Charity: 45 stray dogs are killed a day

ALMOST 16,500 stray or abandoned dogs are needlessly put down in Ireland each year, animal rights activists revealed yesterday.

As a new campaign to cut the number of animals being destroyed started, charity Dogs Trust said that 45 healthy dogs were destroyed each day.

The charity is hoping to reduce the number of unwanted litters, and therefore the number being put down, by offering neutering for as little as €14.