Disclosure Log

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Question

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

Answer

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.