TWO dogs have been rehomed after a housing tenant was banned from keeping animals in a Glasgow tower block.
Maryhill Housing Association won a court victory over the tenant who refused repeated demands to register one dog and then brought a second one into the property.
The landmark ruling - granted at Glasgow Sheriff Court -means the tenant has now given the animals away.
As revealed by the Evening Times, the owner was given 14 days to remove the animals from the apartment at the 20-storey Glenavon flats in Maryhill.
Housing chiefs are phasing out the ownership of dogs in multi-storey properties.
Tenants who already have a dog must register the animal and agree not to get another one if the pet dies.
However, the association said it had "no option" but to go to court after one tenant refused to comply.
A sheriff has now banned the tenant from keeping dogs, ordered the animals' removal from the home and issued an interdict which prevents the woman from having any more dogs.
A Maryhill Housing Association spokesman said: "We are pleased this matter has now been resolved following legal action in which we obtained an interdict. This followed unsuccessful attempts to persuade the owner to comply with the association's dogs policy which is a requirement of the tenancy agreement."
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