Ms Teresa Gavaghan:

I can give the committee an indication of the statistics with regard to the number of dogs that have been euthanised in recent years. In 2017, 916 were euthanised. In 2018, that figure reduced to 725. In 2019, the figure was 398 and in 2020, it was 171. The figures seem to have plateaued. At a certain stage, the statistics plateau and we seem to have reached that stage. The 2021 figure has reduced slightly from the 2020 figure but it has plateaued to a certain extent.