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District Council Environmental Protection

Summary of responsibilities for issues arising from dogs:

Issue First advice: For further help refer to: Stray Dogs Dogs should be Council's switchboard number to report finding a stray - [Found] identifiable to 01243 785166 or message Council their owner by a Facebook page (Opens in a new window) or our microchip and Chichester District Council Twitter account (Opens in a by wearing a new window) . collar with the owner’s details attached. Social Media such as Facebook can help re-unite dogs with owners locally without involving the council.

Stray Dogs The reception The reception point is open between 8am and 9pm, 7 [Lost] point is open days a week to received dogs. Please ring 01243 between 8am 576134 to make an appointment. The reception point and 9pm, 7 days is not open to the public to receive or collect strays a week to between 9pm and 8am. receive dogs. Please ring 01243 576134 to make an appointment. Dog attacks or This may be an Police Phone 101 aggression on offence, and is people dealt with by the Police. Dog attacks or This may be an Police / CDC phone 101 aggression on offence, and is dogs/ other dealt with by the Environmental Protection team animals Police. [email protected]

Dog Fouling Enforcement Environmental Protection team Officers enforce our [email protected] PSPOs that cover fouling Dog Information Webpages and nuisance dog behaviour, https://www.chichester.gov.uk/dogadviceandinformation dog exclusion areas. They also deal with Litter enforcement.

The Foreshores Officers enforce

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the PSPO on beach and foreshore areas. Other nuisance EP team can Environmental Protection team dog behaviour refer to Enforcement [email protected] Officers to patrol areas

Barking Dog Environmental Environmental Protection team nuisance Protection team can deal with [email protected] this as a complaint of statutory noise nuisance Animal Welfare This should be Environmental Protection team can deal with some / mistreatment reported to the cases and will work with RSPCA of dogs RSPCA https://www.rspca.org.uk/utilities/contactus

Animal Check website Environmental Protection team Licencing – for list of dog breeders, licensed https://www.chichester.gov.uk/article/25475/Animal- dog boarding operators. For licences and day care. concerns about [also cat licensed Environmental Protection team boarding, operators, or hiring horses, suspected [email protected] selling animals unlicensed as pets, operators performing contact animals, zoos] Environmental Protection team Dead animals CCS - Street Use the on-line form to report a Street Cleaning found in the Cleansing to Problem street or public remove. Dead areas dogs can be https://www.chichester.gov.uk/applyreportpay scanned for a microchip.

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