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Topic: Police handover strays to dog wardens-Phone numbers for dog wardens HERE (Read 563 times)
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Police To Hand Over Stray Dog Responsibility To Council
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR DOGWARDENS CONTACT NUMBERS ALL AREAS FROM THE 6TH APRIL
Hamish Lazari
DEFRA has announced the date that it intends to transfer responsibility for stray dogs from the police solely to local authorities. A letter sent to councils announces that the handover date will be April 2008. A settlement figure of £4 million pounds has also been agreed but this money will be paid into the general grant that goes to all councils.
The letter mentions that the duty of the council will be to provide a reception centre for dogs and not a collection service, how this will work remains to be seen, what about health and safety risks to a person told to take a dog in their own car to a reception centre, what if the dog attacks the finder when they are bringing the dog in? Would liability transfer to the local authority or reception centre that advises a finder to bring the dog to them?
DEFRA advice includes asking councils to work with amongst others involved with stray dogs, animal welfare charities; somehow it has escaped the notice of DEFRA that the major player animal welfare charities such as the RSPCA stopped working in partnership with local councils so as to force them to deal with stray dogs a number of years ago?
Many dog warden services used to have excellent partnership working relationships with the RSPCA until it stopped taking in stray dogs until they had completed the statutory seven day period in council holding kennels.
As usual the message from DEFRA is confusing and leaves more questions than it answers?
More information can be found on the DEFRA website at:
Enter stray dog in the search box and you will be directed to the relevant page with the latest information.
USEFUL LINKS
www.ndwa.co.uk
www.defra.gov.uk
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This affects every dog owner in England and Wales so please read.
The 6th April 2008, new and major changes take place that will affect the way that stray dogs are handled. The police will relinquish their duty of care to local authorities. Local authorities will be required by law to provide 24 hour cover. The new law is causing much confusion and being perceived incorrectly by many .
The commencement date is 6th April 2008. However, some local authorities have already implemented these changes. So please check with your local council to find out what procedures they have in place.
The local authorities will NOT have to provide an out of hours collection service, however they will have to provide an ACCEPTANCE POINT (this is where a finder can deliver a stray dog to) They may, however, choose a third party contracted out service which may provide a collection service. Again, you need to contact your local authority to find out their procedures.
The local authorities and police are responsible for ensuring that members of the public are able to obtain information of the new ACCEPTANCE POINTS and their contact numbers.
The police will remain responsible for dangerous dogs and dogs found to be worrying livestock. The police and local authorities will still have a working relationship with regards to these matters, to ensure that they are deal with effectively.
DEFRA (The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) have issued to the following guidelines to local authorities and police. Click on the following link to read up on all the changes taking place, the requirements and recommendations.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/localenv/dogs/pdf/straydogs-guidance.pdf
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""The 6th April 2008, new and major changes take place that will affect the way that stray dogs are handled. The police will relinquish their duty of care to local authorities. Local authorities will be required by law to provide 24 hour cover. ""
List below of dog wardens and contact numbers
AVON AREA
SOUTH GLOS 01454 868000
BRISTOL CITY 01179 776004
01179 977043
NORTH SOMERSET 01275 88 41 13
BATH AND N.E. SOMERSET 01225 396633
BERKSHIRE
WEST BERKSHIRE 01635 51 93 82
READING 0800 62 65 40
WOKINGHAM 01189 746382
WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD 0845 130 86 21
BRACKNELL FOREST 01344 35 20 00
BEDFORDSHIRE
BEDFORD 01234 26 74 22
01525 220383
MID BEDS 08452304040 / 01462 611222 After hours till 10.30pm 07850 032360 01525 220383
SOUTH BEDS 01582 474013
01525 220383
LUTON 01582 546168 / 546838 /
510330
01525 220383
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
MILTON KEYNES 01908 252398
AYLESBURY VALE 01296 585200
WYCOMBE 01494 42 17 34
CHILTERN 01494 73 20 58
SOUTH BUCKS 01895 83 72 64
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
PETERBOROUGH 01733 74 74 74
FENLAND 01354 65 43 21
HUNTINGDONSHIRE 01480 38 83 02
EAST CAMBRIDGE 01353 66 55 55
CAMBRIDGE 01480 45 78 98
SOUTH CAMBRIDGE 0845 045 00 63
CHESHIRE
Ellesmere Port and Neston 0151 3566734
Halton 0151 907 83 00
Warrington 01925 442599
Chester 01244 402304
Vale Royal 01606 867866 Between the hours of 5p.m. and 9a.m. the finder should telephone 01606 862862 with a description of the dog and where it was found together with a contact telephone number. If the finder is unable to keep the dog until the Dog Warden is back on duty at 9a.m. the dog should be taken to
Acorn Kennels, Heath Road, Whitchurch. Tel 01948 662931. 01948 662931.
Macclesfield 01625 50 05 00
Congleton 01270 52 95 99 The finder should call the Council’s out of hours service on 01270 529599 for information on the kennels currently used.
Crewe and Nantwich 01270 53 78 12 For dogs found between the hours of 5p.m. and 8p.m. weekdays and 9a.m. and 8p.m. weekends, they should be taken to The Hollies Farm Kennels, Birch Lane, off Cobbs Lane, Hough, Crewe. Tel 01270 841553. Information should also be left with the Council’s out of hours service on 01270 537777. 01270 841553
CLEVELAND
Hartlepool 01429 26 65 22
Stockton On Tees 01642 52 65 75
Redcar and Cleveland 0845 612 61 26
CORNWALL
NORTH CORNWALL 01208 89 35 18
CARADON 01579 34 54 39
RESTORMAL 01726 22 33 11
CARRICK 01872 22 44 00
KERRIER 01209 61 40 30 / 61 40 35
PENWITH 01736 33 66 16
CUMBRIA
Carlisle 01228 56 00 82
Allerdale 01900 70 28 00
Eden 01768 81 78 17
Copeland 01946 85 28 04
South Lakeland 0845 050 44 34
Barrow In Furness 01229 47 44 50
DERBYSHIRE
High Peak 0845 1297777
Derbyshire Dales 01629 761215
(9am – 5pm Monday - Friday) After hours collection weekdays 5pm – 9pm
and 9am – 9pm Sat/Sun Tel: 01629 761100
North East Derbyshire 01246 21 75 85
Chesterfield 01246 345734
Bolsolver 01246 242277
Amber Valley 01773 841336
Derby 01332 71 56 04
South Derbyshire 01283 59 57 95 After hours collections weekdays and weekends up to 10.30pm. . 01283 790937
Erewash 0115 9316020
DURHAM
Wear Valley 01388 765555
Derwentside 01207 21 83 11
Chester Le Street 0191 3711040
Durham 01913 78 04 39
Easington 01915 27 50 40
Teesdale 01833 696247
Sedgefield 01388 81 56 13
Darlington 01325 38 87 99
DEVON
NORTH DEVON 01271 32 77 11
01271 812709
MID DEVON 01884 25 52 55
EAST DEVON 0845 601 02 11
EXETER 01392 265155
TORRIDGE 01237 42 88 10
WEST DEVON 01822 81 36 00
TEIGNBRIDGE 01626 215881
TORBAY 01803 20 81 22
SOUTH HAMS 01803 86 12 34
PLYMOUTH 01752 30 41 47
DORSET
WEST DORSET 01305 25 10 10
NORTH DORSET 01258 484381
EAST DORSET 01202 63 90 30
PURBECK 01929 557177/ 01929 557270
WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND 01305 83 84 68
POOLE 01202 261700
BOURNEMOUTH 01202 45 13 06
CHRISTCHURCH 01202 495045
EAST SUSSEX
BRIGHTON AND HOVE 01273 292400 / 292424
LEWES 01273 47 16 00
WEALDEN 01323 44 33 22
01323 842049
EASTBOURNE 01323 415380
ROTHER 01424 787545
HASTINGS 0845 274 10 66
Essex
ESSEX
UTTLESFORD 01799 51 03 70
BRAINTREE 01376 551414 ext 2217
COLCHESTER 01206 28 25 81
TENDERING 01255 68 67 66
HARLOW 01279 44 66 55
EPPING FOREST 01992 54 40 85
CHELMSFORD 01245 60 66 06
MALDON 01621 85 44 77
BRENTWOOD 01277 31 25 17
BASILDON 01268 29 49 49
01268 726229
ROCHFORD 01268 72 62 29
SOUTHEND ON SEA 01702 21 58 88
01268 770402
CASTLE POINT 01268 882315
THURROCK 01375 652955
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
FOREST OF DEAN 01594 81 24 43
STROUD 01453 75 44 78
GLOUCESTER 01452 39 63 96
01242 523521
TEWKESBURY 01684 27 21 91
CHELTENHAM 01242 26 26 26
COTSWOLD 01285 633000
GREATER LONDON
BARKING AND DAGENHAM 0208 215 30 10
BARNET 0208 205 60 00
BEXLEY 0208 308 76 04
BRENT 0208 89375252
BROMLEY 0208 3134830
01959 572386
CAMDEN 0207 974 59 76
CORPORATION OF LONDON 0208 745 78 94
CROYDON 0208 726 62 00 Ext 88321
EALING 0208 825 66 00
ENFIELD 0208 3793695
GREENWICH 0208 921 46 61
HACKNEY 0208 356 66 88
HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM 0208 753 11 00
HARRINGAY 0208 4895546
HARROW 0208 736 62 27
HAVERING 01708 43 27 77
HILLINGDON 01895 250190 / 250191
HOUNSLOW 0208 5835555
ISLINGTON 0207 5273222
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA 0207 361 30 01
KINGSTON UPON THAMES 0208 547 55 36
0901 4778477
LAMBETH 0207 926 88 60
LEWISHAM 0208 3142098
MERTON 0208 5454118
NEWHAM 0208 430 41 38
REDBRIDGE 0208 708 57 16
RICHMOND UPON THAMES 0208 8917800
SOUTHWARK 0207 525 20 00
SUTTON 0208 770 50 70
TOWER HAMLETS 0207 364 50 08
WALTHAM FOREST 0208 496 30 00
WANDSWORTH 0208 8717606
WESTMINSTER CITY 0207 641 20 00
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton 01204 33 69 30
Bury 0161 25355646
Rochdale 0845 121 29 71
Oldham 0161 9114508
Salford 0161 9096500
01942 671215 or 0870 7501247
Wigan 01942 70 34 01
Trafford 0161 912 20 00
Manchester 0161 954 90 00
01942 671215 or 0870 7501247
Tameside 0161 342 83 55
Stockport 0161 4744207
HAMPSHIRE
Basingstoke and Deane 01256 84 48 44
East Hampshire 01730 23 43 18 / 9
Eastleigh 023 8068 8315/8337
Fareham 01329 236100 Ext: 4389
Gosport 02392 58 42 42
Hart 01252 774421
Havant 02392 44 66 67
New Forest 02380 285131
Portsmouth 02392 87 03 37
Rushmoor 01252 398 166
Southampton 02380 83 25 31
Test Valley 01794 52 77 00
Winchester 01962 84 84 56
HERTFORDSHIRE
DACORUM 01442 228418
THREE RIVERS 01923 776611
WATFORD 01923 278503
ST ALBANS 01727 819371
HERTSMERE 0208 2077435
WELWYN AND HATFIELD 01707 35 70 00
BROXBOURNE 01992 785577
EAST HERTS 01920 53 15 31
NORTH HERTS 01462 47 40 00
STEVENAGE 01438 24 29 16 / 24 29 08
HUMBERSIDE
East Riding Of Yorkshire 01482 39 63 01
People ringing out of the area the number is 08457 887700. Warden will collect 8am - 9pm daily 7 days .
01964 551351
Kingston Upon Hull City 01482 300300 Warden collection service 8am – 10pm (7 days) 01482 701738
North Lincolnshire 01724 296296
North East Lincolnshire 01469 325832
ISLE OF MAN 01624 878305/07624 494475
ISLE OF SCILLY 01720 422537
ISLE OF WIGHT 01983 821000
KENT
DARTFORD 01322 343374
SEVENOAKS 01732 227000
GRAVESHAM 01474 564422/ 337334
MEDWAY 01634 33 33 33
TONBRIDGE AND MALLING 01723 876181
MAIDSTONE 01622 60 22 02
01732 883468
TUNBRIDGE WELLS 01892 526121
01892 863330
SWALE 01795 41 78 50
ASHFORD 01233 330340
CANTERBURY 01277 86 22 53
SHEPWAY 01303 852549
THANET 01843 577580
DOVER 01304 872289 Stray dogs will be able to be taken to the Police as before who keep them until the dog wardens collect. After 8pm and at weekends ring the council on 24 hr emergency line 01827 285746 and they will be given the option of either keeping the dog themselves until the warden can collect it, or be asked to take it to specified kennels which will be on call for such emergencies.
LANCASHIRE
Lancaster 01524 582757
Wyre 01253 89 10 00
Ribble Valley 01200 42 51 11
Pendle 01282 66 17 43
Blackpool 01253 47 74 77
Fylde 01204 658 658
Preston 01772 906163
Hyndburn 01254 38 06 43
Burnley 01282 42 50 11
01254 261446
South Ribble 01722 62 55 91 / 92
West Lancashire 01695 58 52 54
Chorley 01257 515750/2
01254 261446
Blackburn With Darwin 01254 58 88 88
01254 261446
Rossendale 01706 25 25 69
LEICESTERSHIRE
North West Leicestershire 01530 45 45 63
Charnwood 01509 634628
Melton 01664 502398
Hinckley and Bosworth 01455 25 56 44
Blaby 0116 275 05 55
Leicester 0116 252 70 00
Oadby And Wigston 0116 2572601
Rutland 01572 72 25 77
Harborough 01858 828282
LINCOLNSHIRE
West Lindsey 01427 67 66 76
Lincoln 01522 873249
01522 730502
East Lindsey 08446 60111 Walkers Kennels in Grainthorpe (01472 388 551) will
accept dogs 24 hours a day following notification by telephone, and
Furze Pet Hotel in Beesby near Alford (01507 450 764) which will
accept dogs between 8am and 8pm.
North Kesteven 01529 414155
01205 260546
Boston 01205 31 11 12
South Kesteven 01476 40 63 03
South Holland 01775 761161
MERSEYSIDE
Sefton 0845 140 08 45
Wirral 0151 6478799
Liverpool 0151 225 30 01
0151 4861706
Knowsley 0151 443 24 55
St Helens 01744 45 67 89
NORFOLK
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 01553 61 62 00
North Norfolk 01263 51 61 89
Breckland 01362 65 68 70
Broadland 01603 70 50 21
Norwich 01603 21 22 12
Great Yarmouth 01493 84 64 78
South Norfolk 01508 53 37 06
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Daventry 01327 30 22 77
Kettering 01536 53 43 07
Corby 01536 46 40 00
East Northants 01832 742068
Wellingborough 01933 231999
Northampton 01604 83 80 00
South Northants 01327 322277
NORTHUMBERLAND
Berwick Upon Tweed 01289 30 17 34
Alnwick 01665 50 15 05
Tynedale 01434 65 21 21
Castlemorpeth 01670 53 50 00
Wansbeck 01670 53 22 00
Blyth Valley 01670 54 25 42
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Richmondshire 01748 829110
Craven 01756 706203/333
Hambleton 01609 767104
Scarborough 01723 232535
Harrogate 01423 556633
Ryedale 01653 600666 ext 208
City Of York 01904 613161
Selby 01757 292123 07970 595199 Mobile
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Bassetlaw 01909 53 32 19
Mansfield 01623 463189/134
Newark And Sherwood 01636 65 55 71
Ashfield 01623 45 00 00
Gedling 0115 9013832
Broxstowe 0115 917 36 91
Nottingham 0115 915 62 23
Rushcliffe 0115 9819911/1143
OXFORDSHIRE
WEST OXFORDSHIRE 01993 86 10 20
CHERWELL 01295 25 25 35
OXFORD 01865 25 28 45
VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE 01235 52 02 02
SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE 01491 82 32 02
SHROPSHIRE
Oswestry 01691 67 22 22
North Shropshire 01933 23 84 60
Shrewsbury And Atcham 01743 281367
Telford And Wrekin 01952 38 43 84
Bridgnorth 01746 713125
South Shropshire 01584 81 30 00
SOMERSET
West Somerset 01643 70 37 04
Taunton Deane 01823 35 65 50
Sedgemoor 0845 408 25 46
Mendip 01749 64 89 99
South Somerset 01935 46 24 62
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley 01226 77 25 40
Sheffield 0114 2037410/411
Doncaster 01302 73 60 00
Rotherham 01709 33 60 03
STAFFORDSHIRE
Newcastle Under Lyme 01782 74 25 71
Stoke on Trent 01782 23 20 65
01782 304130. S
Staffordshire Moorlands 01538 48 35 30
Stafford 01785 61 94 02
01785 822128
East Staffordshire 01283 50 86 63
(8.30am - 5pm) Monday - Friday, 5pm - 9.00pm; Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays 8.30am – 9.00pm 01283 517111 01283 790937
South Staffordshire 01902 69 62 19
Cannock Chase District
incuding Cannock & Rugeley 01543 46 26 21
(9am - 5pm) Evenings and weekends 01543 574480
Sunnyside Kennels
01902 790618
Lichfield District
including Lichfield City 01543 308000
(9am - 5pm) Out of hours service 7.30am–9am & 5pm–10pm
7 days a week 01543 254213 Sunnyside Kennels
01902 790618
Tamworth 01827 70 94 45 After hours/weekends - collections up to 10 pm 01283 813319
SUFFOLK
FOREST HEATH 01638 71 92 84
01842 878301
ST EDMUNDSBURY 01284 75 70 58
MID SUFFOLK 0845 606 60 67
07941 558096
WAVENEY 01502 52 31 96
SUFFOLK COASTAL 01394 444000
IPSWICH 01473 433015
BABERGH 01473 82 58 90
SURREY
SURREY HEATH 01276 707366
WOKING 01483 743840
GUILDFORD 01483 444765
WAVERLEY 01483 523324
RUNNYMEADE 01932 838383
SPELTHORNE 01784 446251
01784 432929
ELMBRIDGE 01372 474750
MOLE VALLEY 01306 879116
TANDRIDGE 01883 732841
EPSOM AND EWELL 01372 732000
REIGATE AND BANSTEAD 01737 27605
TYNE AND WEAR
Newcastle Upon Tyne 0191 211 61 99
North Tyneside 0191 200 88 99
Gateshead 0191 433 31 31
South Tyneside 0191 427 70 00
Sunderland 0191 5531661/1662
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire 0845 4588604
01827 713295
Nuneaton and Bedworth 02476 376405
02476 392504
Rugby 01788 53 38 59
01788 891260
Warwick 01926 45 67 35
Stratford on Avon 01789 260837
WEST MIDLANDS
Wolverhampton 01902 55 11 55
01902 790618
Walsall 01922 652217
Dudley 01384 81 47 87
Sandwell 0121 5696625
01922 627013
Birmingham 0121 3039900
0121 643 5211
Solihull 0121 704 83 69
0121 643 5211
Coventry 0500 83 43 33
0121 643 5211
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford 01274 433927
Leeds 0845 124 01 13
Calderdale 01422 39 23 73
Kirklees 01484 22 64 50
Wakefield 0845 850 65 06
WILTSHIRE
Swindon 01793 46 60 71
North Wiltshire (Chippenham) 01249 70 65 55
Kennet (Devises) 01380 724911
West Wiltshire (Trowbridge) 01225 77 66 55
Salsbury 01722 43 43 19/ 43 43 20
WORCESTERSHIRE
Herefordshire 01432 383147
Wyre Forest 01562 820505
Bromsgrove 07799 887536. Out of hours 01527 873232
Redditch 07799 887536. Out of hours 01527 67666
Malvern Hills 01684 862306
Worcester 01905 722213
Wychavon 01386 565249
SCOTLAND
Aberdeenshire Central 01467 62 81 95
Aberdeenshire North 01779 475183
Aberdeenshire South 01569 768224
Angus 08452 77 77 78
01241 870529
01382 380593
Argyll And Bute - Cowal 01369 70 86 00
Argyll And Bute - Helensburgh & Lomond 01436 65 89 01
Argyll And Bute - Isle of Islay 01496 30 13 01
Argyll And Bute - Kintyre 01586 55 23 66
Argyll And Bute - Mid Argyll 01546 60 47 76
Argyll And Bute - Mull 01688 30 20 51
Argyll And Bute - Oban, Lorn & the Isles 01631 56 79 00
Argyll And Bute - Tiree 01879 22 03 49
Argyll And Bute - Colonsay 01496 30 13 01
Argyll And Bute - Coll & Lismore 01631 56 79 00
City Of Aberdeen 01224 52 37 37
City Of Edinburgh 0131 5293030
0131 6695331
Dumfries And Galloway 01557 26 07 00
East Ayrshire 01563 554022
01563 524251
01290 552532
East Lothian 01620 82 73 10
Highland 01463 702000
MidLothian 0131 5615284
Moray 01342 56 33 45
North Ayrshire 01294 85 02 70
Perth And Kinross 01738 47 64 76
Scottish Borders 01835 824000
South Ayrshire 01292 618222
South Lanarkshire 0845 740 60 80
Stirling 0845 2777000
West Dumbartonshire 01389 73 86 52
East Dumbartonshire 0141 761 48 83
North Lanarkshire 01698 403110
01689 281128
City Of Glasgow 0141 287 97 00
0141 8821688
East Renfrewshire 0141 840 31 06
01698 281128
Renfrewshire 0141 8425000
Inverclyde 01475 712607
Clackmannanshire 01259 54 25 87
Falkirk 0845 277 70 00
West Lothian 01506 77 50 00
0131 6695331
WALES
Isle Of Anglesey 01248 75 28 20
Gwynedd 01286 68 27 28
Conwy 01492 575222
Denbighshire 01824 70 64 44
Flintshire 01352 703366
Wrexham 01978 292041
01948 662931
Powys 01597 82 60 00
Ceredigion 01545 572151
Pembrokeshire 01437 77 58 55
01646 651133
Carmarthenshire 0845 658 04 45
Swansea 01792 635600
Neath Port Talbot 01639 76 45 55
Bridgend 01656 64 32 73
Vale Of Glamorgan 01446 70 91 05
Rhondda Cyon Taff 01443 42 57 77
01443 682789
Cardiff 02920 711243
Blaenau Gwent 01495 355054
01495 724580
Merthyr Tydfil 01685 72 51 38
Caerphilly 01495 23 52 20/23 53 06
Newport 01633 65 66 56
01633 290902
Torfaen 01633 64 84 89
Monmouthshire 01633 644126
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He is your friend,your partner, your defender,Your Dog! You are his life,his love,his leader! He will be yours,faithful and true to the last beat of his heart! You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion!
SAVING ONE DOG MAY NOT CHANGE THE WORLD BUT IT SURE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THAT ONE DOG!
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