Written answer by Ministry of National Development on data on dogs at facilities licensed to breed puppies for sale

Feb 4, 2025


Question No: 6383

Question by: Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

To ask the Minister for National Development in each of the past five years, what are the (i) mean and (ii) median numbers of dogs at each facility licensed to breed puppies for sale.

Answer:

The mean and median numbers of dogs at licensed breeding facilities from 2020 to 2024 are shown at Table 1.

Table 1: Mean and median numbers of dogs at breeding facilities

YearMean number of dogs per breeding facilityMedian number of dogs per breeding facility
2020165 Not available*
2021165 115
2022180 138
2023182 125
2024155 133

* NParks only started tracking the median number of dogs from 2021 onwards.