What You Can Do for the Cat Crisis Coalition
Our campaign has been focussed on local councils since early 2006 and we continue to try to point out the benefits of mandatory de-sexing for cats at each council throughout the state of Victoria.In November 2005 the Victorian State Government amended the Domestic Animals Act to require all local councils to compile a Domestic Animal Management (DAM) plan. In these plans council are required to set out what measures they will employ to address the problems of high euthanasia rates and cat overpopulation.
All of the 79 councils have now submitted a plan and the review process is currently still underway. So far we know that 21 of the municipalities have mandated cat de-sexing and we remain hopeful and persistent that more will follow.
Once we have a majority of councils on board we plan to take our case back to the Victorian State Government and urge their further consideration. We have now made contact with and lobbied every local council in Victoria so they all know who we are and what we want. You can help by urging your council to adopt mandatory de-sexing for cats.
The maps below show which councils have introduced mandatory desexing – you can help by checking out the status of your council and writing to them asking them to support this measure if they have not already. There is also a letter you can download and send.
Please help us by letting your Mayor and Councillors know what you want.
Victoria Rural area map
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Melbourne Metropolitan map
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Councils which have adopted Mandatory desexing for cats
- Banyule
- Bass Coast
- Brimbank
- Campaspe
- Cardinia
- Frankston
- Greater Dandenong
- Greater Geelong
- Greater Shepparton
- Kingston
- Knox
- Latrobe
- Melton
- Moorabool
- Mornington Peninsula
- Pyrenees
- Strathbogie
- Wodonga
- Yarra
- Yarra Ranges
- Yarriambiack
If your council is not on this list download our letter below and send it to your local council.
