More stray dogs in Yorkshire (From Gazette & Herald)
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More stray dogs in Yorkshire
10:22am Thursday 6th September 2012 in News
THE number of stray dogs picked up by local authorities in the Yorkshire area has doubled in the last four years, a survey released today reveals.
The increase is four times the national figure for the same period. Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, says the total number of stray dogs in the Yorkshire TV region, which includes Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire and Humberside, has risen from 4,119 in 2008 to 8,606 in 2012, an increase of 109 per cent.
Nationally, the number of stray dogs picked up by local authorities has risen from 96,892 in 2008 to 118,932 in 2012, an increase of 23 per cent.
Comments(3)
Omega Point
says...
1:19pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Oncebitten
says...
2:22pm Thu 6 Sep 12
These figures don't entirely surprise me for some the cost of food and vets make keeping, even a loved dog, very costly....
it's a shame that the dogs homes/rescue centres don't have a scheme where they try to keep the dogs in their homes and help with the cost of food etc....must be cheaper in the long run.
sheps lad says...
11:35am Thu 6 Sep 12