Dramatic decrease in dog destruction rates

Some 14,559 dogs were admitted to the pound system last year — 3,141 of these were put to sleep. This represents a 25% reduction on the number euthanised the previous year.
Counties Wexford (446), Limerick (308), Cork (282) and Clare (270) had the highest number of dogs destroyed. Counties Leitrim (1), Sligo (7) and Wicklow (10) had the fewest .