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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1156 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 December 2021 by Hon Wilson Tucker

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

POLICE — DOG THEFT

1156. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

(1) Does the Western Australia Police Force record incidents that relate to dog theft?

(2) Do these records differentiate between the theft of a dog from an owner and an owner–breeder?

(3) If yes to (1), please provide the total recorded incidents for each month from November 2019 to November 2021.

(4) If yes to (2), please arrange the total recorded incidents in such a way to differentiate between owners and owner–breeders.

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.

The Western Australia Police Force advises the following.

(1) Yes.

(2)–(4) This is a resource-intensive action, as a manual interrogation of police systems is required given the category for recording dog theft includes all animals, inclusive of domestic pets—breeds—and general livestock. For this reason, a response to this part of the question cannot be provided within the required time frame. The honourable member may wish to place the question on notice.