Croydon Council’s dog warden, Tara Boswell, has been named as the winner of a prestigious RSPCA award for the seventh year in succession.
Seventh heaven: Tara Boswell, Croydon’s multi-award-winning dog warden
Local authorities and public sector organisations receive honours from the animal welfare charity as part of their PawPrints Awards.
Boswell has worked for the council for 16 years and on average helps 150 dogs each year.
She finds rescue spaces, foster and forever homes for the stray dogs Croydon collects, and has developed a network of contacts including kennels and a vet, which means stray and sick animals receive the best possible care.
The PawPrints Awards recognise public services that work in close partnership with the RSPCA to improve animal welfare standards, with those judged to have excelled recognised and celebrated as community heroes in a scheme which launched in 2008. Continue reading
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