MILDURA Council has attributed animal welfare initiatives to increasingly better outcomes for dogs and cats.

Data revealed in the Domestic Animal Management Plan 2017-2021 showed a reduction in dog and cat impounding over the last three years.

In 2016-17, Mildura Animal Pound received 1116 dogs, but the figure fell to 918 in the 2018-19 financial year.

Similarly, the pound recorded 877 cats in ...