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Animal rights group encourage microchipping

Animal Campaigns | 20.05.2011 08:03

Animal Campaigns, the fast growing animal rights group, has encouraged responsible pet owners to get their animals microchipped.

Yesterday, a young Staffordshire Bull Terrier was picked up off the streets by an animal rights campaigner. When the campaigner tried to scan for a microchip, there was not one. If the animal was handed into the local authorities care after straying, the dog may have been killed.

"It's just disgraceful. You're doing the right thing by getting a microchip. Also microchips are inexpensive so there is just no excuse. You could be sentencing your dog to death." says animal rights campaigner Jake Knight.

Two campaigners went house to house to see if anybody have lost their dog in the neighbourhood. Quite luckily while doing house to house a woman approached and claimed the dog.

This dog had no identification tag nor a collar.

"You can be fined £5000 if your dog does not wear an identification tag. I feel it is necessary as a responsible pet owner to get your dog an identification tag and have your dog microchipped. There is no excuse." says animal rights campaigner Jake Knight.

Att: picture of Lady, the straying STB

Animal Campaigns
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Comments

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Not just pets

20.05.2011 12:45

The benefits of RFID microchipping are not only for pets. Have your children chipped and if they are found by the police when they wander they can be scanned and brought home. Hopefully with an on the spot fine. Otherwise Social Services might have them re-homed or even killed!

David Blunkett

Don't forget the elderly!

20.05.2011 13:06

Confused elderly can benefit from chipping as well! When they escape from their old peoples' home they can be rounded up and returned. Have your parents chipped before it is too late!

Jack Straw

Why not just a collar and tag?

20.05.2011 16:50

A collar and tag with a phone number on would identify them just as much as a microchip surely?

And as big a fan as I am of animal rights, this does read a bit like a spammy non-newsworthy press release just being made to promote the organisation.

anon

wrong target

21.05.2011 21:16

I think this is a stupid move. Animals have to be fully anaesthetised to have the chip inserted under the skin (you can feel it under the skin afterwards, like a large grain of rice), which is an unecessary stress.
We should be fighting to change the way non-chipped animals are killed if unidentified instead of injecting artificial objects into our animal companions.