NEWS/OPINION – Stockport, UK: the Manchester Evening News reports another disturbing example of how local authorities in the UK can carelessly dispose of a domestic cat that has been lost and killed either on the road or, in this instance, … Continue reading →
UK – NEWS/OPINION: Companion animal microchipping is in a mess judging by the article written by Daniel Allen for The Conversation and it needs sorting out to be more effective. There are calls for compulsory cat microchipping. Sorting out outstanding … Continue reading →
The story of Andy Whittley’s cat Wilma is sadly educational and a reminder that not all local authorities (councils) discharge their responsibilities properly or so it appears. Wilma was micrchipped and she had a collar with an identity tag. Wilma … Continue reading →
A civil compensation case concerning a lost purebred dog, Bibi, going through the Arkansas courts has resulted in a judgement by the state’s Court of Appeals that a lost pet can be picked up by animal control and adopted out … Continue reading →
The UK government is ‘seeking evidence to understand the consequences of making microchipping of cats mandatory in England’. The UK government is not looking at introducing legislation at the moment but it seems likely that they would in the not … Continue reading →
Pet owners in Montreal have until January 1 to have their cats and dogs over six months of age microchipped. Dogs and cats, as well as rabbits, must also be spayed/neutered by the same date. SPCA spokesperson Anita Kapuscinska stated … Continue reading →
Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society quite correctly and wisely managed to create a media frenzy of sorts at Portland International Airport (presumed) as Sasha, a placid cat, was reunited with her human guardian after five years apart. The … Continue reading →
This is the happy ending story of a 19-year-old cat who was recently reunited with his owner seven years after the cat went missing. May 30, 2012, was the last time Robert saw his cat Chebon. Robert had planned to … Continue reading →
Thanks to a microchip, a teen has been reunited with the cat who wandered off from her home in Shorefields, Rainham (UK) almost ten years ago. Isobel Thatcher, 14, and her mother Julie, a teaching assistant, thought their cat Max … Continue reading →
The current conservative government is considering introducing legislation making it compulsory for all cat owners to microchip their cats subject to a fine of £500 if they fail to do so before the kitten is eight weeks old. This is … Continue reading →
