Dogs in England must be microchipped from 2016

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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on February 6, 2013 at 11:44

Both funny an intriguing. Anyone up for a focus group?

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Permalink Reply by pamish on February 7, 2013 at 12:25

Microchipping is only as useful as the info on the database, which as this report says, is 40% out of date.  The little cat I brought in and eventually re-homed last year was chipped but it took five weeks to track down the new owners who had not updated their form - it had told me she was from Bolton, 200 miles away - she had come here on a narrowboat not Disney-style.  It's probably easy to put made-up data onto the form, so it won't stop those with evil intention from creating a dog-weapon.  But good policy in principle, long overdue. If the database owners could contact the registered holder, say annually, to check info, that would help.

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Permalink Reply by 0j9d0q2iakr5z on February 8, 2013 at 7:25

Unfortunately it won't change much reading status dogs. Who will approach a young roughshod looking guy and scan his dog on the street to see if it is microchipped. I wish this law changes things but unlikely it will be so. Most pet owners microchip their animals for purpose if lost easier to locate the owners. Maybe in time things can change for better.

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