requested information from 01/01/2019 – 11/09/2023. To note, this information is not held prior to 2019:
|
BREED |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ACD (AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
AKITA |
9 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
|
AKITA CROSS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
ALSATIAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
AMERICAN BULL CROSS |
12 |
4 |
7 |
23 |
11 |
|
AMERICAN BULLDOG |
5 |
11 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
|
ASIAN SHEPHERD |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
BELGIAN SHEPHERD |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
BORDER COLLIE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
BRITISH BULLDOG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
BRITTANY SPANIEL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
BULL DOG |
0 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
|
BULL MASTIFF |
10 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
CANE CORSO |
2 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
|
CANE CORSO CROSS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
CANE CORSO MASTIFF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
COCKER SPANIEL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
COLLIE CROSS |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
CROSS BREED |
39 |
23 |
37 |
24 |
7 |
|
DOBERMAN |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
DOGUE DE BORDEAUX |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
DUTCH HERDER |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
DUTCH SHEPHERD |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
ENGLISH BULLDOG |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
FRENCH BULLDOG |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
GERMAN SHEPHERD |
6 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
8 |
|
GOLDEN RETRIEVER |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
GREAT DANE CROSS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
GREYHOUND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
HUSKY |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
JACK RUSSELL |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
KELPIE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
KENGAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
KOMONDOR |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
LABRADOR |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
LURCHER |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
MALAMUTE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
MALINOIS |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
MASTIFF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
PATTERDALE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
PIT BULL |
14 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
POCKET BULLY |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
PRESA CANARIO |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
ROTTWEILER |
4 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
SHAR-PEI |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
SOUTH AFRICAN BOERBOEL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
SPANIEL |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
SPANISH MASTIFF PRESA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER |
23 |
29 |
15 |
5 |
14 |
|
STAFFY CROSS |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
TERRIER |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
WHIPPET |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
XL BULLY |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
TOTAL |
137 |
112 |
123 |
120 |
93 |
Could you also provide the number of dogs destroyed by police under the act each year from 2018, again broken down by breed.
Please see the below table for the requested information from 01/01/2019 – 11/09/2023. To note, this information is not held prior to 2019, and we also do not hold the breed breakdown:
|
Dogs Put to Sleep by Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total |
67 |
43 |
46 |
43 |
45 |