Response 3764128
Response to request for information
Reference
3764128
Response date
27 June 2025
Request
As of every April 1 of each year 2020 to 2025 inclusive:
For each of the following activities: dog boarding (kennels), home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, and selling animals as pets, please provide:
- Number of licenses in force
- Number of 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year licenses issued in the 12 months up to that point
- Number of 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year licenses renewed in the above period
- Number of 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star licenses issued in the above period
- Number of licenses revoked, refused, or varied in the above period
- Number of FPNs issued regarding licence violations
- Number of prosecutions regarding licence violations
- Number FTEs inspecting and enforcing licensing
- Names of license holders
For the period above, for dog breeding, please provide the following information if held:
- Average number of breeding bitches per licensed breeder
- Average number of puppies born per year per breeder
- Average number of staff working directly with breeding bitches (staff ratios)
Response
For each of the following activities: dog boarding (kennels), home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, and selling animals as pets, please provide:
- Number of licenses in force
- Number of 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year licenses issued in the 12 months up to that point - please see link to spreadsheet below.
- Number of 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year licenses renewed in the above period - please see link to spreadsheet below.
- Number of 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star licenses issued in the above period - please see link to spreadsheet below.
- Number of licenses revoked, refused, or varied in the above period - Nil for all periods
- Number of FPNs issued regarding licence violations - Nil for all periods
- Number of prosecutions regarding licence violations - Nil for all periods
- Number FTEs inspecting and enforcing licensing - We have 2 officers with an animal welfare role/pest dog control role, as part of their duties is animal welfare inspections etc. This is estimated at 0.3-0.5 FTE on animal welfare covered by this foi.
- Names of license holders - please see link to spreadsheet below.
For the period above, for dog breeding, please provide the following information if held:
- Average number of breeding bitches per licensed breeder - not recorded
- Average number of puppies born per year per breeder - not recorded
- Average number of staff working directly with breeding bitches (staff ratios) - not recorded