Windhoek approves new dog registration and licensing rules

The City of Windhoek has approved new dog control regulations, introducing mandatory registration, licensing fees and stricter measures to manage stray and dangerous dogs.

Dog owners have welcomed this, saying it would help the authorities deal with uncontrolled dogs and keep the public and the city’s dogs safe.

The regulations, which were approved during a council meeting on 25 June, introduces mandatory dog registration, licensing fees, fitness certificates, stricter leash requirements, provisions for impoundment and adoption, and managing dangerous dogs.

Under the new framework if gazetted, owners of a first sterilised dog would pay N$50 per year upon proof of sterilisation, while those with an unsterilised dog would pay N$100 per year.

Owners of a fourth sterilised dog would pay N$300, while those with an unsterilised fourth dog would have to fork out N$400 per year.