FAQs

Keep your cat enclosed by doing-it-yourself and installing cat proof fencing or adding a cat enclosure to your house or shed. Or keep your best buddy inside.

Not at all, cats don’t need to roam to live a healthy life. If their basic needs are met, cats will enjoy long and healthy lives.

It’s important that you register your cat with Council so it can be returned home.

Council will always try to return a lost cat to its home by checking if it’s registered and has microchip details. If the owner can’t be reached, it will be taken to Animal Aid – Council’s animal shelter in Sale.

 Once there the wonderful team at Animal Aid will try to track down the owners or find the cat a new family as soon as they can.

If a cat is taken to the animal shelter, there will be a fee to organise its release. Fees depend on whether the cat was registered or desexed when it was found.

If a cat curfew is introduced, owners will have six months to get used to it. During this time cats will be returned whenever possible, with the owner receiving a warning.

 After a six month amnesty, the owner may receive a fine for any repeat offences.

If you find a nuisance cat on your property you should always try to talk to the owner.

 If you try this and can’t resolve the issue, you can use a box or carrier to secure the cat and drop it off to Animal Aid in Sale. You can also contact Council to collect the cat for you.