How do I report a stray dog?
If you find a stray dog, you can contact Wakefield Council and we will collect the dog (if it is from a known location).

To report a stray dog, you may be asked to provide the following information:

• your contact details (name, address, telephone, email)
• a description of the dog, for example, its type, colour, size, age
• the time and date when you found the dog
• where you found the dog
• where the dog should be collected from

The Dog Wardens will pick up any stray or lost  dog and where possible, the dog will be returned to its owner. In all other cases the dog will be taken to the Council Kennels and its details will be entered in the pound register.

The dog owner has seven clear days in which to reclaim their dog. The owner will have to pay a statutory prescribed fee of £30 set by the government, and any other charges for kennelling. The total charges must be paid in full before the dog can be released to its owner. There is a method of re-charge for the prescribed fee for people in receipt of means tested benefit, proof of the benefit must be shown at the time when you claim the dog. 

Any dog that is not reclaimed within the seven clear days then becomes the property of the local authority. The dog may then be gifted to the local rescue organisation, which in turn will re-home the dog or they can be re-homed directly from the kennels. If unclaimed or not re-homed, some dogs may have to be destroyed humanely.