Cofnod Datgeliadau

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Information sought from your Council department responsible for street cleaning or if the cleansing of roads is contracted out then please ensure the information is obtained from the contracting company/arms-length external organisation (ALEO)

How many cat Road Traffic Accident (RTA) carcasses have been collected in each of following years?

2015

2016

2017

COLLECTION AND LOGGING Please indicate which of the following statements apply by ticking yes or no for each statement. Yes No

Authority (or ALEO) disposes of the cat carcass immediately it is returned to the Council/ALEO depot.

Authority (or ALEO) logs descriptive details of the cat carcass, cat’s appearance, with a description of when and where it was found etc.

Authority (or ALEO) keeps the cat carcass in a freezer for a set period so it can inform enquirers if they contact the authority that they have collected a cat resembling that “lost” by the owner.

Other – please specify

SCANNING AND ACTION TAKEN

Please indicate which of the following statements apply by ticking yes or no for each statement.

Yes No

Does the Authority (or ALEO) scan cat RTA victims collected for a microchip and

record the chip number?

If yes do you inform the relevant microchip database company (eg by phone) that

you have found the deceased cat so that they can contact the cat owner?

If yes do you inform your local branch of Cats Protection?

If your Authority (or ALEO) does not scan cat RTA victims please tick which of the following

statements are relevant - you can tick multiple answers.

Not thought about it

Do not have scanners

Too time consuming to scan

Don’t know what to do with information that appears on scanner

Other – please specify

Ateb

We have considered your request and provide the information attached. Please note the Local Authority do not scan but we do take all dead cats to a local veterinary where they carry out the relevant scans.