DRAFT Domestic Animal Management Plan 2021 - 2025 DOCUMENT HISTORY Date Author Draft DAMP Version 1 29 October 2021 Allie Jalbert Draft DAMP 2 24 November 2021 Allie Jalbert Final DAMP Approved DOCUMENT HISTORY Initial Draft Second Draft Version Date Author Table of Contents 1 2 Introduction............................................................................................................4 1.1 What is a Domestic Animal Management Plan?.........................................4 1.2 Why have a plan?...................................................................................... 5 1.3 How does the plan fit with the Council Plan?.............................................5 1.4 Other relevant legislation that guides animal management......................5 1.5 How does the plan fit with State Policy objectives?...................................5 Our Framework......................................................................................................6 2.1 Vision for the next four years.....................................................................6 3 Our Shire................................................................................................................7 4 How we developed this plan..................................................................................8 5 6 7 4.1 Review of the previous plan.......................................................................8 4.2 Community Consultation........................................................................... 9 4.3 What you told us........................................................................................ 9 4.4 The current status – 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021......................................10 4.5 Animal Management Staffing and Structure............................................12 Training of Authorised Officers.............................................................................13 5.1 Current Situation...................................................................................... 13 5.2 Current and Ongoing Training Activities...................................................13 5.3 Our Plans................................................................................................. 14 Registration and Identification..............................................................................15 6.1 Current Situation...................................................................................... 15 6.2 Registration History................................................................................. 16 6.3 Our Orders, Local Laws, Council Policies and Procedures........................16 6.3.1 Local Law:..................................................................................................................... 16 6.3.2 Council Policies and Procedures..................................................................................16 6.4 Current Education and Promotion Activities.............................................16 6.5 Current Compliance Activities..................................................................17 6.6 Summary................................................................................................. 17 6.7 Our Plans................................................................................................. 18 Responsible Pet Ownership and Reducing Nuisance.........................................19 Draft Domestic Animal Management Plan 2021 - 2025 Page |1 7.1 Current situation...................................................................................... 19 7.2 Our Orders, Local Laws, Council Policies and Procedures........................20 7.2.1 Council Order and Local Law........................................................................................20 7.3 Current Education and Promotion Activities.............................................21 7.4 Current Compliance Activities..................................................................22 7.5 Summary................................................................................................. 22 7.6 Our Plans................................................................................................. 23 8 Dog Attacks..........................................................................................................26 8.1 Current Situation..