Domestic Animals Act 2000

This section applies to a dog, other than a dangerous dog, seized under—

section 56 (Seizure of dogs—general); or

section 59 (Seizure—attacking, harassing or menacing dogs); or

section 114 (Seizure, impounding and return of nuisance animals).

Section 68 deals with the selling and destruction of dangerous dogs.

The registrar may sell or destroy the dog if—

not later than 7 days after the day of the seizure, the registrar cannot find out who is the dog’s keeper after making reasonable inquiries; or

the dog’s keeper relinquishes ownership of the dog under section 69; or

not later than 7 days after the day notice under section 60 (1) (b) (ii) or section 114 (2) (b) (ii) was given to the dog’s keeper, the keeper does not tell the registrar, in writing, that the keeper wishes to claim the dog and, if the dog is not registered, apply to the registrar to register the dog.