Dog Control Activity Reports

(Pursuant to the Dog Control Act 1996, S.10A)

Section 10A(2) Ref	Requirement	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
(a)	Number of registered dogs	5362	5507	5649	5770	5869	5901	5969	6079	6176	6302	6231
(b)	Number of probationary owners Number of disqualified owners	1 1	1 3	0 2	0 2	2 2	3 2	2 2	1 2	1 6	2 6	0 4
(c)	Number of dogs classified as dangerous under s.31(1)(b)	17	12	12	12	14	10	8	9	8	5	6
(d)	Number of dogs classified as menacing under s.33A(1)(b)(i) Number of dogs classified as menacing under s.33(C)(1)	20 51	27 55	27 40	33 39	30 35	44 30	57 32	56 37	47 27	49 23	53 26
(e)	Number of infringement notices	251	290	276	272	270	288	274	264	198	245	160
(f)	Number of complaints and nature of complaints:
	Dog attack human	24	31	26	34	22	22	25	24	14	28	30
	Dog attack animal	69	68	58	52	66	64	56	56	52	37	56
	Dog aggression	86	106	73	88	60	68	63	53	39	58	43
	Barking	596	599	593	525	557	551	405	491	390	460	458
	Fouling	10	19	10	14	19	10	10	15	11	5	8
	Wandering	487	513	477	673	568	528	527	460	412	463	389
	Unregistered	38	32	47	75	79	68	64	60	31	48	71
	Welfare	28	21	17	24	25	32	18	25	15	16	33
	In restricted area	7	8	4	8	8	3	2	9	5	3	13
	Not on lead	7	7	8	27	12	15	14	12	15	28	10
	Not under control	41	44	31	47	35	41	34	38	26	32	32
	Impounded	464	395	368	353	281	270	248	196	164	157	163
	Total	1855	1843	1712	1920	1732	1672	1466	1439	1174	1335	1306

(g)	Number of prosecutions	2	1	1	1	2	3	0	2	0	0