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| Pound Stats. For Northern Ireland 2005 | |
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| Topic Started: 4 Nov 2007, 10:24 AM (313 Views) | |
| CALL | 4 Nov 2007, 10:24 AM Post #1 |
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According to the figures released, here is the breakdown: Miriam has analysed them in charts which I will put up later - very depressing figures - approx. 6 dogs per 1000 of population in Northern Ireland end up in their pounds. Miriam has posted this on www.irishanimals.ie and the complete analysis will be up on www.ANVILireland.ie in a short while. Northern Ireland 2005 "The total number of strays was 8,918 of these: 3,154 were destroyed 2,799 were sold (rehomed) 2,424 were reclaimed If you take these figures from the total of 8,918, it leaves 541 dogs. There were 526 dogs listed in the 'other' column for 2005 which may suggest that these were stray dogs that went to rescue groups leaving 15 strays unaccounted for. It also leaves 2,680 'unwanted' or surrendered dogs unaccounted for as well. If these figures were added to the 3,154 strays destroyed, we could be looking at a total of 5,848 dogs destroyed out of a total of 11,598 giving an overall percentage destruction rate of 50%. Just how reliable these figures are is anyones guess. Several local authorities submitted identical total numbers in different years. The figures are all a bit 'neat' from year to year. Not sure if this can be checked or not but it seems like down here (in the south), dog control and matters relating is not a big issue." Also in a nutshell - approx. 7 dogs per 1000 of population in Northern Ireland end up in pounds in the South the figure is equally depressing - approx 6 dogs per 1000 population |
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| CALL | 6 Nov 2007, 02:55 AM Post #2 |
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The figures are in for 2006 in Northern Ireland and the numbers recorded make for very depressing reading Overall total of dogs entering pounds in Northern Ireland:- 2003 - 11,695 2004 - 11,664 2005 - 11,598 2006 - 11,950 We'll have the tables showing numbers pts and numbers out + comparisons for past 4 years at the week-end Unless there has been a marked increase in the dogs getting re-homed, or out to rescue, in 2006 we can only assume that the pts rate has been the same as '05 which seemed to be 50% - therefore the dogs destroyed in Northern Ireland for 2006 may be as high as 5,975 Almost 6,000 dogs destroyed for a population of approx. 1.250 million people Very, very depressing. |
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