We welcome this consultation but we don’t want this to end up the same way as the Compulsory Microchipping of Dogs fiasco, which fails owners searching for their missing microchipped pets!

Microchip databases need to work to help and protect missing microchipped pets and unless the microchip system is supported 100% by the veterinary professionals the whole system remains not fit for purpose.

#FernsLaw petition has listed all the problems that need to be changed to make Compulsory Microchipping for dogs and cats work! Read more:- http://chng.it/pKPKg255

How to respond:

To respond to this call for evidence please email AnimalWelfare.Consultations@defra.gov.uk including any supporting documents. The closing date for evidence is 5pm on 4 January 2020. Postal submissions can be made to:

Animal Welfare Team
Area 2D Nobel House
17 Smith Square,
London
SW1P 3JR

These must be received by the department before the closing date.
(This consultation closes at
5pm on 4 January 2020)

In your response please state whether you are replying on behalf of an organisation or as a member of the public.

If you are replying on behalf of an organisation or organisations:

•which organisation(s)?
•what is your name and position?
•what is your email address?

Due to the time constraints of this call for evidence, if you are a membership organisation it would be of great assistance if responses could be collated on behalf of your members and provided as one submission.

Read more:- https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/microchipping-cats-in-england-call-for-evidence