The Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 requires that all dogs and cats throughout the shire must be registered.  The Act also requires that all cats and dogs must be microchipped when purchased or given away.

Your most important responsibilities as a dog owner are:

• register your dog before they reach three months of age and every year after that
• ensure your dog always wears its collar and tag
• walk your dog on a lead when in a public place, except in off-leash areas
• keep your dog quiet (see barking dogs)
• keep your dog in your yard
• don’t let your dog attack or frighten people or animals (see dangerous , menacing and restricted dogs)
• pick up after your dog when it is in a public place
• Queensland Government legislation now requires your dog to be microchipped in certain circumstances.

Council encourages residents to consider the benefits of desexing pets in an aim to reduce the breeding and to prevent unwanted kittens or puppies being abandoned.

State Government Animal Management Act Introduction
The State Government has introduced the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008. This Act regulates the way that Councils in Queensland manage aggressive dogs, registration of cats and dogs, de-sexing incentives and the requirement to microchip animals.

Working Dogs

Registration is compulsory for all dogs and cats; however exemptions apply to 'working dogs'? A working dog is classified by the below criteria: 

(A) Means a dog usually kept or proposed to be kept -
      (i) on rural land; and
      (ii) by an owner who is a primary producer, or a person engaged or employed by a primary producer; and
      (iii) primarily for the purpose of -
            (a) droving, protecting, tending, or working, stock; or
            (b) being trained in droving, protecting, tending, or working, stock; and
(B) Does not include a class of dog prescribed under a regulation.

Animal Registration Fees