Surrendering Found Dog To Rescue Rather Than Pound?

[Christina]

Surrender the dog to the pound....they legally have to hold the dog...put your name down on the dog to adopt if the owners don't show...once you have adopted the dog then surrender him to rescue for re homing. Of course this will cost you as you will have to pay the adoption fee from the pound and also probably for treatment of kennel cough when he comes out as it's almost inevitable he will have kennel cough after being in there.

Not quite accurate.

Legally they have to hold the dog for a set period of time. Varies from place to place.

You can request that your name is put down for the dog however they can destroy the dog if they choose to & have no legal obligation to contact you & offer you the dog.

[WreckitWhippet]

Its pretty simply really, owners don't find their lost dogs, then they are sitting in someone else's back yard.