Cats and dogs don't always see eye to eye, but their owners will have cause for celebration after the opening of Logan City Council's new Community Desexing and Microchipping Clinic opened this week.
The clinic, which is based at Council's Animal Management Centre, offers discounted pet desexing and microchipping to pensioner concession, healthcare card holders and veteran gold card holders.
Animals and City Standards Committee Chairman, Councillor Graham Able (Division 5) said the new initiative was a major boost in the battle to control unwanted pet breeding.
"What this new clinic provides is affordable desexing and microchipping to residents in Logan who might normally not have been able to pay for it through their vet," he said.
The desexing and microchipping clinic is also good news for pets. Of the 2105 cats that were impounded in Logan during the last financial year, 1546 had to be euthanased. Nearly 30% of impounded dogs were also put down. The new facility has a strong focus on rehousing impounded animals.
The state government contributed $84,000 towards the clinic, as part of its Managing Unwanted Cats and Dogs pilot study. The two year initiative involves Logan City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Gold Coast and Townsville City Councils, and aims to encourage responsible pet ownership by increasing the number of cats and dogs being de-sexed.
The clinic is equipped with a surgery area and two recovery rooms and is operated by the Combined Vets of Logan City, in partnership with 21 Logan veterinary clinics.
Logan City Council's Community Desexing and microchipping clinic is open to the public on Monday, September 28. The clinic will be open 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 12pm on Saturday. Bookings will be taken from Monday, September 21 and can be made by telephoning the clinic on 3209 3220