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Council officers can issue fines.under sections under 145 and 145A Protection of the Environment (Operations) Act 1997 (NSW). section 145A(2) states that aggravation means circumstances in which the litter deposited by the alleged offender (a) caused or contributed to appreciable danger or harm to any persons, animals, premises or property,
Pests attracted by cat-food are an appreciable danger to people due to dangerous diseases transmitted by pests to people. The Cat Protection Society’s audit report admits this.
The majority of cats and kittens coming to us are strays without access to clean water and food, so it is not surprising that we saw 201 cases of coccidia, 138 of campylobacter, 109 of giardia and 18 cases of salmonella (please note one cat can be a ‘case’ in multiple categories, eg have both giardia and campylobacter). Faecal screens also revealed 205 cases of roundworm, five cases of tapeworm, four cases of flatworm and 31 cases of hookworm.