Escaped livestock reports 984/2023

FOI Reference: 984/2023

Request:

Please can you provide me with any dates where reports of escaped livestock from the market have been made to the police is the last 12months The address of the market is Whitland Livestock Market, West Street Whitland SA34 0HE

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

Please note: The below response relates to searches for reports received regarding escaped livestock from Whitland livestock market. The searches undertaken also encompass the town of Whitland, as the location would be recorded as where the escaped animal is (i.e. the road that it is on).

• For the period covering 25/10/22 – 25/10/23 there have been a total of zero (0) reports of escaped livestock from Whitland Livestock market.

It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate. It should be noted that for these reasons this Force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 20/02/24)