Parents urged against buying Christmas pets

Parents have been warned about buying pets as Christmas presents after figures released today showed almost 18,000 unwanted dogs were put down by local authorities last year.

Parents urged against buying Christmas pets
Tue, 21 Dec, 2004 - 19:00

Parents have been warned about buying pets as Christmas presents after figures released today showed almost 18,000 unwanted dogs were put down by local authorities last year.

The figures were given to Fine Gael TD Micheal Ring by Environment Minister Dick Roche in response to parliamentary questions.

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