Education - Local Gov
Local Government, Shire, and Council Resources
AMRRIC is currently looking into producing a manual for local government, shires and councils on best practice dog management programs. A scoping process has been completed but the rest of the project is unfunded.
In the meantime, we have assembled some resources below.
| Dogs in culture | Health, disease and Zoonosis | ||
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Caring for Country
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Population Management |
Behaviour: Aggression, Barking, and Bites
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You can learn more about dogs in culture through ARDS Watuwal malangur ga nhina (Living with dogs) DVD . It talks about the importance of dogs in Yolngu Dreaming and Yolngu traditions of looking after dogs. This DVD is specific for people living in eastern Arnhem land: other Indigenous people have different beliefs, though some are similar. ARDS also publishes Richard Trudgen’s book ‘Why Warriors Lie Down And Die’, which is a great introduction for whitefellas wanting to work in Indigenous communities. It explores Indigenous cultural concept s of health, communication issues, community development and health education.
Our Zoonoses fact sheets present one page summary information on disease that are shared or spread between people and dogs
We are developing fact sheets exploring laws and bylaws too. Currently we are working on:
- By laws – 2 dogs per house
- Fencing and Roaming
- The Animal Welfare Act explained
Guidelines for Communities setting up dog health programs
- Guiding Principles of Appropriate Dog Health Programs
- Components of Sustainable Dog Health Programs
- Guidelines for communities seeking veterinary services
Understand the effect of different population management options in this 6 minute powerpoint show. Coming soon!
We are currently seeking funding to better research this area in Indigenous communities. For an overview of dog bites see the dog bite fact sheet.
