Dangerous animals enquiry
Case reference FOI2026/02037
Received 24 September 2026
Published 19 October 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, or the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 where applicable, please provide the following information about dangerous wild animals licensed by your council.
If any information falls under the Environmental Information Regulations, please consider that part of the request under the appropriate regulations.
1. Animals currently licensed
For every dangerous wild animal licence currently in force, please provide:
• The species and number of animals authorised to be kept, using common names as well as scientific names where held.
• The number of animals actually recorded as being kept, if this differs from the number authorised.
• The town or village in which the animals are kept. I do not require street addresses or full postcodes.
• The licence’s issue and expiry dates.
• Whether the premises are recorded as a private residence, a commercial premises or another type of establishment.
Please provide an anonymised licence reference so that animals covered by the same licence can be grouped together. Please distinguish the number of licences from the number of animals.
For the period from 1 January 2023 to the date this request is received, please provide an anonymised extract of any records held by the animal licensing team concerning:
• Escapes or suspected escapes of animals kept under a dangerous wild animal licence.
• Injuries to people or other animals involving those licensed animals.
For each incident, please include the date, species, town or village, recorded description of what happened, and any recorded outcome or action taken. Please use existing descriptions rather than creating new summaries.
This request concerns animals licensed under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. It does not seek information about animals held solely under zoo licences.
Response
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. Animals currently licensed
None.
2. For the period from 1 January 2023 to the date this request is received, please provide an anonymised extract of any records held by the animal licensing team concerning:
• Escapes or suspected escapes of animals kept under a dangerous wild animal licence.
• Injuries to people or other animals involving those licensed animals.
None.
Yours sincerely
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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