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DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-cat-owners-could-face-fine-if-they-dont-microchip-pet_uk_64e5eca0e4b0306c321b4fc5 

Hopefully it’s a step in the direction of improved welfare for cats and gardeners alike 😊 


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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    How would this be checked or enforced? Vets won't want to risk animal welfare by being involved and if an unchipped cat is found how will they know who owns it?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    They can't really enforce fines for dog fouling either, but it sends a good message
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2023
    Presumably if someone finds a cat on their property and its owner can’t be identified via a legally required chip then it has no owner so it goes to a Rescue place for chipping and rehiring. 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2023
    Bu$$eration @pansyface … flamin auto-wotsit!!! 

    I meant rehoming of course!!! 🤣 

    it’s not just vets who have the thingummies that read the chips … there are several folk around here who volunteer/work with cat welfare charities who have the equipment and will scan a found cat (alive, dead or injured) to identify the owner. 

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Dovefromabove said:
    https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-cat-owners-could-face-fine-if-they-dont-microchip-pet_uk_64e5eca0e4b0306c321b4fc5 

    Hopefully it’s a step in the direction of improved welfare for cats and gardeners alike 😊 

    Yes. Our recently-rescued ones were already chipped, we just had to log on to a website and register their new address and human's details.
    Our old boy wasn't chipped but he was getting very frail and clearly near the end of his days, and we thought (correctly as it turned out) that he wouldn't last until next June so we didn't subject him to the stress of an extra trip to the vets to be chipped. They're all indoor cats anyway.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    wild edges said:
    How would this be checked or enforced? Vets won't want to risk animal welfare by being involved and if an unchipped cat is found how will they know who owns it?
    Easy, if it's unchipped, it's put to sleep. Sorted
    Devon.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    Dovefromabove said:
    Presumably if someone finds a cat on their property and its owner can’t be identified via a legally required chip then it has no owner so it goes to a Rescue place.

    .... in the Hebrides, yes.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    edited August 2023
    wild edges said:
    How would this be checked or enforced? Vets won't want to risk animal welfare by being involved and if an unchipped cat is found how will they know who owns it?

    @wild edges that is precisely the problem with dogs too.  Fat lot of use having a law which requires a dog or cat to be microchipped when it's the feckless who won't comply.  How then does anybody prove that an out of control animal does belong to a particular person?  Caring owners will generally want their animal to be microchipped so they can get it back if it goes missing.
    There is a problem identifying pets which have been microchipped as apparently there is not a single database containing the information.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    edited August 2023
    Certainly, around here most local cats and dogs are known - broadly where they live and who owns them. It doesn't mean we can do much about problems. But it does help to be able to put a bit of pressure on people to get their act together. People in towns and cities would have more of a problem with anonymity.

    Quite a number of local cats and dogs are unneutered, which tends to cause fights. I don't get why people don't do it. Is it cost? I imagine many are not vaccinated or chipped either. If you see a staffie coming towards you around my area, you can almost guarantee it's a he and uncut. I guess they are ludicrous symbols of male virility - the dog and the nuts.

    Someone recently tried to cat two uncut toms who fight and yowl every night, all night. There was the hope to take them to the vets and check if they had chips but they proved impossible to catch.

  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    At the end of the day there are responsible pet owners and irresponsible pet owners whether you are referring to  cats, dogs or anything else.
    No amount of harping on about it will change the situation - even legislation will not solve the problem without strict and ongoing enforcement which is unlikely to happen in the near ( or even distant ) future..  Some people have nous, others don't.
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