 A group has been formed to negotiate with the Animals Shelter and Home Affairs |
Parish ratepayers could end up footing the bill for rounding up and looking after stray dogs in Jersey. The States committee which paid for the work in the past has now withdrawn funding after taking legal advice.
The Animals Shelter runs both a 24-hour ambulance and collects injured or stray animals and contacts their owners or finds them new homes.
Until recently the Home Affairs Committee paid the Shelter about �30,000 a year for the 24-hour service.
But legal advisors have now told the committee it was not obliged to keep paying for it and as part of budget cuts it has decided to withdraw the funding.
It has also emerged the law holds the parishes responsible for stray dogs and the constables fear ratepayers may now have to foot the bill.
Constable John Germaine says they have formed a committee to negotiate with the Animals Shelter and Home Affairs, to decide exactly what the different parties should be responsible for paying.
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