Dogs & Cats
Lost & Found Dogs
Council encourages residents to call the after hours service on 8584 8000 with regards to any enquiries about lost dogs or reports of found dogs. Our after hours service will contact the on call General Inspector to attend to these issues.
Registrations
All Dog and Cat registrations are managed through the Dog and Cat Management Board, information regarding registrations and renewals can be found at Dogs and Cats Online.
All dogs over the age of THREE MONTHS must be registered.
The Dog & Cat Management Act stipulates the fees for the registration of dogs.
A full list of fees and charges are available here.
All Dog Registrations expire on 30 June each year. Failure to renew dog registrations by 31 August will incur a late fee.
How to renew your dog or cat registration
Penalties
The following penalties may be imposed on dog owners for offences committed under the Act :
- Failure to notify change of address or death of dog
- Owning or keeping an unregistered dog
- A dog wondering at large
- Unrestrained dog on ute
- A dog chasing a vehicle
- Barking dog
- Failure to pick up after dog
- Failure to comply with a control order
- A dog attacking or harassing any person, animal, or bird
CATS
It is recommended that Cat Owners identify their cats with a collar with the owner's name and phone number indelibly inscribed thereon.
Cat owners may also identify their cats by having a silicone chip implanted by a veterinary surgeon.
Any unidentified cat found wandering on a person's property could be removed by an authorised person and destroyed.
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, interfere with or remove the means by which the cat is identified as set out in the regulations. Maximum penalty - $5,000.
It is an offence for any person other than an authorised person to destroy a cat if that cat is found less than 1km from another dwelling - Penalty $4,000.
De-sexing subsidy
Under SA law, dogs and cats born after 1 July 2018 must be de-sexed by a licenced veterinarian, before the animal is six months of age.
However, dogs and cats born before the 1 July 2018 do not have to be de-sexed.
De-sexing a dog or cat is socially responsible. Principally, de-sexing prevents unwanted litters, reducing the problem and costs of unwanted pets in the community. Council encourages owners to de-sex their dog or cat.
The subsidised de-sexing scheme provides pet owners who meet eligibility requirements with a reduction in the cost of de-sexing their cats and dogs.
To be eligible for a de-sexing subsidy, a resident must hold one of the following concessions:
- a Pensioner Concession Card issued by the Department of Social Security or the Department of Veteran Affairs
- a Gold Card specifying War Widow issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- a Gold Card specifying TPI issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- a Health care card.
The de-sexing scheme is subject to conditions. For further information, please contact Council on 8584 8000.