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No person allowed to keep more than 2 dogs in high density areas
18 Feb 2015 at 22:26hrs | Views
NOTICE TO ALL DOG OWNERS
The City of Bulawayo has noted that there is an increasing number of rabies positive dogs and people who are bitten by stray dogs in the city.
Dog owners and the general public are hereby advised that, in terms of the Bulawayo (Dog Licensing and Control by Laws.
1. No person shall keep in the council area more than two dogs on any property measuring less than 2,000 square meters.
2. No person shall allow his dog(s) to roam outside his premises without restraint.
3. Dogs shall only be kept where the property is securely fenced / walled and gated. (Hedge is not permissible.)
4. Dogs within Council area shall be vaccinated against rabies and licensed.
Please be advised that the City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Republic Police , Department of Veterinary Field Services and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) will be enforcing a TIE UP ORDER as from 23 February 2015 to 22 April 215. All stray dogs found during this period will be shot.
Dog owners with premises that are not secure are required to render their premises secure and those with more than the permissible number are advised to surrender the excess dogs to SPCA,Magazine Road, Thorngrove , before 23 February 2015.
S ZHOU
ACTING TOWN CLERK
The City of Bulawayo has noted that there is an increasing number of rabies positive dogs and people who are bitten by stray dogs in the city.
Dog owners and the general public are hereby advised that, in terms of the Bulawayo (Dog Licensing and Control by Laws.
1. No person shall keep in the council area more than two dogs on any property measuring less than 2,000 square meters.
2. No person shall allow his dog(s) to roam outside his premises without restraint.
4. Dogs within Council area shall be vaccinated against rabies and licensed.
Please be advised that the City of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Republic Police , Department of Veterinary Field Services and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) will be enforcing a TIE UP ORDER as from 23 February 2015 to 22 April 215. All stray dogs found during this period will be shot.
Dog owners with premises that are not secure are required to render their premises secure and those with more than the permissible number are advised to surrender the excess dogs to SPCA,Magazine Road, Thorngrove , before 23 February 2015.
S ZHOU
ACTING TOWN CLERK
Source - Acting Town Clerk
