Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61458
Stray Dogs: Adoption
Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting permissions for shelters to allow the public to adopt stray dogs as a means to reduce the number being euthanised.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Environmental Protection Act 1990, sets out a minimum hold period of seven days for stray dogs that are brought into shelters. After this time if the owner has not been identified, the dog may be rehomed or humanely euthanised. Under the Act, local au...
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