Auckland Council has a role in looking after animals across the region, including registering, identifying and protecting against pests, helping Aucklanders adopt and even looking after our own farm animals.
Auckland's dogs
There are 112,530 dogs across the region registered with Auckland Council.
We've published a list of the most popular pooch names in Auckland this year - does your top the list?
We also have dogs working for us, rooting out the region's pests to help us protect our environment. You can read more about two of our newest recruits here.
For more information about dog registration, visit the Auckland Council website. For great places to walk your dog this summer, check out this OurAuckland article.
Te Whare Kararehe o Tāmaki Makaurau
Auckland Zoo / Te Whare Kararehe o Tāmaki Makaurau is currently home to 153 different species and 1701 individual animals
The oldest animal at Auckland Zoo is a female Galapagos tortoise called Snapper, who is 51 years old.
For more information about visiting the animals at Auckland Zoo, visit the Auckland Zoo website.
Farming life
Auckland Council has nearly 1500 hectares of working coastal pastures across our 18 (farmed) regional parks. There are around 400 cattle and 5500 ewes who live on our farms across the region.
One great place to visit some of these animals is Ambury Farm. This regional park lies along the coast of the Manukau Harbour in the suburb of Mangere Bridge. You can take in various farm animals as you wander around the farm including: sheep, goats, cows, pigs, pet lambs (in season), chickens, turkey, rabbits and peacocks.
For a list of places where you can visit and enjoy our farm animals, visit the viewing farm animals page of the Auckland Council website.
Animal shelters
A total of 372 dogs were adopted from our Animal Shelters between July 2019 - June 2020.
To see the animals currently available for adoption, please visit our adoption page.
