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Animal management
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hanganui District Council’s friendly animal management team encourages care and control of animals in the Whanganui district.
Animal management issues dog registrations, provides advice about the housing and welfare of animals, responds to calls about wandering stock, patrols suburban streets, maintains the council’s animal pound and deals with incidents involving aggressive dogs. The council also has an animal management education officer who takes a preventative approach to community safety by educating people, especially children, about caring for animals and interacting with them safely. The council’s dog control bylaw was introduced to reflect community feedback about the management of dogs in the district. It aims to improve community safety by improving and encouraging the responsible ownership of dogs in Whanganui.
The Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees Bylaw 2020 regulates the control of animals other than dogs. The purpose of this bylaw is to protect the public from nuisance, to maintain and promote public health and safety, and to protect the welfare of animals. For more information, please visit: www.whanganui.govt.nz/ Business/Livestock-Beekeeping
DOG REGISTRATION
Dog registration fees help fund a range of services that are designed to help dogs, their owners and the wider community. There is a small ratepayer contribution per year towards the cost of animal management services for stock control on district roads and highways, and to recognise public good and education. You need to register your dog: • when it turns three-months-old • or when you first get him/her • and thereafter on 1 July of each year. All dogs must also be microchipped after three months. The council has a graded registration fee structure
that recognises responsible dog ownership, neutered dogs and prompt payment. For any dog turning three months of age during the year a partfee will be paid based on the number of complete months remaining in the registration year. If you have moved to the Whanganui district with your registered dog or dogs, you will not need to pay your registration until 1 July 2021. However, please let the council know of your animal’s arrival as soon as practicably possible so registration can be transferred from your previous authority.
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