Oak View Dog Day Care

Death or Escape of a Dog Procedure

To comply with the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals) Regulations 2018, we have policies and procedures in place in case of the death or escape of a dog, including the storage of a deceased dog.

Escape of a dog

Action Tags All dogs will wear a tag stating they are boarding at Oak View Dog Day Care and showing our name, address and all of our contact numbers. Contacts The owner and/or emergency contact will be contacted. Contacts All staff/emergency carers will be alerted.

Contacts Name/location Contact numbers/ emails Dog Council 01621 854477 Warden https://maldon- self.achieveservice.com/service/report_a_missing _dog

RSPCA UK 0300 123 4999 www.rspca.org.uk

Dogs Trust Basildon/Wickford 0207 837 0006 www.dogstrust.org.uk

Petlog Petlog 01296 737600 petlog.org.uk

Drone Search Facebook DroneSARForLostDogs and Rescue Dogs Lost Dogslost Dogslost.co.uk

Maldon and Facebook Village Local Villages’ Village Facebook Information Group Village Village North Fambridge Community St. Lawrence Village Burnham-on-Crouch Maldon MJG Community Bradwell Village Community Bradwell-on-Sea News

AA Dog Rescue Sandbeach Farm 07779 588735 Hockley Lane aadogrescue.org.uk Bradwell CM0 7QB

Edgewood Edgewood Veterinary Group 01621 828381 or 01621 828445 Veterinary Group Road www.edgewoodvets.co.uk CM3 6QR

Edgewood Edgewood Veterinary Group 01621 852910 Veterinary Group 8 Wantz Road www.edgewoodvets.co.uk Maldon CM9 5DE

Edgewood Edgewood Veterinary Group 01621 784080 Veterinary Group 161 Station Road edgewoodvets.co.uk Burnham-on-Crouch CM0 8HJ

Vets 4 Pets Pets at Home 01621 877560 Wycke Hill Business Park vets4pets.com/practices/vets4pets.maldon Wycke Hill Maldon CM9 6TU

Avon House Vets Avon House Vets 01621 851514 19a Spital Road avonhousevets.co.uk Maldon CM9 6DA

Crouch Vale Vet Unit 5 01245 807518 Practice Great Hayes Business Park crouchvalevets.co.uk Stow Maries CM3 6SQ

Clarendon House Bentalls Shopping Centre 01621 850124 Vet Centre 28 Colchester Road clarendonhousevets.co.uk Heybridge CM9 4GD

MediVet 1 Woodham Halt 01245 329942 South Woodham Ferrers CM3 5JB medivet.co.uk/vet-practices/south-woodham- ferrers

Essex Vets Clements House 01245 328400 Knight Street essexvets.co.uk South Woodham Ferrers CM3 5ZL

Medivet Danbury 14 Main Road 01245 227227 Danbury CM3 4NQ medivet.co.uk/vet-practices/danbury

Death of a Dog

Action Contact Owner. In the event of death, the owner (or emergency contact, if owner not available) will be contacted. Contact Veterinary Practice. The registered or local veterinary practice will be contacted and the dog will either be collected by them or taken to them by the Service Provider. Storage. If this is not immediately possible, the dog will be transferred and sensitively kept in a locked outbuilding until the next day when either the owner/emergency contact or the registered or local veterinary practice are able to collect the dog.