FOI 0910-2023/24- Livestock worrying

Request:

Original request

Q1. Number of Livestock Worrying reports between 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2023 broken down month by month.

Q2. Number of Livestock Worrying reports that specifically relate to Sheep between 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2023 broken down month by month.

Q3. Number of offences which relate to A) No Injury Caused B) Injury/Damage Caused C) Death

Q4. Number of positive outcomes between 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2023 broken down month by month to include A) Court Disposal B) Community Resolution C) Caution D) Dog Behaviour Contract or E) Other Disposal

Ammended request

If you could respond with arrest reasons relating to dog worrying livestock and from there the number of people charged.

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

Q1. Between 01 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 there have been zero arrests recorded for:

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 Section 1.

Person in charge of a dog worrying Livestock – Home office Stats Code 111/05. Offence Code DP53002

Owner of a dog worrying livestock – Home office Stats Code 111/05. Offence Code DP53001

Q1a. However, in order to assist in best answering your request, there are a number of Voluntary Attendee (VA) reports recorded for the above offences. Please see the table below the total amount of Voluntary Attendee (VA) reports recorded under the above offences, for the period between 01 July 2022 to 30 June 2023, broken down by month and year.

Month/Year	Total
Nov - 2022	1
Feb - 2023	2
March - 2023	1
April - 2023	1
Total	5

Q2. The numbers in the above table all relate specifically to sheep.

Q3. Of those numbers detailed in the above table, three resulted in the death of sheep/s, one resulted in injury to sheep and one resulted in no injury.

Q4. North Yorkshire Police have recorded the following outcomes in relation to the above figures.

Four resulted in a charge, and one resulted in no further action being taken.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.