Cats and Dogs collected by council during working hours will be checked for a microchip and council registration tag. Registered cats and dogs will, where possible be re-united with the owners. Unregistered animals will be taken to council's pound.
If a dog or cat is collected after-hours, including weekends and public holidays, it will be collected by Council’s after-hours animal collection contractor and taken to the pound, where it will be housed overnight.
Once an animal is at the pound, pound staff will look to identify the animal through its council registration tag, microchip number or name tag if its wearing one and then make every effort to trace the animals owner so that it can be reunited.
A pound release fee applies to every animal that is taken to the pound. This is a council fee that is set by council and collected by the pound on our behalf. There may also be infringements issued to the owners of animals taken to the pound.