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Pound Stats 2006

  • 11-12-2007 11:15pm
    #1
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭


    It is heartbreaking and very discouraging, especially since alot of rescues take from pounds and alot of dogs come straight into rescue and are naturally not included in the statistics.

    34 Pounds

    Seized 7,825

    Surrendered/found stray by warden 16,338

    Totals 24,163

    Rehomed/Reclaimed 9,539 (this includes dogs going into rescue)

    Destroyed 14,598

    File Download
    http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/DogControl/FileDownLoad,16224,en.xls


Comments

  • #2
    Bettyboop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Bettyboop


    How many in January 2008?? Doesn't bear thinking about.
    You will be a busy man Egar.You do a great job rehoming and taking care of unwanted and unloved dogs you deserve a medal.:)Would love to do what you do but I wouldn't be able to handle the heartbreak.


  • #3
    macshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 485 ✭✭macshadow


    Does that include greyhounds?


  • #4
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    That includes every dog which ended up in the pound. It does not include dogs handed straight into rescue, dogs pts'd at the vets by order of their owners, dogs killed otherwise (hanging, drowning, poisoning etc).

    It doesn't paint a pretty picture about Ireland...


  • #5
    macshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 485 ✭✭macshadow


    I've seen photos of what happens to some of the greyhounds that end up in spain, the government should be ashamed.


  • #6
    macshadow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 485 ✭✭macshadow


    There should be a panorama program about this, might get the government to wake up and do something or be shamed in to doing something.


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  • #7
    kerrysgold
    Closed Accounts Posts: 969 ✭✭✭kerrysgold


    It's terrible :( the unnofficial figures are probably double that thought if you count all the puppies etc that are drowned and there are probably dogs just left to starve as well or whatever. who knows what goes on behind closed doors/in remote areas. at least nearly 10,000 have been saved though. :)

    I agree with macshadow, there should be something on prime time investigates or similar. I bet there would be a debate if there was a dog attack but there's never anything about the poor dogs that are killed/neglected.


  • #8
    lurchin along
    Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭lurchin along


    Imagine if the greyhound stats WERE included.I think that runs officially at around 40,000 a year.That of course is only the carded dogs whose cards are returned to the ICC.The saplings and pups who weren't good enough for training and therefore never had a race card aren't included and neither are the ones whose owners never got around to notifying the ICC.I'd guess at around double the official number-at LEAST!


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