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Owning a cat comes with important responsibilities. You must ensure your cat does not cause a nuisance to neighbours or damage their property.
If a neighbour asks you to stop your cat entering their property, you must take steps to keep your cat at home. Council may issue a notice of objection or impound a cat that repeatedly trespasses.
Council has adopted a night-time cat curfew in November 2025, which requires cats to stay on their owner’s property between 7pm and 6am.
A 12-month transition period will focus on education and support before the curfew begins in late-2026.
Keeping your cat at home at night helps:
Across Victoria, thousands of unowned cats are impounded each year, and many cannot be rehomed due to poor health or limited shelter capacity.
Council supports the Who’s For Cats? campaign, which encourages Victorians to help lost or unowned cats find safe, loving homes.
If you’re feeding an unowned cat or have found a stray, please contact our Civic Compliance team on 9524 3333. We can provide advice on:
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