pest control and stray dogs
Case reference FOI2026/02520
Received 16 October 2026
Published 12 November 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (or the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002), please provide the following:
1. The number of pest control service requests or complaints the council received in each of 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, split by pest (rats, mice, wasps, bed bugs, other) if held.
2. The number of stray dogs collected by or on behalf of the council in each of those years, and of those, how many were returned to their owners, rehomed, transferred to a rescue organisation, and put to sleep.
3. The council's current charges for pest treatment (if any), and the name of any contractor providing the pest control or dog warden service. A spreadsheet or CSV would be ideal. If any part would exceed the cost limit, please answer the other parts and tell me which part could not be answered.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (or the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002), please provide the following:
1. The number of pest control service requests or complaints the council received in each of 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26, split by pest (rats, mice, wasps, bed bugs, other) if held.
This information is publically available on the Herefordshire Council Website and can be viewed via the following links:
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
2. The number of stray dogs collected by or on behalf of the council in each of those years, and of those, how many were returned to their owners, rehomed, transferred to a rescue organisation, and put to sleep.
Answer:
|
|
2023-24 |
2024-25 |
2025-26 |
|
Stray dogs taken into your authority’s care |
92 |
97 |
62 |
|
Reclaimed by owners |
26 |
26 |
14 |
|
Rehomed |
48 |
51 |
28 |
|
Euthanised |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Transferred to rescue orgnaisations |
74 |
77 |
43 |
3. The council's current charges for pest treatment (if any), and the name of any contractor providing the pest control or dog warden service.
Answer: The service area has advised that Herefordshire Council does not employ an external dog warden.
Please note, for information on pest control this information is publically available on the Herefordshire Council Website and can be viewed via the following links:
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
A spreadsheet or CSV would be ideal. If any part would exceed the cost limit, please answer the other parts and tell me which part could not be answered.
Documents
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