State law requires that all dogs in New Jersey be licensed. Municipalities in each state are tasked with enforcing the licensing laws and collecting the fees for the state. Voorhees further requires the licensing of cats in the township.
There are many benefits to licensing your pet and placing a registration tag on its collar:
– Licensed dogs/cats are vaccinated against rabies (with some exceptions explained
below), and those with current license tags on their collars are considered generally
protected from the disease.
– A licensed animal that wanders off the owner’s property or gets lost can be traced
and quickly returned to its owner by animal control officers.
– When people are bitten by a licensed dog/cat, the owner is usually found, and the
animal is placed under a 10-day confinement and observation that will prevent the
bite victim from rabies.
– Dog licensing is mandatory in all New Jersey municipalities and the licensing fee is
much less than the fines and penalties for having unlicensed dogs. Cat licensing is
required by Voorhees Township and the same dog licensing requirements apply,
except for the valid date of a rabies vaccination.
– License fees support animal control, animal sheltering and rabies control activities
within the municipality.
– Dog licensing fees help fund testing of suspect rabid wildlife, the free state-sponsored
municipal rabies vaccination clinics and the state operated low-cost spay and neuter
program. The free rabies clinic for Voorhees Township is May 3, 9 a.m. to noon, at
the Lions Lake Community Center, 101 Dutchtown Road.
Licenses are valid from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of each year and cost $12 for a
spayed/neutered dog or cat and $15 for a non-spayed/non-neutered dog/cat. Voorhees Township
extends the deadline to obtain the license to May 10 of each year. Licenses obtained after that date
will incur an additional $25 late fee, which is capped at 2 pets.
For more information, contact the township clerk’s office at
(856) 429-7757 or email dober@VoorheesNJ.com
Voorhees Township Public Service Outreach will take place from Monday through Friday, Feb. 28, at the Lions Lake Complex. For any inquiries, contact socialmedia@voorheesnj.com
