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Auckland Council is calling for dog owners to register their dogs or renew their registrations by August 1 to help pay for animal management, including a 24-hour a day response to dog incidents, and providing dog shelters.
Its figures suggest that just under half (48.5 percent) of Hibiscus Coast dogs are currently registered. Dog registration is a legal requirement, but numbers are down this year, just as animal management services are in more demand. Auckland-wide, 41 percent of dogs were registered (as at July 11) compared with 63 percent at the same time last year. Last year, more than 50 percent of the dogs that ended up in council shelters were unregistered, making it difficult to reunite them with their owners.
Auckland Council’s Animal Management manager Elly Waitoa says dog registration is a user-pays service – fees help cover the cost of keeping Aucklanders and their dogs, safe from dog-related nuisance and harm. Dog registration online www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/dogs-animals/register-your-dog/Pages/renew-registration-for-dog.aspx or visit a service centre. Dog owners who don’t register their animals risk a $300 fine and potential impounding of their dog.
