From the 6th April 2008, The Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005 placed sole responsibility for stray dogs with the local authority (council).

As a result, from this date, the police will no longer be able to accept stray dogs brought into the police station.  Equally, officers will no longer attend incidents of stray dogs.  In both cases, the local authority have provision to deal with stray dogs, whether this be a report of a stray dog or one that has been caught.

In order to either report a stray dog, or hand one over in person, please contact your local authority, as shown below:

IMPORTANT

BY LAW IF YOU LOSE OR FIND A DOG IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA, IT MUST BE REPORTED TO BIRMINGHAM COUNCIL.  ANYBODY WHO HAS PROBLEMS GETTING HOLD OF SOMEONE TO HELP PLEASE PHONE VICKI ALWOOD ON 303 9900 AS ALL COMPLAINTS WILL BE LOGGED AND WILL BE PUT FORWARD TO HELP GET A BETTER SERVICE TO DEAL WITH STRAY, LOST AND DUMPED ANIMALS

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	Birmingham City Council	Walsall Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	Coventry City Council	Wolverhampton City Council
	Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council