LGO NEEDS SCRUTINY BY NEW GOVT. AS IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
I had a situation where a Local Authority was denying that a local dog boarding kennels never called in vets. They took money from a so called Rescue who imported dogs from Romania and stored them there The Rescue owner paid no one to take care of the animals , or to prep them for adoption , and the kennels took no care of them either, to the extent of dogs dying on site, or becoming feral as became unadoptable.,A dog I adopted was sent out ill , not rehabilitated at all and had to be returned.it had not seen a vet since arriving from Romania and died August 2023 in suspicious circumstances at the kennels. Vets were not called. The LA dismissed my FOI request re if they had had sight of vet records at the kennels. it's obligatory that records are kept . They responded with misleading data , with a lie in fact. So LGO was the last resort at this stage . I approached the LGO despite reading the dire reviews as had no place else to go as the RSPCA just rubber stamped the LA response and dogs were suffering. DEFRA referred me to the LA! LGO read my case notes but decided not to progress my very strong case, supported as it was by 3 reports of neglect from ex volunteers. Even worse, they then told the LA all was well! NOT to call in vets is entirely against the regs for boarding kennels. The dogs continue to suffer as there is no regulation of the Rescue owner in England so it is vital to have LA'S who truly scrutinise kennels. and if they do not . then the LGO should be investigating . The LGO needs scrutiny.