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Premium Content Subscriber only The mauling death of a Maryborough woman has prompted a Mackay councillor to introduce a new fee scale that would reward owners for doing the right thing. Amanda Campbell, 41, was fatally mauled by three unregistered dogs in a horror attack that stunned the state and sparked debate at Mackay council chambers. Councillor Martin Bella suggested a doggy pension scheme be introduced in Mackay that would reward pet owners who annually renewed registration. Cr Bella said the system would remove fees entirely in the dogsâ later years. He suggested that, after a set number of years of annual registration, residents would not have to pay the fee for the remaining duration of their petâs life. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only We asked for you to show us the last pic of your pet and wow did you deliver. From snakes, rabbits and some dogs in very snazzy outfits, here are some of Mackay’s weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful pets. Hundreds of photos were shared on our Facebook call out and each were gorgeous so we narrowed down a selection of the true characters. Photos ....
More than five cats are impounded in Mackay each week as they roam outside property boundaries. Mackay Regional Council Community and Client Services director Angela Hays said out of the 189 cats collected since July, 28 were euthanised because they were too aggressive for rehoming. That equated to about one feral cat being destroyed every 13 days. Mackay residents were now calling for a curfew to stop the free-roaming felines getting their claws on native wildlife. When the Daily Mercury asked readers on Facebook about the idea, all 66 comments were in favour. You can see them come up out of the drains at night where I live, posted Maree Martin while Sammie Joyce wrote she was fed up with wandering cats attacking her indoor cat and annoying her dogs. ....