Dogs: Quarantine
(asked on 10th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been (a) seized and (b) taken into quarantine at (i) the Port of Dover and (ii) Eurotunnel in each month in 2019.
The number of dogs seized and taken into quarantine at the port of Dover and the Eurotunnel for each month of 2019 are as follows.
Month (2019) | Port of Seizure | Total seized | Detained in quarantine |
Jan | Eurotunnel | 24 | 7 |
Dover | 13 | 10 | |
Feb | Eurotunnel | 7 | 2 |
Dover | 20 | 4 | |
March | Eurotunnel | 5 | 2 |
Dover | 22 | 12 | |
April | Eurotunnel | 8 | 5 |
Dover | 29 | 5 | |
May | Eurotunnel | 3 | 3 |
Dover | 19 | 9 | |
June | Eurotunnel | 13 | 7 |
Dover | 16 | 8 |
The number of animals detained in quarantine for Eurotunnel may also include dogs that were seized at Coquelles and moved into the United Kingdom for quarantine purposes.
Some of animals will have been seized on welfare grounds only and therefore not put in quarantine.
The numbers provided are a true reflection of the information that we have access to. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as it is provided by a third party.