Hurray say the animals! New website launched!

11 March 2024

Dogs and cats have plenty to cheer about with the Hawkesbury Companion Animal Shelter’s new website just launched! Check it out yourself at https://hawkesburycas.com.au

Council staff have been working hard behind the scenes, paw to computer, to boost adoptions at the Shelter. Thanks to recently introduced shelter management software and the teamwork of Council staff in Information Technology, communications, and the Shelter – the brand-new website offers an enhanced customer experience, whether finding a new pet or looking for a lost one.

Owners can also post stories about their adopted pets, so go online now for some heartwarming stories about pets that have found their forever home. Other sections include upcoming and past pet events, how to donate to the Shelter and Frequently Asked Questions.

It also features new ‘stakeholder lost animal search’ functions, allowing the four other councils that also use the Shelter to embed their lost pets on their own Council website if they wish. This will provide a greater service to the Hawkesbury community, and the communities of the Cumberland, The Hills, Hornsby, and Penrith Local Government Areas that are also serviced by the Shelter.

Coinciding with the new website, the Shelter also has new branded marketing material to heighten awareness and to continue to improve outcomes such as pet adoptions.

Plenty of community engagement has been happening at the Shelter for 2024 with the Kissing Booth for Valentines Day being a great hit with the community, leading to multiple adoptions of dogs and cats.

Hawkesbury residents also benefitted from the free microchipping events held in March, saving residents the cost of microchipping, and ensuring that pets can be linked back to owners if they get lost. Owners are reminded to always keep your details up to date on the pet registry so that the microchip information is current. Also have a collar and tag on pets with a current phone number so that Shelter staff can contact you if your dog is found wandering the streets, saving your pet a trip to the Shelter, and saving you release fees. We want to keep your family together!

The Hawkesbury Companion Animal Shelter will also be engaging with the community at Hawkesbury Fest in July 2024 for Local Government Week at Governor Phillip Park, Windsor, so put it in your calendar to come along, and follow Council’s Facebook and Hawkesbury Events Facebook for updates.

In person, you can always meet a range of friendly dogs and cats seven days a week at the Shelter at 10 Mulgrave Road, Mulgrave, next to the Hawkesbury Community Nursery.

For opening hours and more information, visit https://hawkesburycas.com.au or call 4560 4644.