Dog Warden Service

Regulations include: -

• Detention and registration of stray dogs
• Enforcement of dog bye-laws and dog regulations including:
• Dogs must wear an identity tag
• In many areas it is an offence not to clean up dog mess
• In some areas bye-laws state dogs are banned or must be kept on a lead.

If your dog is collected by Herefordshire Council it will be kept in a safe and secure kennel until claimed by the owner or rehomed. The service is not accessible at weekends - we can be contacted Mon - Fri during normal office hours on 01432 261761.

Stray dogs collected have 7 days in which they can be claimed then they will be re-homed where possible. In extreme cases where dogs cannot be re-homed they may be destroyed.

Noise nuisance caused by dogs is investigated by environmental health teams in each geographical area. [see Pollution in the related pages box at the bottom of page].

Charges

Email: ethelpline@herefordshire.gov.uk