Council's Animal Shelter (Pound)
Response
Sent: Wednesday, 20 May 2026 08:20 am
Subject: Official Information Request - Council's Animal Shelter (Pound)
I refer to your Official Information request of 21 April 2026 for information regarding Councils Animal Shelter (Pound) for the most recent three calendar years.
Question:
Total number of animals admitted
Answer:
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
| 1145 | 1094 | 933 |
Question:
Reclaim rates
Answer:
Data is held as Released to Owner
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
| 445 | 462 | 467 |
Question:
Adoption outcomes and transfers to rescue organisations
Answer:
Data is not split in the above way, but held as Rehomed
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
| 182 | 121 | 37 |
Question:
Euthanasia outcomes (with reason categories, if recorded)
Answer:
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
| 517 | 511 | 413 |
Council does not record reasons for the euthanasia.
Please note
The discrepancy in 2025 and 2023 totals:
That there is 1 dog in 2025 that is still in the Pound to date.
That in 2023 with a system change, 16 were not closed off with a release code.
