- There's only ever any point in doing it if it's scanned for
properly. I'd advocate the chipping of known feral cats, etc. too.
- Both my cats were micro-chipped from kittens, four years ago. Unfortunately one of my lovely girls went missing recently. I would hope that if found, whatever the outcome, she would be scanned so that I would be informed of her whereabouts. It is very distressing loosing a pet, but you have hope that the chances of finding them are far greater through micro-chipping. However, that is on the understanding that measures will be taken for all found animals to be scanned, and it seems that this doesn't happen nearly often enough. I feel very strongly that microchipping (and indeed, scanning) should be made law.
- All cats should be micro chipped and all cats should be scanned
- USA - I think that this is a worthy cause. I wish the USA had similar legislation, at the state level if not nationally.
- PLEASE PERSUE SCANNING ON LOST AND FOUND ANIMALS
- Microchipping of cats and dogs should definately be made
law and vets should always scan a cat when it first visits their surgery.
- Yes, I believe that all appropriate pets should be microchipped, and that scanning should be standard practice by all vets and rescue agencies. My wife and I believe that a national scheme for registration of pets should be set up and cross-referenced to the Id-chip databases. It should also be law that any RTA involving domestic animals / pets should need to be reported via the national registration scheme - somwhat in line with the current law about reporting accidents with dogs, although I can see that the police would not welcome additional work to handle such a scheme.
- I had my cat microchipped. He was booked in for his appointment but went missing. Luckily, we found him before his appointment and he was subsequently micro-chipped. Unfortunately,m he is now missing again and has been missing for two weeks. I fully support scanning for micro chips and hope that it will happen if someone finds and takes my cat to the vets. In fact, if it were possible, I'd support the use of tracking devices to alleviate the distress of not knowing what has happened to my beautiful little boy.
- My pets are micro chipped and i would be horrified and disgusted that i didn't get one back just because someone can't be bothered to scan them, it should be the first thing you do
- I take comfort in the fact that as a responsible owner my cats are microchipped. I assume that if something happened to them including being killed by a car the chip would be scanned and so I would know what had happened to the cat which is very special to me. I therefore agree that all vets and councils should scan for chips for stray animals and for traffic accidents
- We scan every cat that comes into our surgery, however most are not chipped, if they were it would be beneficial to both owner and cat. I think evey animal should be microchipped putting responsibility onto owners when they aquire them.
- I totally agree with the statements above, and fully support the plea for automatic scanning and for this to be included in veterinary training.
Having recently lost my cat, which was not microchipped, I now realise the full value of it. Good luck with your campaign.
- it should be made the first part stage of getting any animal
- I agree that microchipping should be made law for all domestic animals. i agree also, that measures should be taken to ensure that everyone dealing with lost & found animals should, as part of their compulsary routine, scan each animal brought in to them. vets also, should scan any 'new' client incase it is a stolen animal. if they find one with a microchip, a discreet call to the database would tell the vet that he has a stolen/lost dog in his surgery.
- Day after day I read about cats (and dogs)that fail to be reunited with their heartbroken owners even when the warden or vet has the facilities readily available. If pet owner like can be educated to get them microchipped then surely the vet training system can include it in the syllabus.
One thing I have heard is that there is at least 3 systems running throughout europe and therefore some scanners cannot read certain chips, could they be universal?
It is also important in terms of legal settlements when new owners have no proof the pet they adopted truly belongs the the person claiming ownership. Lastly, I hope that those who insert these microchips are trained to do so with care and compassion or get it done while the pet is anaethesised for another condition to avoid trauma to the pet.
- microchipping could be a reliable way of reuniting
lost/stolen pets but the system is faulted by humans not checking for id.
It is hardly a big problem to merely run a scanner over an incoming animal
and yet it is not done consistently. The whole process could be so much
more successful if done properly.
- What is the point of us doing all we can to ensure the safe return of our beloved companions when the authorities can't be bothered to perform a short and simple task like scanning. When will this be made law to help those who are distressed over the loss of a loved one. Loving owners are doing all they can, why are so many people doing so little to help when they are in the best position to be able to. The scan might take a whole thirty seconds to complete, but this would save the vets/pounds/police etc so much time and effort compared to the time and cost of holding the poor lost souls.
For the sake of the poor lost souls and their loving owners, MAKE THIS LAW NOW.
- We have picked up a cat that was microchipped but cannot trace the owner as the address and phone numbers with the pet register are no longer available and the owner is no longer at the address - we have tried to locate her although it is a county away from where the cat was found.
- Please scan every unknown animal. AJ
- It is vital that Microchipping be made law and sooner rather than later, but more importantly it is essential that Vets scan animals in their practise. My cat was microchipped when she went missing, we did everything in our power to find her including calling all the vets in the vicinity. Approximately 3 weeks later, i received a telephone call from a lady who told me she had bad news. She was also a cat owner, her cat was in the habit of wandering but one evening as she drove home she saw a cat which had been run over near to her home. It was too late to save the cat, so she took it to the vets to have it cremated. The night she telephoned me her cat turned up, it was at this point she realised what had happened. She had seen the posters we had put up regarding my missing cat and called me to let me now what had happened. Admittedly, there were some coincidences regarding both cats, they were both black and lived in very close proximity. Yet hers was male, unchipped, mine was a chipped, neutered female. She found the cat 15 minutes after the last time i saw mine on the night she went missing. A simple scan would have saved a lot of heartache for both owners.
- Please scan every unknown animal
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