ANIMAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018-2022 - Tea Tree Gully Council
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ANIMAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018–2022
CONTENTS
Executive summary.............................................................................................. 1
Background........................................................................................................... 3
Law/Guidelines..................................................................................................... 5
Organisational structure..................................................................................... 6
Revenue.................................................................................................................. 7
Management of dogs........................................................................................... 9
Management of cats.......................................................................................... 11
Objectives/Strategies/Measures (KPI)
Business operations..................................................................................... 13
Dog management......................................................................................... 16
Cat management.......................................................................................... 22
By-laws................................................................................................................. 25
Related documents........................................................................................... 26
City of Tea Tree Gully Animal Management Plan 2018–2022
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The City of Tea Tree Gully (the City) is located in The key objectives of the plan are to:
Adelaide’s north-eastern suburbs, and covers around • Increase public safety so people and pets can
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95km . It has approximately 99,000 residents, 38,000 integrate safely and harmoniously within the
residential properties and 18,000 registered dogs. community
Council has under its ownership or control • Create an environment that encourages
responsible pet ownership
approximately 950 hectares of publicly accessible
open space. • Recognise that companion animals are part of the
community and contribute towards the overall
The Animal Management Plan has been prepared by quality of life
Council staff in accordance with section 26A of the • Reduce public and environmental nuisances from
Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 and was adopted dogs and cats
by Council on 14 November 2017. • Ensure Council delivers effective, efficient and
This plan provides a sound basis and direction for innovative dog and cat management services.
Council to make future decisions to meet the needs This Animal Management Plan is not a stand-alone
of the community for the next five years. The focus document. Its objectives and Council’s role in
will be on promoting and facilitating responsible relation to them have been created with reference to
Council’s Strategic Plan 2020.
ownership of dogs and cats, animal welfare and
the benefits of animal companionship. There will Dog and cat control and management (including
registration of dogs, recovery and management of
be an emphasis on information sharing and public
stray dogs and cats, investigation and management
education programs to ensure our community of dog attacks) are services that have a clear
recognises their individual responsibilities when it relationship to the key theme of “Healthy and Safe”
comes to pet ownership. in the Strategic Plan.
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City of Tea Tree Gully Animal Management Plan 2018–2022
BACKGROUND
In 2001 Council adopted its first Animal Management • Education of the community about dog
Plan (the Plan) and in 2007 our second plan was ownership and dog behaviour.
endorsed, addressing the needs of both owners and
non-owners of pets within the City for the five-year Purpose
period 2007–2012. The objectives of the Dog and Cat Management Act
The third plan, from 2013–2018, integrated 1995 are:
the developing expertise in domestic animal (a) to encourage responsible dog and cat
management Australia-wide with Council’s own ownership
investigations and experiences.
(b) to reduce public and environmental nuisance
The Plan (2018–2022) covers issues associated with caused by dogs and cats
dog and cat management, including: (c) to promote the effective management of dogs
• Dog registration (including discounts for and cats.
concession card holders, therapy dogs, working While the Act provides the legal framework for
dogs, etc.) Council’s responsibilities and the penalties that
• Cat registration (not currently applicable) can be imposed on dog and cat owners for non-
compliance, this Animal Management Plan seeks
• Arrangements for the detention of seized dogs
to implement a balanced approach, incorporating
and cats
the needs of pet owners and their animals as well
• Services available from Council (cat traps, as recognising the differing needs of the wider
microchip scanning) community, such as non-pet owners and those
• By-laws responsible in other ways for animal management.
• Partnerships established with community The vision for this Animal Management Plan is to
organisations assist Council to:
• Mandatory microchip identification • Create an environment which encourages
responsible pet ownership, where people and
• Mandatory desexing pets integrate safely and harmoniously within the
• Responsible dog ownership City of Tea Tree Gully community
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• Recognise that companion animals are part of Statistics
the community and contribute towards overall
quality of life From 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Council
recorded the following figures in relation to animal
• Ensure that the needs of animals and their management activities:
owners are accommodated while, recognising the
differing needs of all members of the community, Barking dog complaints 302
such as non-pet owners. Dog harassments involving people 24
Dog harassments involving animals 17
This vision will be achieved by the development and
implementation of strategies and actions as detailed Dog attacks on people 34
later in this plan. Dog attacks on animals 70
Dogs wandering (that aren't impounded) 408
Dogs impounded 455
Dogs collected and returned to owner 425
Expiation notices issued 1,760
Cat complaints 19
Dogs registered 18,095
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LAW/GUIDELINES
The responsibilities for dog and cat management The Act also provides for the appointment of a
in South Australia are prescribed in the Dog and Cat Dog and Cat Management Board. The Board is
responsible for planning, promoting and advising
Management Act 1995 (the Act) as well as the Dog
on the effective management of dogs and cats
and Cat Management Regulations 2017. Section 26, throughout South Australia, as well as overseeing
“Council responsibility for the management of dogs the administrative provisions of the Act relating to
and cats”, outlines civic responsibilities that include dogs and cats.
the appointment of a Registrar of Dogs, maintenance Our aim is to cater for all stakeholder needs, and
this will benefit not only dogs, cats and their owners
of a dog register, the appointment of at least one
as a group with legitimate needs, but also the
authorised person to make arrangements for dogs wider community and those responsible for animal
and cats seized, to fulfil other obligations under the management and enforcing the Act.
Act. A council is also able to make by-laws relating to The role of the Registrar of Dogs has been delegated
the management of dogs and cats within its area. to Council’s Manager Community Safety.
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ORGANISATIONAL
STRUCTURE
Chief Executive Officer
John Moyle
Director Community & Cultural Responsible portfolio
Development Community & Cultural
Carol Neil Development
Manager Community Safety
Craig Hickman
Team Leader Compliance
Team Leader General Inspectors
Administration
Chris Buckley
Kaye O'Rielly
Compliance Administration Staff General Inspectors
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City of Tea Tree Gully Animal Management Plan 2018–2022
REVENUE
The City of Tea Tree Gully is currently required to Non-standard (full fee) applies to all other kinds of
contribute 20 per cent of revenue raised through dog dogs, even if they are exempt from the requirement
registration fees to the Dog and Cat Management to desex or microchip (such as dogs belonging to
Board (DCMB). This contribution will increase to 24 registered breeders, working livestock dogs, etc.).
The current non-standard registration fee is $70.
per cent for the 2018–2019 dog registration year.
Council offers additional discretionary registration
Each financial year Council must provide a fee rebates that are not mandated by the Act: for
statement to DCMB that determines the dollar example concession card holders, working livestock
amount of the contribution to be made. This dogs, microchipped only, desexed only, trained dogs
statement must be supported by documentation of or racing greyhounds.
income and expenditure, which is audited to confirm Expiation fees apply for the keeping of unregistered
compliance with Council’s obligations under the Act. dogs, so it is important that dog owners renew their
registrations before 31 August annually. A late fee is
Dog registration applied to dogs re-registered after 31 August.
Council sets its dog registration fees each year. The Council maintains a register containing the
fee structure is available within Council’s Fees and information relating to dogs and cats registered in its
Charges Register and is available for viewing on area and makes this register available for inspection
Council’s website: cttg.sa.gov.au. by members of the public. Arrangements have
been made for issuing and replacing certificates of
The DCMB requires all councils to offer two registration and registration discs.
mandatory registration fee categories for 2017–2018.
Other revenue
Standard (mandatory legislated rebate)
Council also collects fees under section 26 of the Dog
applies only to a dog that is both desexed and
and Cat Management Act 1995, including fees for the
microchipped. Councils are required to provide a provision of extracts from registers kept under the
mandatory 50 per cent rebate off the ‘non-standard’ Act, the registration of dogs or businesses, and for
fee for a ‘standard’ dog registration. The current meeting any other requirement imposed on councils
standard registration fee is $35. under the Act.
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Council receives other revenue from:
• Expiations issued
• Late payment of dog registration fees
• Impounding fees
• Permits issued in relation to keeping more than
two dogs on the property
• Dog training (obedience)
• Dangerous dog collars and signs.
The DCMB monitors Council’s administration of the
Act to ensure that all money received under the
Act is expended in administration or enforcement
activities related to the management of dogs and
cats.
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MANAGEMENT
OF DOGS
Detention arrangements for seized Recent additions include:
dogs • Emergency lighting inside and outside
Council’s dog pound is located at our Works Depot • Isolated fenced area with automatic sliding gate
at St Agnes and has provisions for the housing of that is used for delivering dangerous dogs and
dogs and cats that have been impounded or seized
exercising dogs
by authorised officers. The pound:
• Entry door at rear of pound that is accessible from
• Is climate controlled
the isolated area.
• Can accommodate 19 dogs
When a dog is found wandering at large and is
• Has 10 inside pens, plus an isolation pen for sick
dogs, and eight outside pens with non-slip floor seized, our Authorised Persons make every effort to
coating. All have the ability to isolate unfriendly identify owners by checking the dog for a microchip
dogs or any other visible identification. If the owner can
• Has four holding pens for other animals, such as be identified they will be contacted and reunited
cats, chickens, etc. with their pet as soon as possible. If the owner
• Is fitted with smoke alarms and a fire exit door cannot be located immediately, a photo of the dog
will be uploaded to our website and details added to
• Has a landline phone, computers, EFTPOS
facilities, microchip readers and a secure access the impounded dog register that is displayed at the
card reader for better security Civic Centre. If an owner cannot be found, the dog
• Provides dogs with beds, food and environment- will be held at the pound for a period of 72 hours,
enrichment toys to keep them happy during their after which time the dog will be surrendered to the
stay. Animal Welfare League.
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Microchipping and desexing of dogs
It is a requirement of the Act that dog owners
microchip their dog prior to 1 July 2018. All dogs
being sold must be microchipped before they reach
12 weeks of age or within 28 days of the owner
taking possession of the dog.
The Act requires dogs to be desexed before they
reach six months of age or within 28 days of the
owner taking possession of the dog, and that dogs
must be desexed by a registered veterinary surgeon.
Owners will not be required to desex dogs born
before 1 July 2018; however, Council will encourage
this to be undertaken.
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MANAGEMENT
OF CATS
Effective management of cat-related issues is commencement and completion of the program.
dependent on positively identifying the nuisance cat A range of options exist for the management of
and the associated reasons for the issue(s), followed nuisance cats, which are set out in various acts.
by determining the ownership of the cat. It is the These options will be considered by Authorised
obligation of cat owners to ensure that their cat(s) Persons in accordance with the Cat Management
can be identified, in order to reduce the impact that Policy when considering cat management requests.
nuisance cats have on the community.
Support for residents in managing
Council will:
nuisance cats
• Assess all complaints received about cats (except
anonymous complaints) and respond accordingly Council provides free cat cages for hire (deposit
required and subject to availability).
• Ensure their officers are delegated with the
appropriate authority to exercise powers Identified cats
associated with the control and removal of cats If a person traps a cat that has identification1 or a
• Scan all trapped cats for microchip identification microchip that can be read, the cat will be deemed
as identified. An Authorised Person will be available
• Provide cat management services in accordance
during office hours to scan the cat for microchip
with our Cat Management Policy during Council
identification. When a person traps an identified
business hours only.
cat, they should release it immediately, unharmed,
Prior to Council undertaking any authorised near the location where it was captured or return it
program of trapping nuisance cats (including where to the owner. It is a condition of the hire of cat cages
the process is managed by residents through the and a requirement for Council to take action, that if
hiring of cages), Council will, as a minimum, provide complainants know the owner or origin of a trapped
written advice to adjoining properties detailing the cat, they must share this information with Council.
1Under these circumstances, ‘identification’ refers to a collar around the cat’s neck and/or a tag attached to the collar that is marked with the current
address and telephone number of the owner or other person entitled to possession of the cat.
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Unidentified cats The Act requires cats to be desexed before they
reach six months of age or within 28 days of the
Where a person traps (i.e. seizes) an unidentified owner taking possession of the cat, and that cats
cat, under section 64(e2) of the Dog and Cat must be desexed by a registered veterinary surgeon.
Management Act 1995 the person should within Owners will not be required to desex cats born
12 hours deliver the cat to a Council officer or a before 1 July 2018; however, Council will encourage
specified facility for the care of cats2. this to be undertaken.
If an Authorised Person is required to seize the
trapped cat a fee will apply, as Council is charged a
fee by the two specified facilities for the care of cats.
Council’s pound has holding pens suitable for cats.
After every reasonable effort to find the owner has
been exhausted, Council staff will photograph the
cat and then deliver it to the Animal Welfare League
(AWL) or Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (RSPCA).
Resourcing
All general inspectors of Council are also Authorised
Persons, who are responsible for responding to
customer requests about cats during Council
business hours.
Microchipping and desexing of cats
It is a requirement of the Act that cat owners
microchip their cat prior to 1 July 2018. All cats being
sold must be microchipped before they reach 12
weeks of age or within 28 days of the owner taking
possession of the cat.
2A “specified facility for the care of cats” includes the Animal Welfare League of South Australia or the RSPCA.
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OBJECTIVES
STRATEGIES
MEASURES (KPI)
Tea Tree Gully Council has developed a wide range of objectives and strategies to facilitate domestic animal
management. These objectives and strategies will ensure that objectives of the Act are met, provide effective
management services and promote responsible animal management practices. Community Safety staff will
submit an annual information report to Council on the performance against measures identified in the Animal
Management Plan in November of each year commencing in 2018.
The first year of the plan will be used to set benchmark target measures to assess the plan’s effectiveness in
future years.
Business operations
Responsible pet ownership
Educate and inform • Promote Council services to ensure residents and • Link to GoodDogSA
the community on the community are aware of Council’s role and and GoodCatSA
responsible pet responsibilities and the services provided websites and
ownership and their • Publicise information and educational materials Facebook pages on
rights and responsibilities for residents, who may be owners or non-owners of Council’s website
dogs and/or cats • By the end of this
• Use social media to improve information and plan 70 per cent
communication for dog and cat management of dog owners are
aware of their basic
• Provide links to other relevant agencies and web dog ownership
pages to promote dog and cat information responsibilities as
• Promote the benefits of owning pets measured via a survey
• Ensure new and prospective dog and cat owners are
aware of their responsibilities
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Objective Strategies Measures
Educate and inform • Provide information to prospective pet owners to
the community on help them choose a dog breed appropriate to their
responsible pet current/future lifestyle
ownership and their • Promote the advantages of desexing, microchipping
rights and responsibilities and training for dogs
• Partner with our Library to deliver a school holiday
program related to responsible dog ownership
• Promote the GoodDogSA and GoodCatSA websites
and Facebook as an option for further information
Authorised persons
Authorised Persons • Authorised Persons are provided with Safe Work Reduction in the number
are provided with the procedures and equipment that allows them to of accident and incident
relevant safety equipment work safely reports relating to the
to ensure Council’s • Authorised Persons are provided with ‘Lone worker activities of Council’s
work health and safety protection monitoring devices’ when working alone Authorised Persons
obligations are met
• Authorised Persons are provided with material safety
data sheets for all products used in their duties (e.g.
cleaning the dog pound)
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Objective Strategies Measures
Provide Authorised • Promote the role of Authorised Persons and ensure • Type and number
Persons acting under the they actively promote responsible pet ownership of training sessions
Dog and Cat Management and education of pet owners attended by
Act 1995 with appropriate • Provide Authorised Persons with professional Authorsied Person
training development, education and training opportunities • Membership numbers
suited to their roles of industry peak
• Promote and encourage Authorised Persons to join bodies is 100 per cent
relevant professional organisations by 2022
• Review skills of Authorised Persons to identify areas • All Authorised
where additional training would be of benefit to Persons attend at
other staff and Council least one professional
networking meeting
• Review training options regularly to ensure they are annually
relevant and up to date
Encourage and support Utilise effective IT solutions to improve processes and Conduct regular
the continuous customer service performance reviews
professional development
of Authorised Persons
Access to procedures
Ensure that Authorised Ensure that standard operating procedures are Standard operating
Persons enforce and developed for dealing with dog and cat matters procedures are
operate within the developed and made
provisions of the Dog and accessible for all
Cat Management Act 1995 Authorised Persons by
August 2018
• Review standard operating procedures regularly • Standard operating
and implement changes as part of a continuous procedures are
improvement program reviewed and updated
• Develop a procedure manual for use by Authorised every two years
Persons • Procedure manual
is provided and
accessible
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Emergency animal management
Provide a 24-hour, after Authorised Persons attend to reports of aggressive Dog management
hours emergency call out dogs, dog attacks and dogs detained for collection services are available
service for dog-related outside of Council business hours to residents outside of
matters Council's core business
hours
Minimise the impact of an • Highlight the importance of emergency • Council provides
emergency or disaster on management plans for pet owners and boarding rural residents and
the animal population of kennels and catteries in rural and bushfire-prone businesses with
the City areas annual reminder to
• Encourage animal owners in high-risk areas to update emergency
consider their pets as part of their Bushfire Survival management plans
Plan • Guidelines are
• Develop guidelines to help animal owners to plan available on Council’s
for the care and management of their pets before an website
emergency occurs
• Provide relevant advice, information and resources
through Council’s website
Dog training/obedience
Maintain a Council- Promote Council’s dog training school, which is • Information on
funded dog obedience operated at a suitable location within the City and run Council's dog
program and encourage by volunteers training programs is
dog owners to socialise disseminated to the
and train their dogs community
• Increase in the
number of dog owners
eligible to claim
the dog registration
training concession
• Increased number
of dogs attending
Council's dog
obedience school
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Dog management
Registration and identification
Increase/maintain the • Send annual renewal notices and ID tags to all • Council dog
number of registered previously registered dogs registrations do not
dogs in the City • Provide an effective and efficient service for people vary by more than 5%
renewing their dog registration on a year to year basis
• Ensure all current and new dog registrations are
kept up to date
• Educate the community about the importance and
requirement for registration and identification of
dogs
• Advertise the convenience of our online registration
payment options to encourage compliance
• Offer registration rebates for concession card
holders, and for desexing, microchipping and
training
• Offer free registration during June for new dogs
registered
• Provide information about dog registration on
Council’s website
• Promote dog registration using roadside signage,
digital signage, social media, Gully Grapevine and
local newspaper notices
• Educate dog owners about the Council by-law
limiting dog numbers on properties
Enforce the legal • Issue expiation notices to owners if dogs are • Council conducts an
requirements of unregistered when they are impounded annual door knock
identification and • Conduct annual door knocks to identify dog program to check for
registration registrations that have not been renewed or identify dogs that have not
homes where there are unregistered dogs been registered from
the previous year
• Encourage residents to register prior to the door
knock by placing an advance notice in the local • Council conducts a
newspaper minimum of 3 whole
of suburb door knocks
• Provide free registration for the month of June each
year for the remainder of the current year
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Mandatory microchip identification
Educate residents • Mail out information about mandatory • Increase in the
about the mandatory microchipping with dog/cat registration renewals number of times
microchipping • Use Council website and social media to post educational
requirements information about mandatory microchipping information is
distributed
• Place notices in local newspaper and Gully
Grapevine about the microchipping requirements • Increase in the
number of different
formats used to
distribute information
Increase in the proportion • Host discount microchipping days • Increase in the
of microchipped dogs • Negotiate discount microchipping with local vets number of dogs/cats
and cats in the local (partially subsidised by Council) microchipped at a
Council area Council-facilitated
• Promote microchipping requirements with posters, microchipping day or
flyers, digital signage, roadside signage at dog other promotion
obedience school, local newspaper, Gully Grapevine,
vets and places likely to be visited by dog and cat • Increase in
owners the number of
microchipped dogs
• Promote registration rebates for microchipped dogs registered in the City
• Send emails to dog owners whose dogs are not
microchipped to advise of requirements and options
Enforce compliance • If an un-microchipped dog is impounded, the owner • Decrease in the
with the mandatory is advised that they are required to microchip their number of non-
microchipping dog microchipped dogs
requirements • After 1 July 2018 expiation notices will be issued to and cats arriving at
owners whose dogs and cats are not microchipped Council’s pound
Mandatory desexing
Educate residents about • Include information about mandatory desexing with • Increase in the
mandatory desexing registration renewals number of times
requirements • Use Council website and social media to post educational
information about mandatory desexing information is
distributed
• Promote desexing requirements with posters, flyers,
digital signage, roadside signage at dog obedience • Increase in the
school, local newspaper, Gully Grapevine, vets and number of different
places likely to be visited by dog and cat owners formats used to
distribute information
• Promote registration rebates for desexed dogs
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Objective Strategies Measures
Increase the proportion of • Develop partnerships with local vets to offer • Increase in the
desexed dogs and cats in discounted desexing percentage of
the City • Include information about the National Desexing desexed dogs that are
Network (NDN) on Council’s website registered
• Promote the NDNs National Desexing Month in July • High proportion of all
dogs (born after 1 July
2018) are desexed
• Reduction in the
number of dogs
registered in the ‘non-
standard’ registration
category
Monitor compliance with • Enforce the ‘standard dog’ registration rebate by • Reduction in the
the mandatory desexing requiring proof of desexing for the rebate number of breeders
requirement • Follow up new dog registrations where the dog is identified as non-
registered and is not desexed compliant with
breeder registration
• Increase in the
number of desexed
dog
Breeder registration
Educate residents about Communicate with registered ‘kennel establishments’ Reduction in the number
breeder registration and breeding businesses advising they need to be of breeders identified
requirements registered as a breeder with the DCMB by 1 July 2018 as non-compliant with
breeder registration
Enforce compliance with • Monitor adverts in local newspapers and local Reduction in the number
the breeder registration websites to check if dog and cat advertisements of breeders identified
requirements include breeder registration numbers as non-compliant with
breeder registration
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Wandering at large
Objective Strategies Measures
Reduce the number of • Inform the community (social media and other • Number of events/
dogs found wandering at methods) about events that may cause dogs to warnings posted to
large wander (e.g. fireworks, severe weather, etc.) social media
• Educate property owners on the requirement to • Reduction in the
have adequate fencing to contain dogs number of dogs found
• Educate the community on safe practices when wandering at large
walking dogs in public places • Reduction in the
• Ensure all dogs are registered and identified to number of dogs
enable safe return to their owners impounded
• Ensure 'on-leash' areas are adequately signed • Reduction in the
number of complaints
• Display rules at dog parks regarding effective control about wandering dogs
• Reduction in the
number of complaints
about dogs not
'on-leash' or under
effective control
• SMS option is
available for use
to inform the
community/dog
owners about events
Nuisance barking
Objective Strategies Measures
Reduce the impact of • Educate the community about dealing with a • Reduction in the
barking dogs in the nuisance barking dog in the neighbourhood number of complaints
community (e.g. Council’s investigation process) received
• Provide education to dog owners regarding • Increase the number
nuisance barking offering suggestions to reduce or of methods used to
redirect unwanted behaviour in their dogs distribute information,
• Investigate nuisance barking complaints using e.g. website, social
Council’s standard operating procedure media, local paper,
Gully Grapevine, at
Civic Centre, local
vets, dog clubs
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Dog incidents (attack/harassment)
Objective Strategies Measures
Minimise the risk of • Provide advice to dog owners on dog behaviour, • Reduction in the
dog attack/harassment what to do when they are approached by a dog they number of dog attack/
incidents in the City are unfamiliar with, or a dog presenting aggressive harassment incidents
behaviour that occur over time
• Advise dog owners that no matter what the size or • Reduction in the
breed of the dog, all dogs have the ability to bite number of repeat
• Encourage dog owners to socialise and train their offenders through the
dogs at recognised dog obedience schools use of control orders
• Fully investigate dog incidents reported to Council • Link to GoodDogSA
within agreed time frames and GoodCatSA
websites and
• Use control orders as a tool to prevent re-offending Facebook pages on
• Require owners to attend training with their dog(s) if Council’s website
a control order is issued
• Offer a registration rebate for dogs that are trained
to level two or above
• Analyse collected dog attack data; identify any
trends or common factors and revise management
strategies where appropriate
Public safety/dogs in public places
Objective Strategies Measures
Provide areas of open • Educate the community on safe practices when • Reduction in the
space within the City walking their dogs in public places number of dog
where dogs can be • Consider requests for new 'on-leash' or 'off-leash' incidents that occur in
exercised 'off-leash', dog exercise areas public open space
'on-leash', as well as
areas where dogs are • Regularly inform owners of leash provisions through • Increase the total
website or media articles number of signs
prohibited in the interests erected and number
of the health and safety of • Erection of signage in all 'off-leash', leash required of different locations
the public and 'dogs-prohibited' areas where the signs have
• Undertake regular reviews of open space in the City been installed
available for the exercise of dogs 'off-leash' • Conduct a review of
existing 'off-leash',
'on-leash' and
dogs-prohibited
areas and identify
and implement
any recommended
changes
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Exercise and socialisation
Educate the community • Maintain and promote the City’s dog-friendly parks • Conduct twice-yearly
on the availability of • Promote the benefits of training and socialising dogs education through
suitable areas provided multiple media
for exercising their dogs • Erect signage in all dog exercise areas advertising sources
and the importance of conditions of use, facilities available, etc.
• Increase number of
socialising their pets • Undertake periodic reviews of 'off-leash' dog visits to dog parks by
exercise areas, regarding suitability and effectiveness General Inspectors
of facilities
• Conduct a quarterly
review of dog park
facilities
Impounding and pound facilities
Operate and maintain • Ensure best practice management is followed for the • All impounded dogs
Council's dog pound to a care and transport of seized animals are kept in a safe
high standard of safety • Ensure the equipment in the pound is maintained to environment
a high standard • Workplace safety
• Provide the impounded dogs with beds and review conducted
environment enrichment toys, food and exercise quarterly
during their stay
Facilitate the prompt • Educate dog owners about what happens when • 75 percent of
return of animals to their their dog is impounded and the associated costs impounded dogs are
owners • Maintain a daily register of impounded dogs and reunited with their
ensure photographs of the dogs can be viewed on owners as soon as
Council's website possible
• Ensure that unclaimed dogs are held for at least • Reduction in the
72 hours and that unclaimed dogs are surrendered number of animals
to the Animal Welfare League that need to be
impounded
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Dog faeces management
Maintain a hygienic • Educate the community about the responsibilities • Reduction in numbers
outdoor environment of dog owners to remove animal faeces from public of complaints received
for all members of the places about dog faeces
community • Educate dog owners about the correct way to • Increase the total
dispose of dog faeces collected on their properties number of signs
• Determine sites where dog faeces is a problem and erected and number
erect appropriate signage of different locations
where the signs are
• Install dog tidy bag dispensers and waste bins in installed
locations that have been identified as high-use areas
Cat management
Detention of seized/impounded cats
Nominate a facility where • Hire out cat traps to the community so that residents • All cat cage hirers
seized or impounded cats may capture wondering cats and deliver them to an provided with
may be delivered appropriate facility information on
• Inform the community where they can deliver Council's Cat
unidentified cats when they are caught as part of the Management Policy
hire process prior to cage hire
• Ensure Council's
website provides
information on
nominated facilities
Nuisance cats
Provide animal • Assist residents where practical in the management • Cat Management
management services of nuisance cats Policy reviewed every
that meet the needs • Conduct regular reviews of Council’s Cat three years
of the community and Management Policy • An increased number
encourage responsible of customer requests
cat ownership is dealt with in relation
to cat management
issues
22City of Tea Tree Gully Animal Management Plan 2018–2022
BY-LAWS
Council first endorsed the Dogs By-law 4 in 2008. By-law 4 gives the Council
the ability to manage and control dogs and their access to open space under
its ownership or control within its Council area.
Limit on dog numbers On-leash areas –
cttg.sa.gov.au/Council_documents/By-laws
The limit on the number of dogs kept on properties
is specified in the By-law. In a small property the In all specified reserves with playgrounds, in all flora
limit is one dog and in premises other than a small and fauna reserves, in wetland areas, and in Dry
property, the limit is two dogs. Permission is required Creek and in the Linear Park (except in certain areas),
to keep any dog on any premises if the number of dogs must be exercised 'on-leash'.
dogs on the premises exceeds the limit. Dog-prohibited areas –
Use of open space areas for dogs cttg.sa.gov.au/Council_documents/By-laws
Off-leash areas – Dogs are prohibited from being exercised on
cttg.sa.gov.au/Council_documents/By-laws specified sporting playing surfaces. They may
be exercised 'on-leash' in areas immediately
Council has some designated dog parks and some surrounding playing fields.
sections of Dry Creek and Linear Park have been
allocated for exercising dogs 'off-leash'.
23City of Tea Tree Gully Animal Management Plan 2018–2022 RELATED DOCUMENTS Council’s Strategic Plan Emergency Management Plan Business Continuity Plan By-law 4 Enforcement Policy Cat Management Policy 24
City of Tea Tree Gully Animal Management Plan 2018–2022
APPROVAL AND REVIEW DATES
Endorsed by Council 14 November 2017
Endorsed by Dog & Cat Management Board 15 November 2017
Commencement date 1 January 2018
Review date May 2022
PREPARATION DETAILS
Portfolio Community and Cultural Development
Responsible Director Carol Neil
Department Community Safety
Responsible Officer Craig Hickman, Manager Community Safety
25571 Montague Road, Modbury 5092
PO Box 571, Modbury 5092
Telephone 08 8397 7444
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