There was a 95% increase in stray dogs entering pounds in 2022, according to Government statistics
Corina Fitzsimons, PR and communications manager with the charity, said between January and July of 2023, Dogs Trust had 2,397 requests to take in dogs by members of the public.“It’s almost an impossible situation because we’ve got the rental crisis, the housing crisis, the cost-of-living crisis,” Ms Fitzsimons said.
She added that many people who got a dog during lockdowns when they were working from home were now being asked to return to the office full-time, and could no longer provide for them. “Foster spaces are what we really need at the moment because we just don’t have the physical space for all the dogs who need us right now, so the more foster space we can create, the more dogs that we can have,” she added.
The majority of people coming to Dogs Trust to surrender their pet, according to Ms Fitzsimons, say they are doing so because of behaviour issues. Department figures also indicate there were 791 complaints made by the public about aggressive dog behaviours last year, while 308 people were physically injured, including having damage to clothing.
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