The Dogs Trust annual stray dog report estimates almost 100,000 dogs were picked up by local authorities last year, with 6,710 then destroyed for want of a home or because they were ill or aggressive. Council dog wardens deal with eleven abandoned dogs an hour. Clarissa Baldwin, chief executive of the charity, said though the numbers of strays had fallen in recent years, dogs were still being treated as "throwaway commodities". She said: "The number of dogs put to sleep is really quite horrendous. "We are a nation of dog lovers and we are better than a lot of countries, but we should be doing more to lead the way.