Dog Attacks

If you need assistance in relation to a dog attack, please contact:

During operating hours contact:
Community Response Officers on 02 4645 4000
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.

For afterhours assistance contact:

Campbelltown City Council afterhours paging service on 02 4645 4000
All other times, including Saturday and Sunday. 

For emergency assistance contact:

Please contact NSW Police on 000 or;
Campbelltown Police on 02 4620 1199
Macquarie Fields Police on 02 9605 0499

Under the Companion Animals Act any person, including a council officer, may seize a stray dog if the dog has attacked a person or animal and the dog is on property owned or occupied by the person seizing the dog (section 18).

In addition, council officers and police have powers to seize a dog which has attacked from the owner's property if the owner is not present and the dog cannot be adequately secured on the property (section 18).