Staff at a Merseyside kennels are having to turn dogs away after an "influx" of arrivals in recent weeks has left them close to breaking point.
Birkenhead Kennels, on Corporation Road, told the ECHO they are "struggling" with increased demand and have seen 10 new dogs arrive in the last week alone. On Tuesday (September 13), one man left a dog tied to a bin outside and dog welfare assistant, Sarah Brown, said "heartbreaking" scenes like this are becoming increasingly common.
Sarah said: “A man came up asking for assistance for one of his friend's dogs that he’d brought down that morning. Sadly, when we said we were full and weren’t in a position to help, he tied a dog to one of the bins outside and drove off leaving the dog stranded and looking a bit bewildered and confused about the situation.
