Comments on: Are Dog Wardens Uncaring ‘Dog Catchers’? http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/115/are-dog-wardens-uncaring/ the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Viviane Barale http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/115/are-dog-wardens-uncaring/#comment-248 Viviane Barale Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:12:48 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/115/#comment-248 I think it's easier for some people, who are in a position to enlighten the public, to vilify Dog Wardens instead of those few dog owners who do not care for their pets and / or are not responsible. It's a shame and shows a total ignorance. It's great that Neil Burton has set the record straight on this occassion. Viv I think it’s easier for some people, who are in a position to enlighten the public, to vilify Dog Wardens instead of those few dog owners who do not care for their pets and / or are not responsible. It’s a shame and shows a total ignorance. It’s great that Neil Burton has set the record straight on this occassion. Viv

]]> By: Kaye FitzGerald-Gorham http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/115/are-dog-wardens-uncaring/#comment-247 Kaye FitzGerald-Gorham Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:20:12 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/115/#comment-247 I agree wholeheartedly with Neil Burton's comments - what an outdated image Robert Killick is portraying! Why doesn't he spend a week with a dog warden and see just how hard they work to try and STOP dogs being pts? Our Lurcher rescue works with various dog wardens from all over the country and the majority of people bend over backwards to try and save these dogs. If no owner can be found for a stray, then most of them will go into the rescue system where they are neutered, vaccianted, microchipped and rehomed to a new home. Yes there are a few "bad apples" in the system - some dog pounds are just so full that regular euthanasia is a way of life - but that's not the fault of the dog wardens, it's the fault of the irresponsible owners and breeders who do not neuter or microchip./tattoo their dogs in order to stop the sheer volume of unwanted dogs which are pts each year. I agree wholeheartedly with Neil Burton’s comments – what an outdated image Robert Killick is portraying! Why doesn’t he spend a week with a dog warden and see just how hard they work to try and STOP dogs being pts? Our Lurcher rescue works with various dog wardens from all over the country and the majority of people bend over backwards to try and save these dogs. If no owner can be found for a stray, then most of them will go into the rescue system where they are neutered, vaccianted, microchipped and rehomed to a new home.

Yes there are a few “bad apples” in the system – some dog pounds are just so full that regular euthanasia is a way of life – but that’s not the fault of the dog wardens, it’s the fault of the irresponsible owners and breeders who do not neuter or microchip./tattoo their dogs in order to stop the sheer volume of unwanted dogs which are pts each year.

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