Our community continue to show a great fondness for their furry, four-legged friends with almost 33,000 registered dogs and more than 9,000 cats registered across our region.
Annual registration provides numerous benefits including assisting with reuniting you with your beloved pet, should they go missing.
We're delighted that most pet owners have their pet micro-chipped, however that's not the same as registration, and it's vital that all cats and dogs over three months of age are registered with us. Renewals occur annually in April.
Along with assisting in keeping you and your pet well connected, pet registration fees contribute to:
- maintaining dog parks, including off leash parks and fenced dog parks
- subsidised cat desexing
- providing dog poo bins
- pounds and shelter facilities.
When out and about with your dog, please remember that our region is an on-leash municipality, meaning dogs need to be on a leash in all public spaces, including footpaths, beaches, reserves, and trails unless there are signs to say that a particular space is 'off-leash' or that no dogs are allowed.
