KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT
Dog Management
Kingborough has approximately 6,000
registered dogs. Council encourages community
members to follow some simple rules.
• All dogs over six months need to be
registered and micro-chipped unless an
exemption is received.
• Registration needs to be renewed every
financial year.
• Keep all your details regarding your dog
up-to-date (address, phone numbers, etc).
• Keep your dog under effective control at
all times. Kingborough has some great dog
facilities. There’s more information at
www.kingborough.tas.gov.au.
• Dogs can create a significant noise
nuisance. Managing dog noise nuisance
concerns is timely and expensive for
Council to investigate. If you believe your
dog may be creating a nuisance, take
proactive action to reduce it.
• In general, unless they’re working dogs,
you’ll need a licence to have more than
two dogs, over the age of six months, at
any one property.
• Adhere to all relevant signage about
prohibited and restricted areas. We don’t
want to spoil our natural resources.
• If you’ve lost your dog, contact Council. We
may be able to get your friend back to you
quickly and safely.
If you find a lost dog, please help the Council to
return it to its owners.
Council has limited after-hours resources for
animal management, and after-hours callouts
are a significant cost to ratepayers. People who
find lost dogs are encouraged to help Council
keep the costs low by caring for the dog, where
possible, until the next working day.
Cat Management
To provide safer conditions for both your pet
cat and for native wildlife:
1. Have your cat desexed
• A desexed cat lives longer and is less
territorial. It will be less likely to wander,
fight and mark its territory.
• Desexing prevents unwanted litters of
kittens that contribute to stray and feral
populations and thus to the ongoing
demise of native wildlife.
2. Identify your cat as a pet
• Lost cats that are microchipped, collared
and tagged may be easily identified and
returned to their owners.
3. Never dump your unwanted kittens
• Dumped cats can become stray or feral
and will prey heavily on wildlife. Unwanted
animals should be given to a good home or
humanely euthanised. Contact your local
veterinarian or cat shelter for assistance.
4. Keep your cat from roaming
• Cats kept indoors or in a special ‘cat yard’
will not prey on wildlife.
• Pet cats that are prevented from roaming
are protected from injury and from
catching diseases from feral cats. Desexed
cats that don’t roam will live, on average,
four times longer than cats that do roam!
• Some people only confine cats at night.
This will reduce their impact on nocturnal
wildlife, but not on wildlife such as lizards
and birds that are active during the day.
Keep your cat confined both day and night.
For more information about cat management
in Kingborough visit www.kingborough.tas.
gov.au or contact Council’s Cat Management
Project Officer on 6211 8200.
24 DIRECTORY 2015 KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL