Lurchers are most common dog found by West Berkshire dog wardens

West Berkshire is a dog warden short – and so is trying to recruit a new one.

The Public Protection Partnership runs the service, and says the stray dog service has been challenging in the first quarter of the year created in part by the lack of available kennelling provision.

It says this has been made even more challenging following the resignation of the existing animal warden.

The team covers authentication of ownership, re-uniting and re-homing, alongside other animal warden related enforcement work.

This includes dog fouling complaints, dangerous dog complaints, and other animal welfare queries.

A Freedom of Information request for 2022 and 2023 discovered that a total of 132 dogs had been found by the team across West Berkshire, Wokingham and Bracknell.

Of those dogs, 56 were returned to owners. Seventy three were rehomed from the pound, and 43 were not chipped.

Lurchers were the most commonly found breed by the team.