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(2) Domestic Animal Services (DAS) separated from the Licensing and Compliance (L&C) section of TCCS in 2018-19. Following this separation, a number of positions within the L&C team and within DAS are responsible for providing dog management services across the ACT.
The number of rangers employed full time by DAS for the last five financial years is listed below:
|
No of Full Time Rangers. | |
|
2019-20 |
16 |
|
2018-19 |
14 |
|
2017-18 |
16 |
|
2016-17 |
6 |
|
2015-16 |
8 |
(3) The DAS full time employee are as in response (2), there have been no part-time or casual staff for the periods listed.
(4) DAS has staff who support a range of duties including customer service, licensing and permits administration, kennel management, education and animal welfare community support, volunteer management and investigation services.
(5) The number of staff who performed duties as described in (4) excluding ranger services are listed below:
|
Support |
Senior Director | |
|
2019-20 |
16 |
1 |
|
2018-19 |
12 |
1 |
|
2017-18 |
12 |
1 |
|
2016-17 |
9 |
1 |
|
2015-16 |
7 |
1 |
(6) The DAS Ranger team continues to grow to enable and support DAS’ ability to respond to calls to ensure community safety. Complaints or emergency calls are prioritised by risk with teams needing to travel between locations. DAS is looking to implement satellite response teams to improve service availability to the community.
(7) DAS frequently assesses resourcing requirements in relation to staff as needed and ensures current and new staff are trained to better service the community. In addition, our education strategy is currently being deployed to raise awareness of domestic animal welfare. It is intended that this approach will promote more responsible pet ownership and management resulting in a safer community.
(8) If DAS receives notification that an animal that has been declared dangerous is moving to a new jurisdiction, it is obliged to inform the gaining jurisdiction of that animal’s status.
(9) DAS communicates with regional councils to ensure all animals are managed appropriately.
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