Seized dangerous dogs
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/009128/S
Version Date: 10/12/2025
The Alliance Operations Department has provided the following information:
1 ) The number of dogs seized under the Dangerous Dog Act per month from January 2019 to the most recent complete month.
|
Month |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Jan |
4 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
|
Feb |
0 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
35 |
6 |
|
Mar |
9 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
22 |
4 |
|
Apr |
13 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
7 |
20 |
6 |
|
May |
4 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
11 |
20 |
11 |
|
Jun |
2 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
23 |
10 |
|
Jul |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
21 |
15 |
|
Aug |
5 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
16 |
11 |
9 |
|
Sep |
9 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
6 |
10 |
9 |
|
Oct |
12 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
|
Nov |
10 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
Dec |
9 |
7 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
11 |
|
2) The number of dogs put down under the Dangerous Dog Act per month from January 2019 to the most recent complete month.
|
Month |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Jan |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
Feb |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
14 |
3 |
|
Mar |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
6 |
|
Apr |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
|
May |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
|
Jun |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
6 |
|
Jul |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
|
Aug |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
|
Sep |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
|
Oct |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
Nov |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
Dec |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
|
3) The number of dogs seized per year since 2019, broken down by breed type. Please include the ‘XL Bully’ / ‘American Bully’ and all other breed types. If possible, clarify which months are included in the year 2025.
|
Breed |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
ABD |
9 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
|
ABD X |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Akita |
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
Akita X |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Benji |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Bichon Frise |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Boerbel |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
Boston Terrier |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Boxer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Boxer X |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Bulldog |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
Cane Corso |
1 |
|
|
3 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
|
Caucasian Shepard |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Cavapoo |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
Chihuahua |
1 |
|
|
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chow Chow X |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Cockapoo |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
Collie |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
12 |
11 |
|
Collie X |
|
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Corgi |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Dachshund |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Doberman |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Doberman X |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dogue De Bordeaux |
|
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
Dutch Herder |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dutch Herder X |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
EBT |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
French Bulldog |
|
1 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
|
Golden Retriever |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Great Dane |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Greyhound |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
GSD |
1 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
|
8 |
6 |
|
Husky |
|
1 |
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
4 |
|
Husky X |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
3 |
|
Jack Russel |
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Jack Russel X |
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Labrador |
3 |
|
|
|
|
17 |
4 |
|
Labrador X |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Lurcher |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
|
Lurcher X |
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Malamute |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Mali |
|
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Mali X |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Maremmano |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mastiff |
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
|
Mastiff X |
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Merle |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Mongrel / Mix |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
Munsterlander |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Old Tyme Bulldog |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Patterdale |
|
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
PBT |
30 |
29 |
12 |
18 |
18 |
13 |
12 |
|
Pocket Bully |
|
1 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
12 |
3 |
|
Poodle |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
Presa Canario |
|
|
|
|
2 |
4 |
|
|
Presa Canario X |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Ridgeback |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Ridgeback X |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Rottweiler |
|
|
2 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
|
Rottweiler X |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
SBT (Standard) |
10 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
24 |
|
Shih-Tzu |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
Spaniel |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
Spaniel X |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Spanish Mastiff |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Staffy |
1 |
|
1 |
11 |
5 |
18 |
6 |
|
Staffy X |
5 |
|
2 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
Terrier |
|
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
Unknown |
|
|
|
6 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
|
Weimaraner |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Whippet |
|
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
XL Bully |
3 |
1 |
|
27 |
31 |
105 |
40 |
|
Yorkshire Terrier |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Yorkshire Terrier X |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
SBT X |
14 |
16 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
|
4 |
|
GSD X |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
Cocker Spaniel |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
Kelpie |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Saluki |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Chihuahua X |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Maliki |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Pointer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Sharpei |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Please provide the data in Excel format:
- Requests 1 and 2 in a single Excel file
- Request 3 in a separate file (if compiling the data for point 3 is too time-consuming, you can disregard this part of the request).