Meath Dogs need a Meath Dog Pound

meath | animal rights | event notice Monday June 25, 2007 01:33 by Bernie Wright - Alliance for Animal Rights berniew at esatclear dot ie

Demonstration regarding Meath's lost and surrendered dogs

Demonstration at Meath Council Offices in Navan at 12pm.on Tuesday 3rd July. 2007
The Meath County Council's confusing system unnecessarily causes the deaths of innocent animals and also causes distress to those Meath people who cannot locate their lost animal companions.County Meath has no Dog Pound for Meath Dogs.

WE CALL ON MEATH COUNTY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING TWO CHANGES:

HOLD THE MEATH DOGS AT A MEATH LOCATION (not in LOUTH )

How are caring humans to track down and locate a dog who has strayed or been picked up by a warden in County Meath if the dogs are moved to Collon Co Louth or to Dundalk Pound every Tuesday for killing on a Wednesday.

Dundalk Pound facilitates Meath Council by allowing Meath dogs to be killed

ALLOCATE A SPECIFIC PHONE NUMBER FOR CALLS REGARDING LOST DOGS.

A HELPLINE to explain the confusing system or specific PHONE NUMBER FOR LOST DOGS IS VITAL. The number people have to use is the exchange for the Meath Council. The pound in Meath is not for Meath dogs so the Meath pound number is irrelevant.

Hopefully we can get this situation into the public arena and let the people of Meath