A memory on Facebook from May 2018. Thank you Pete The Vet and David Bowles, sadly the answer from BVA remains a No – we don’t want to police microchips 💔 #ScanMe Read More
Vets4Pets need to get the ‘Out Of Hours’ service sorted, it’s not acceptable to treat a customer and their dog this way #AnimalWelfare #VetTeam
MY DOG IS CALLED DOUGLAS https://www.facebook.com/602088800/posts/10159670587198801/?d=n. 1st May 2022 Imagine paying £650 for a pet plan for your dogs to ensure they get everything they need as standard, done, and supposed to discount any treatments your dog needs throughout the year. To then have an emergency out of hours that could be life threatening so… Read More
MILLY reunited after a year, she was found as a stray – her microchip got her back to her family #MakeChipsCount #FernsLaw
Stolen dog Edith reunited after four years thanks to a vet checking her microchip registration at first treatment! #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount #ScanMe
Problems with microchip database Petlog registration now Identibase go awol! #CheckThatChip #ScanMe
Debbie receives a Points of Light award which recognises outstanding individual volunteers – people who are making a change in their community #PetTheftReform and #FernsLaw
Debbie Matthews, from London, has been a leading campaigner for a pet theft law ever since her own dogs were stolen in 2006, and has been instrumental in overseeing a Government pledge to reform the way pet theft is treated under the law. After Debbie’s two Yorkshire Terriers went missing, she hoped they would be… Read More
CASSIE reunited thanks to vet checking her microchip registration at first treatment #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount
Compulsory to microchip our cats but optional to scan! Here we go again! #MakeChipsCount #FernsLaw #ScanMe #PetTheftReform
Government Press release: Cat microchipping to be made mandatory Government to introduce compulsory cat microchipping to help reunite lost and stray pets • 99% of people support compulsory microchipping for cats according to recent Government consultation • Owners will be required to microchip their cats by the time they reach 20 weeks of age •… Read More
‘Nasty’ Lancaster woman lured neighbour’s cat with food and tried to move house with it but got caught by the vet – Lancashire News #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount
Katie Day formed a bond with her neighbour’s cat and tried to take him with her when she moved but she got caught out by the vet A woman who stole her neighbours black cat was told she was lucky to avoid going to prison. Katie Day, 49, fed 18 month old Shadow and even… Read More
RIP SIR DAVID AMESS MP
RIP SIR DAVID AMESS We’ve lost the kindest and most generous man today. A true friend and supporter, a wonderful animal welfare advocate. We will truly miss him. Our thoughts are with his wife Julia and five children. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58930593 #PetTheftReform #PetAbduction #VetsGetScanning #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount #ScanMe VOTE FOR SIR DAVID AMESS MP AND HIS FRENCH BULLDOG… Read More
Puppy DZSABA reunited after 7 months #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount #ScanMe
DZSABA REUNITED UPDATE FROM K9 SEARCH 11.10.21 – A very poorly Dzsaba was presented to a Stevenage vet heavily pregnant, she was struggling to give birth and had to have an emergency c-section. Thankfully the vet scanned and found that she had been stolen from Wolverhampton earlier this year and made contact with her owner.… Read More
Stolen dog and puppies reunited after vet passed information onto the police #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount #ScanMe
Well done that vet clinic! This is exactly why we want it to be made compulsory to check microchip registration at pets first veterinary treatment. #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount #ScanMe Surrey Heath Response Team (NPT) assisted by the local Safer Neighbourhood Team on Saturday 9th of October 2021 have attended an address in the Frimley area after… Read More
If my puppy TERRY is sold on to a new family and the veterinary profession are not checking microchips, how will I get him back home? #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount
SMOKEY MATCH
K9 UPDATE 20.09.21 – We have been contacted by a family that found a dog in May 2019. The dog had been scanned by a vets for a microchip but no chip was found. The finder was told that Smokey was a Pitbull and was advised not to call the dog warden because he would… Read More
It’s #NationalDogDay today – Let’s spare a thought for all the families still searching for their missing microchipped dogs #FernsLaw
STILL NO UPDATE ON #FernsLaw petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300010 Petition closed on 4th September 2020 and reached over 100k signatures in under 4 months. The Government opened a Consultation on ‘Cat and Dog Scanning and Microchipping’ which closed on 17th February 2021: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/companion-animals-team/cat-and-dog-microchipping-and-scanning-in-england/. No update FernsLaw debated in Parliament on 28th June 2021: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-06-28/debates/FAE1F98B-BE16-4016-B701-FAEF87D7055C/MicrochippingOfPets Victoria Pentis, Defra,… Read More
Please help me !!!!!!! Major microchip problem #FernsLaw #TheftByFinding
It’s very frustrating to think that if only that vet had scanned Betty for a microchip she would have been home much sooner #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount
It’s been a very difficult 16 months but you have all been through it with us, every share, retweet and message of support has got us here today, so although I’m hesitant to share this post I know that Betty is loved far and wide and if she could talk she would personally thank each… Read More
Update on Fern’s Law petition debate in Parliament on 28th June 2021 #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount #PetTheftReform
Fern’s Law petition asks the Government to make it compulsory for VETERINARIANS to check microchip registration at pets first veterinary treatment to reunite sold on stolen dogs and cats. RESCUES to cross check microchip registration on relinquished or seized dogs and cats. AUTHORITIES to check microchip registration on pets they deal with, whether abandoned, lost… Read More
What have the Government petitions #FernsLaw, #TuksLaw, #GizmosLegacy and #HarveysLaw got in common? They all show the flaws in the microchip system!
The microchip system we’ve been told will help us be reunited with our pets is broken. Fern’s Law and Tuk’s Law will be debated in Parliament on 28th June 2021. Ask your MP to attend, we need a microchip system we can rely on and was intended to work to reunite pet and family. If… Read More
If you have a microchipped dog or cat please ask your MP to attend #FernsLaw debate in Parliament on 28th June 2021, to reunite lost and stolen microchipped pets
MPs will debate Fern’s Law petition in Parliament on Monday, 28th June 2021. (Template letter for your MP below) Please ask your MP to attend. It’s really easy to write to or email your MP and your help will go a long way in getting their support: here’s what to do:- To find your MP,… Read More