£43k dog service to be reviewed after concerns it doesn’t ‘justify itself’. A review of the Borough’s dog warden service …

£43k dog service to be reviewed after concerns it doesn’t ‘justify itself’. A review of the Borough’s dog warden service …

A REVIEW of the borough’s dog warden service has been agreed following concerns it doesn’t ‘justify itself.’

A report before the borough council’s scrutiny committee says there are two full time posts covering west Dorset and Weymouth and Portland and the cost to the borough is £43,000 including vehicle, equipment and kennelling costs.

The committee agreed a joint scrutiny review of the dog warden Service with West Dorset District Council (WDDC) should go forward.

Cllr James Farquharson said: “I have been trying to work out what the dog warden service delivers since last May. One team did provide a table which was not brilliant.