🙋♀️ Be responsible: Pets are welcome here, but pet owners must be mindful of the need to supervise and manage your pets at all times to protect the environment, local wildlife and your own animals.
🐆 Predators: Leopards and caracals have very occasionally taken cats and small dogs, so please put safeguards in place to protect your pets.
🐒 Baboons: Our local baboon troop is neither aggressive nor scared of pets, but will defend themselves if attacked. Don’t let your pets provoke this kind of encounter.
🐕🦺 Dogs should always be leashed and under your control. Always clean up after your dogs. Never allow your dog to chase, attack or intimidate wildlife, and be careful of ground-nesting birds when on walks – keep to the trails and roads.
🐈⬛ Cats can devastate local populations of small mammals and birds, insects and reptiles. Restrict your cats appropriately so they are unable to hunt wildlife.
⚕️ Sterilisation: Female dogs and cats kept as pets must be sterilised if they are over six months old (per the municipality’s bylaw).
🐾 Vets: The nearest vet clinic is in Kleinmond.
