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Publication Number: 1534
FOI Number: 19081
Disclosure:
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities:
Unless exemptions apply, the first duty (at Section 1(1)(a)) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.
The second duty (at Section 1(1)(b)) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.
However, where exemptions are relied upon (Section 17 of FOIA), there is a requirement to provide the applicant with an explanation either:
Information Request
FOI Duty
First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to all your request.
Second Duty – See below
Fact – See below
Exemption – Not applicable
Essex Police can report as follows:
Caveat: The data is correct as at 26 September 2023
Notes
- ‘Disc by owner’ = Dog disclaimed by owner
- ‘Court’ = Destruction order made by court
Numbers of Dogs Destroyed by Year, Breed and Reason for Destruction – 01 September 2020 to 01 September 2023
Breed |
01/09/2020 Onwards |
Reason |
2021 |
Reason |
2022 |
Reason |
Until 01/09/2023 |
Reason |
SBT |
0 |
NA |
5 |
Disc by owner |
5 |
Disc by owner |
7 |
Disc by owner |
GSD |
2 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
2 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
Shar-pei |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
Jack Russell |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Mastiff |
0 |
NA |
4 |
Disc by owner |
2 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
Akita |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner & 1 court |
1 |
Disc by owner |
English bull terrier |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
Rottweiler |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
Collie |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
Disc by owner |
Cane Corso |
2 |
Disc by owner |
3 |
2 Disc owner |
5 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
1 Vets |
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X Breed |
2 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
3 |
Disc by owner |
3 |
Disc by owner |
Beagle |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Husky |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Doberman |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
PBT |
1 |
Court |
2 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
2 Court 2 Disc owner |
3 |
Disc by owner |
Boxer |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
Malamute |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
XL Bully |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
3 |
Disc by owner |
7 |
Disc by owner |
American Bulldog (ABD) |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
4 |
Disc by owner |
6 |
Disc by owner |
Dog de Bordeaux |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
Patterdale |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
Dachshund |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
Labrador |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
French bulldog |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Alapaha blue blood bulldog |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
Presa Canario |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
1 |
Disc by owner |
Shiatsu |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
Spaniel |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
Cattledog |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Cavapoo |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
Labradoodle |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Doberman |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
Dutch Herder |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner |
Caucasian Shepherd |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Pocket Bully |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner |
Yorkshire Terrier |
0 |
NA |
0 |
Na |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner |
Pug |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
2 |
1 Disc owner 1 vets (ill) |
0 |
NA |
Chow Chow |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
1 |
Disc by owner |
Bichon Frise |
0 |
NA |
0 |
NA |
2 |
Disc by owner |
0 |
NA |
Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.
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