New microchipping laws came into force on April 6 requiring all dogs to be microchipped and the details of the keeper be registered and kept up to date on an approved database. In most cases the keeper will be the owner but because the definition of keeper is slightly different to the owner, it may not necessarily be the same person.
Watch CEO Clare Williams explain what compulsory microchipping can’t do
While a lot of dog owners will assume that because their pet is microchipped, he or she would be quickly recovered and returned to them if their dog went missing but that is not necessarily the case all the time.
Here are some of the issues:
We strongly urge dog owners not to rely solely on the fact that their dog is microchipped to keep them safe.
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