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Fact sheets

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Fact Sheet - Keeping animals in Indigo Shire(PDF, 92KB)

Very Edible Gardens - A Beginner's Guide to Keeping Chickens in Urban Areas(PDF, 3MB)

RSPCA Victoria - Caring for your bird

RSPCA Victoria - Reptiles and frogs

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2 Kurrajong Way
PO Box 28
Beechworth VIC 3747
1300 365 003

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101 Ford Street, Beechworth
34 High Street, Yackandandah
40 Conness Street, Chiltern
153 High Street, Rutherglen

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