Thousands of complaints were made to Christchurch City Council over dogs barking, disrupting traffic, attacking people, poultry and, in some circumstances, even protected wildlife over the space of 12 months.
Statistics released from the city council this week show 7613 complaints were made in relation to dogs barking, wandering, fouling and being unregistered during the previous financial year.
A further 578 "priority one" complaints were made to the city council which relate to dogs disrupting traffic and attacking either people, stock, poultry, domestic animals or protected wildlife.
The city council also issued 1494 infringement notices for breaches against the Dog Control Act.
