L15. Practicing and promoting responsible pet ownership - lets keep cats indoors and control dogs around wildlife
Promoting responsible pet ownership for wildlife conservation in urban areas
"Keeping cats safe at home protects and allows native wildlife to flourish"
Zoos Victoria and RSPCA have a joint initiative - ‘Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife’, that provides many useful resources to build a community of cat owners that can provide their pets with long and happy lives by keeping them indoors. Keeping cats safe indoors protects and allows native wildlife to flourish, whilst also reducing the risk of injury and death of cats from road accidents, fights and disease.
Similarly, keeping your dog on a leash in urban green spaces reduces disturbance for many ground-dwelling urban wildlife and ensures that our local parks are friendlier for those within our communities who are nervous around dogs. Also, don’t forget to pick up their poo!
Sign up at Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife