Pembrokeshire County Council has won an award for its treatment of stray dogs.
The Authority has been given a Silver award in RSPCA Cymru’s Community Animal Welfare Footprint scheme.
The Council provides a collection service for stray dogs within office hours with a drop-off facility by prior arrangement with the boarding kennels in Trecwn.
Attempts are always made to return stray dogs – picked up by the Council’s three dog wardens – to their owners provided that adequate information is carried on the dog by way of a collar, tag or microchip.
From this year the dog wardens have been successfully using social media to reunite lost dogs with their owners, posting pictures of the pets on Facebook and Twitter.
The Council’s Cabinet Member for Environmental and Regulatory Services, Councillor Huw George, explained: “The award from the RSPCA takes many things into account.
“This includes the training of staff; veterinary provision for sick animals; record keeping and re-homing policies relating to dogs that have been kept at the kennels in excess of the statutory limit of seven days.”
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One of the stray dog postings on Facebook which reached over 34,000 people and was shared 450 times.
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