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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 11, 2019

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor S. Holland

Under the terms of the councils contract with Ashton Dog Pound, could the Chief Executive please outline how many dogs were euthanised, and how many rehomed in 2018?

REPLY:

Under the terms of the contract with Ashton Dog Pound the policy is to re-home dogs that are suitable for re-homing and that the homes are commensurate with the wellbeing of the dogs.

The Pound operators work with the public and a number of rescue groups to achieve a high level of re-homing. The statistics is respect of 2018 are as follows:

No of Dogs in Pound on 31/12/2017	61
No of Stray/Seized/Surrendered Dogs Entering Pound	473
No of Dogs Reclaimed by Owners	134
Rehomed	329
Euthanised	52
Died Naturally	3
Dogs in Pound 31/12/2018	16