What
type of council is your council?
▢ Upper-tier (i.e. County)
▢ Unitary (i.e. Unitary, Metropolitan Borough, London Borough)
▢ Lower-tier (i.e. District, Borough, City)
How
many officers across all departments deal with animal welfare issues?
▢ 0
▢ <2
▢ <4
▢ <6
▢ <8
▢ >8
How
many dedicated officers do you have for dealing solely with animal welfare issues (from licensing through to dog warden issues)?
▢ 0
▢ 1
▢ 2
▢ 3
▢ 4
▢ >5
How
many of those officers have undertaken specific animal welfare-related training for that role?
▢ None of them
▢ 1
▢ 2
▢ 3
▢ 4
▢ All of them
Does
your council carry out its own animal welfare enforcement work, work jointly with another council or sub-contract it to another council or a third party?
▢ Carries out own enforcement work
▢ Works with other enforcement agencies on a case by case basis
▢ Sub-contracts enforcement out to another council or third party
Are
you part of a local or regional forum for councils and other enforcement bodies focussing on animal welfare issues and/or sharing knowledge? If so please can you share the name of the forum, the point of contact for it and their email address.