A clucking good show

registered and microchipped. An authorised officer may also search for and seize any dog on that land if there’s reason to believe that the person in charge of the dog has committed an offence.

Is your dog microchipped? They need to be. It’s mandatory! Microchipping is mandatory for dogs over six months old. Microchipping is a permanent means of identification which helps identify dogs, particularly if they become lost. You need to let Council know of your dog’s microchip number as this isn’t passed on from shelters and vet clinics.

Own more than two dogs?

You need a kennel licence!

If you want to keep more than two dogs on premises in a

• Install secure fencing and regularly check it

• When you’re out, keep your dog on a leash.

In public your dog must be tethered or on a leash, unless the place is a designated off-lead area. You can exercise your dog in designated off-lead areas, however, you’re still responsible for the control and behaviour of your dog. Allowing your dog to wander puts its health at risk and can endanger others. Every year pets are impounded for attacking people and livestock.

Being a responsible dog owner involves more than just providing food and water; it also means ensuring your dog is trained, controlled, vaccinated, registered and exercised.

The Southern Tasmanian Poultry Club Annual Show is back on Saturday 10 June with a host of rare cluckers, brooders and cockadoodle-doers up for judging.

The show, which will be officially opened by Brian Mitchell MP, will be open to the public from 9am-2pm at the Brighton Showgrounds (325

Brighton Road, Brighton). You can enter a raffle, with over $4000 of cash and prizes to be won, shop at the trade stalls and grab a bite to eat at one of the food trucks on site.

Please note that no dogs will be allowed inside the pavilion. To find out more, check out their Facebook page.

Community call out: Drivers needed

Brighton Meals on Wheels has been servicing the community for 50 years and is calling out for new drivers to deliver a nutritious meal to residents in the area. Volunteers pick up the meals from the Brighton branch (371 Brighton Rd, Pontville) and then deliver them. Delivery takes 1-2 hours and the majority of volunteers are rostered on once a month.

A National Police check is required (the cost is covered by Meals on Wheels) and a petrol allowance is offered along with a range of insurance policies to cover volunteers.

For more information, contact their State Office on 1800 696 325, email volunteers@mowtas.org.au or send a message to 0498 666 553.