Impounding Livestock Policy

This policy has been developed to ensure the safety of Impounding Officers who are at risk when attending to straying stock. The policy outlines the primary objectives of the Impounding Officer and their roles and responsibilities in ensuring not only their own safety but the safety of the public when managing a call out by ensuring they are appropriately equipped and trained. This policy also outlines how impounding officers should manage an overturned stock carrier, ensure the welfare of stock, minimise the spread of disease and appropriately destroy and dispose of injured stock as required by the Impounding Act.