FOI release

Dog breeding and Greyhounds

Case reference FOI2021/00252

Published 21 December 2021

Request

For each year 2016 to 2020 inclusive, please provide:

* The number of licensed dog breeders in your Local Authority

* The total number of breeding bitches owned by these breeders.

If known, please could you also provide

* The number of Greyhound breeders out of the total number of breeders

* The total number of breeding bitches they own. For the same period, please also provide

* The number of licensed Greyhound racing tracks in your Local Authority

* The number of times each you inspected Greyhound tracks in each year.

If unknown, please enter 'unknown'. If not applicable, please enter 'NA'. If none, please enter 0.

Response

Q1 For each year 2016 to 2020 inclusive, please provide:

• The number of licensed dog breeders in your Local Authority

• The total number of breeding bitches owned by these breeders.

Please see the attached spreadsheet.

Q2 If known, please could you also provide:

• The number of Greyhound breeders out of the total number of breeders

0 in all years

• The total number of breeding bitches they own.

0

Q3 For the same period, please also provide

• The number of licensed Greyhound racing tracks in your Local Authority

0 in all years

• The number of times each you inspected Greyhound tracks in each year.

N / A

Documents

• Copy of FOI202100252 - Requested Dog Breeding Information 2016-2021 21.12.2021.csv (2.4 KB)

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