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The City of Whyalla is taking it to the streets.
Council will be conducting the first of its ‘pop-up’ information stalls on Wednesday at the foreshore. The stall will be on the grassy area in front of the playground from 10am to noon (Wednesday, January 31).
The idea of the stalls is to further connect with the community and provide more opportunities for residents to find out information about council services or ask general questions about the city. The theme of Wednesday’s stall will be dog and cat legislation but the compliance officers in attendance will be able offer advice in other areas.
Any questions they don’t have answers for, will be recorded and put through the council’s regular customer enquiry online form.
To celebrate the first of the pop-up stalls, the council officers will hand out dog and cat ‘show bags’ with stickers, a pen, dog owners handbook, other information and handy pamphlets.
“It is all about getting as much information as possible about council services to the public in an accessible manner,” City of Whyalla Compliance Officer Katrina Popplewell said.
“Not everyone has time to come in to the Civic Building, so we want to come to the residents to provide this service.
“Come along and have a chat, grab a show bag, find out what you need to know about dog and cat laws and how best to look after your pets or any other general questions you might have.”
The pop-up stalls will happen regularly and will move around the city with different themes but with the same aim of providing information and answering questions.
The dog and cat theme of Wednesday’s stall is a timely one with the new dog and cat laws coming in this year.
From July 1 all dogs and cats must be microchipped and registered with council. Expiation notices will be issued to owners who fail to meet legislative requirements.
The new animal laws also include compulsory desexing of all dogs and cats born from that day with all persons wishing to breed requiring to be registered breeders. Heavy fines will apply for people keeping dogs and cats that are not desexed if they are not registered breeders.
All dogs will be required to be desexed by six months but there’s exemptions for working livestock dogs.
For more information on animal management in Whyalla go to http://www.whyalla.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=805 or just come down to the foreshore on Wednesday morning.
PICTURE: City of Whyalla Compliance Officer Katrina Popplewell with the show bags that will be handed out on Wednesday.