Give a Dog a Home

Even top dogs can end up abandoned

In 2001 the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals did a survey with 28 local authorities to assess the problem of stray dogs

– giving a resulting total of 10,395 dogs collected and returned to owners or taken into kennels. Of the SSPCA sample –

42% returned to owners

39% re-homed

5% to other organisations

14% humanely destroyed

There are a number of organisations, the largest of which is the SSPCA, battling with the stray or unwanted dog problem. The National Canine

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