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Te tiaki kararehe pāmu Keeping livestock animals
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Check if you can keep livestock on your property
Find out where you can keep livestock and the rules that cover keeping livestock in urban and rural areas.
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Your legal responsibilities when keeping livestock
The legal responsibilities (under the Animal Management 2015 bylaw) that must be fulfilled when keeping livestock.
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Where livestock can graze
What you'll need to graze your livestock on public parks or road reserves.
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Slaughtering animals and disposing of animal remains
Rules on the slaughter of livestock and poultry and information on how to dispose of animal remains.
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Report wandering and missing livestock
How to report missing or lost livestock sighted on state highways and Auckland motorways.