DOZENS of dogs could be saved from death.
Kirklees Council’s cabinet has approved a new policy to prevent healthy dogs from being put down.
Last year council wardens picked up 860 dogs, of whom 61 were put down.
But now Kirklees will work with the Dogs Trust to bring this number down by encouraging micro-chipping and neutering to cut the number of strays.
The cabinet unanimously supported a new policy called: “Working towards a non-destruct policy for dogs”. Kirklees is the first council in West Yorkshire to take the bold move.
Workers from the Dogs Trust will move in to areas of Kirklees with a serious stray dog problem and encourage pet-owners to neuter and micro-chip their animals.
Clr Molly Walton, the cabinet member responsible, is optimistic about the plan.
She said: “I hope this will stop us having to put down healthy dogs which at the moment we have to do because we don’t have the space for them.”
