Lacombe passes new Responsible Animal Ownership Bylaw

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However, in an effort to encourage Lacombe cat owners to register their pets, Bylaw Enforcement Services will not enforce the new licensing of cats until January of 2020.

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In addition, lifetime licenses for both cats and dogs are also being encouraged through the new bylaw, instead of a yearly license and annual fee.

Diane Piche, Director of Corporate Services for the City of Lacombe, says stray cats have been a concern in the community.

“We do have a few stray cats and maybe some owners that don’t keep their cats in their houses and they get out and do things in other people’s yards,” explains Piche. “So we do feel that was needed to have some enforcement on that. A lot of it is going to end up being more compliance, so we tried to put in a licensing structure that makes it pallatable for the community to go out and license their pets and have some sort of identification for them.”

Piche hopes local pet owners embrace the new bylaw.

“They might find it easier to come register their animals with the City and have that ability that they just do it once,” she explains. “We have record of their microchipping identification in our system and that we’re able to get the anilmal back to the owner if we ever find it. That’s really the main goal, it’s that compliance we’re trying to achieve.”