Veterinary Practices & Rescue Centres Working Alongside Animal Warden Team
Our animal warden team have started a recent campaign visiting local veterinary practices and rescue centres across our three areas to encourage working together to re-unite stray dogs and their owners.
Each month our animal warden team deal with around 10-15 stray dog collections across the three authorities. However we're also aware that there's many more instances of stray dogs handed in directly to veterinary practices or rescue centres without any contact with the animal warden teams. Our involvement means that we're better able to take the the opportunity to educate owners as to their legal responsibilities with their dogs (microchipping and collar/tag with address). There is also the potential risk that a dog may be returned to the wrong owner. Our animal warden team are aware that there are dogs who have been found straying on multiple occasions and returned to owners, which have not been drawn to our attention.
The practices the team have visited so far have welcomed this proactive approach and opportunity to work with the animal warden team.
See below for letter used in this campaign as well as aide memoir for practices and rescue centres.
Letter and Aide Memoir for veterinary practices
