(Photo: SBRC)
The South Burnett Regional Council will run a house-to-house inspection program in the region’s towns and villages between May and November this year to detect unregistered dogs.
At today’s monthly meeting, Councillors approved the annual inspection program, which it is required to undertake under the State Government’s Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008.
In October last year the SBRC voted to put an end to compulsory cat registrations, along with Toowoomba and Gympie Regional Councils.
However dog registrations in the region’s town areas are still compulsory.
The inspection program is designed to detect unregistered dogs and either get owners to register them or impound the animals.
Staff told today’s Council meeting they believed there were still a number of unregistered dogs in the community.
Cr Kathy Duff said the RSPCA will be running a desexing program between June and August this year, and the council will be promoting this during the inspection period to encourage dog owners to desex their pets.
She said the last annual inspection program resulted in an increase in dog registrations.
The town areas that would be inspected are Kingaroy, Kumbia, Crawford, Memerambi, Taabinga, Wooroolin, Nanango, Blackbutt, Maidenwell, Benarkin, Wondai, Proston, Tingoora, Mondure, Hivesville and Murgon.
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