Killer dog virus on the rise as Isa mayor cracks down

Sept. 27, 2012, midnight

DOG owners have been warned to act responsibly or face the consequences.

Mount Isa Mayor Tony McGrady issued the warning in response to an increase in Canine Parvovirus cases in the city.

Cr Tony McGrady said council would review Mount Isa's dog policy.

"We are looking at the whole of the dog policy, because quite honestly there are genuine dog owners who love their animals and do the right thing such as registering their dogs and having a fence high enough so their dogs can't jump," he said.

"But we have the other people who are making life unbearable in the neighbourhood, simply because they don't care and they think they can just have as many dogs as they like, and they can't."

Cr McGrady said 27 dogs were picked up in a blitz a few weeks ago, an initiative that would continue.

"We are looking at getting council workers out on Saturdays," he said.

"The message we want to send out is that if people think the council work from Monday to Friday, 8 to 4, we have news for them."

He said during the blitz, none of the 27 dogs picked up had shown symptoms of parvovirus, but since then, two of the stray dogs had displayed symptoms.

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Killer dog virus on the rise as Isa mayor cracks down

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