February 9, 2013Comments are closed.advocacy
From a Victoria Local Council Councillor on Facebook;
Almost all councils across Victoria will be releasing their “Animal management plan” for community consultation before its finalised by first week of March. Please call your councils and request for a copy to be sent to your email, and then write to the councillors/concerned department about what you would like to see in the Animal management Plan. It would be nice to hear the response/feedback on how this works for you at your council. Please encourage as many residents as you can from your local council to get involved so we can try and achieve more humane treatment of our pets through council managed services.
Does your local council currently contract to a high-kill facility? Phone them and ask for their Domestic Animal Management Plans (send to me too, yeah? [email protected]). This is your chance to get involved for pets.
Available plans…
Ballarat Domestic Animal Management Plan (website link)
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Dog intake – 1,783 (2011)
Dogs euthanised – 177
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Cat intakes – 1,009
Cats euthanised – 626
Knox Domestic Animal Management Plan (website link)
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Dog intake – 690 (2010)
Dog returned to owner – 497
Dog remaining – unavailable
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Cat intake – 172
Cat returned to owner – 21
Cat remaining – unavailable
Brimbank Domestic Animal Management Plan (website link)
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Dogs impounded – 1,179 (2010/11)
Cats impounded – 1,237
All other stats – unavailable
Wellington Shire Council (website links)
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Dogs impounded (June 2012) – 538
Dogs returned to owners – 306
Dogs killed – 55
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Cats impounded – 332
Cats returned to owners – 32
Cats killed – 76
Manningham City Council (website link)
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Dogs impounded – 438
Dogs euthanised – 10
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Cats impounded – 82
Cats euthanised – 34
Kingston City Council (website link)
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Dogs impounded – 553
Cats impounded – 277
All other stats unavailable
Geelong City Council (website)
Zero stats provided
