17,000 Healthy Dogs Destroyed In UK Last Year
A MORI survey published on 7 July 2000 reveals that an estimated 17,000 healthy dogs were destroyed in the UK last year. The NCDL, the UK's largest dog welfare charity, believes that the actual number of dogs destroyed in the UK could be nearer 50,000 if all dog handling agencies are taken into consideration. This equates to around 137 healthy dogs being destroyed every day, either because their owners could not be traced or a new owner could not be found - a situation the NCDL finds totally unacceptable.
