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Please retweet, in the UK a stray dog can be killed by a council after 7 days if unclaimed #UK 💔💔💔 The dogs shown need rescue spaces asap and are not available for adoption. DEATH ROW DOGS - the law requires that if you find a stray dog, you must report it to your local authority dog warden service. If a dog is unclaimed after 7 clear days, they become the property of the local authority. These 7 days include weekends and Bank Holidays. In some cases where local authorities will be closed for weekends or Bank Holidays, owners will only have 3 actual days to try and find their dog! When a dog has been detained for 7 clear days after the seizure or, where a notice has been served and the owner has not claimed the dog and paid reclaim amounts due, the local authorities may dispose of the dog in the ways below: (a) by selling or giving to a person who will, in his opinion, care properly for the dog. (b) by selling or giving to an establishment for the reception of stray dogs. (c) by destroying in a manner to cause as little pain as possible. No dog seized shall be sold or given for the purposes of vivisection. The local authority may cause a dog detained to be destroyed before the expiration of the 7 day period where they are of the opinion that this should be done to avoid suffering. The dogs that are not claimed and have no one coming for them are the ‘death row’ dogs that are desperate for a rescue space or will end up euthanised. How Many Dogs are Killed Each Year in the UK? Sadly there are no true figures to collate a definitive total of dogs that are euthanised each year. A larger animal charity commissions a survey each year for local authorities in the U.K. but for 2023/2024 only 71% of local authorities replied and sometimes the information is lacking. Also the figures do not include dogs taken to vets by owners (yes – vets are able to euthanise healthy, unwanted dogs with the owners permission), or dogs that have landed in rescues that do not adhere to a strict ‘no-kill’ policy and can end up considered ‘kennel blockers’ if not quickly adopted and are often 'put to sleep'. Therefore our information is the best we can give at the moment but, in our opinion, will be on the lower side of what is actually happening. All figures here relate to the year from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024. Nearly 40,000 dogs were handled by local authorities, with a 6% increase in dogs being euthanised compared to the the previous year, which estimates nearly 2500 dogs put to sleep across the U.K., with England being the worst for euthanasia. This equates to an estimated 48 per week, every week but if you follow social media and see the constant pleas for life saving rescue space, then you will agree that, as previously mentioned, we think the problem is far greater. When you think how small the U.K. is, there are a phenomenal amount of dogs killed week in and week out compared to other countries. Only 39% of stray dogs were reclaimed, down from 54% in 2022/2023, in fact more dogs were taken by rescue centres than reclaimed by their owners! From New Hope Rescue, Canterbury #UK Donations welcomed newhopeanimalrescue.org.uk/saving-death-r… @KatieAmess @ConservativeAWF @BritishVets @GBNEWS @itvnews @BBCNews @SkyNews @GMB @NickDixonITV @BBCPanorama @clarebalding @domdyer70 @PeterEgan6 @LurcherSOS @gsrescueelite @HopeRescue @DavidBowles21 @RSPCA_official @DogsTrust @Battersea_ @JerryGreenDogs @themayhew @AllDogsMatter @APDAWG1 @marcthevet @JaneFallon @rickygervais @liamgallagher #dogs #adoptdontshop Below, 4 dogs needing rescue shelter spaces. Today Sunday 29 March 2026, they are in a council pound in #England. None of them are available for adoption by the public. If you can offer a rescue shelter space please contact lostdogsuk.co.uk/lost-dogs/