Lost and Impounded Animals

• Release Penalty (Registered Cats and Dogs): $160.00 (First Impoundment)
• Release Penalty (Registered Cats and Dogs): $190.00 (Subsequent Impoundment)
• Release Penalty (Cats and Dogs Unregistered): $190.00
• Release Penalty Small Cattle (Incl. sheep, goats and pigs): $87.00 for 1st animal, $45.50 per subsequent animal
• Release Penalty Large Cattle (Incl. cattle and horses): $140.00 for 1st animal, $45.50 per subsequent animal
• Sustenance fee, per day per animal - fee may be increased dependent on seasonal availability: $18.00 Small Livestock (Incl. Sheep, goats and pigs), $26.00 Large Livestock (Incl. Cattle and horses)

If you wish to adopt an animal, please contact the Pound or visit the Animal Aid website.

All animals have been temperament tested to ascertain if they are suitable for adoption.  

All dogs and cats are vaccinated, de-sexed, microchipped and registered prior to adoption.

If you have found a lost pet please contact Wellington Shire Council.

Council Officers will then arrange a suitable time to collect the animal.

The Domestic Animals Act 1994 requires owners to ensure their cats and dogs are controlled when in public and contained when at home.

• Wherever possible, stray animals collected by Council Officers that are currently microchipped and registered will be returned to their owners if it is the first recorded instance of straying.
• Wherever possible, stray animals collected by Council Officers that are currently microchipped and registered will be returned to their owners and a verbal or official warning issued on the second recorded instance of straying.
• Stray animals collected by a Council Officer, with a recorded history of straying on more than two previous occasions will be taken to the Wellington Shire Council Pound and Animal Aid Shelter and an infringement notice may be issued to the owner. A release fee will also be required for their retrieval. If you have lost an animal or pet, please contact the pound.