Animal Management Plan
Rockhampton Regional Council adopted the Animal Management Plan 2025-2030(PDF, 21MB) at an Ordinary Meeting on 9th September 2025.
Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to:
- empower responsible pet ownership through education
- provide service excellence in animal management
- ensure places and spaces are safe, sustainable, accessible and environmentally friendly
- build capacity for council and the community to work together
- guide and strengthen partnerships
- cultivate creative and innovative approaches and technologies that support harmonious co-existence between people, pets and places
Overview
Council recognises that pets play an important role in many people's day-to-day lives in our community, providing companionship and benefiting overall health and wellbeing.
The Animal Management Plan aims to ensure that people and pets can live harmoniously in our community. The Plan recognises and carefully balances the needs of pets, pet owners and those who don’t own pets. It is designed to respond strategically to community needs as a whole and help protect the natural environment that makes the Rockhampton Region such a special place to live, work and invest.
The plan provides the direction Council’s animal management services and initiatives will follow over the next five years and our approach to measuring and reporting on our progress.