DOG POUNDS
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Local Authority Dog Holding Kennels (Dog Pounds)

These facilities exist for the accommodation of stray dogs.
They are often private boarding kennels that have a section for council strays.
Because each local authority has some flexibility on how they hold strays and set their own budget for the administration and care of stray dogs, and because each authority may have different demands on their service and available budget, these facilities often vary greatly.
 
If you have any concerns about handing a stray dog you have found over to your local authority, perhaps due to stories or rumours you may have heard about dog pounds, you can check for yourself.
If you feel improvements are called for you should contact your local authority about your misgivings and suggest they take action. Perhaps you may like to contribute to improvement of facilities yourself.
Dogs do not see things in the same way that humans do and your values may not reflect those of a dog, so don't judge too harshly

Whatever your personal feelings about your local pound, you need to remember that it is a legal requirement to notify your local Dog Warden if you have found a stray, and it is in the best interest of a stray dog if it goes though the system and then gets offered for re-homing. If concerned you may take on the dog yourself at the end of the 7 days and then keep it or seek to re-home it through a rescue

These days, very few pounds practice an automatic PTS policy after 7 days and most will seek to pass on strays to a rescue group or re-home them directly, once the 7 days is up. Some pounds are rescue groups and some are council owned and run facilities that re-home their stray dogs themselves.

Council Pounds are for strays and not for the re-homing of unwanted pets. If you have an unwanted pet dog then contact a Rescue, if you have found a stray contact the Dog Warden. Each do a different job for different reasons.