Stray animals number in Hong Kong

Stray dogs and stray cats are generally feral animals, abandoned or lost pets. To address stray animal issues as well as safeguard animal welfare, AFCD has enhanced its public education efforts on, among others, promoting responsible pet ownership and advising against abandonment of pets in the past few years. Grace asked Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department in 2021, trying to figure out the trend of stray animals in Hong Kong. It turns out that as more people became aware of the responsibility and commitment required for pet ownership, the number of dogs and cats received by AFCD, including the stray dogs and cats caught, as well as those surrendered by their owners and received through other channels, had reduced noticeably.