BVA prepared a template letter for vets to send to their own MP Template letter to MPs re compulsory microchip scanning (England only)• Please adapt this letter and make it as personal as possible; and fill in any gaps (highlighted in yellow) • Find details of your MP at www.writetothem.com Dear [insert name] Compulsory microchip scanning I am writing to you as a… Read More
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Stolen Dora safely back home but vet failed to detect her microchip! #FernsLaw
We have just received some amazing news!! Dora was missing from her home in Trowbridge and we and her owners were facing the possibility she may have passed away due to her being elderly and on heart medication which she needed daily, turns out she was grabbed by opportunists passing by and ended up in… Read More
Exciting update as Defra include #FernsLaw request to make it compulsory for vets to check microchip registration in their online survey.
DEFRA: We are launching this consultation to seek your views on proposals to make cat microchipping a compulsory requirement of cat ownership in England. We are also taking this opportunity to consult on the compulsory scanning of pets (dogs and cats) for microchips. The Government want to hear from you. Government Online Consultation for dog… Read More
Missing cats microchip registration changed to new family and is now called Maud! #Northampton area #FernsLaw #FernsLawPart2
#MakeChipsCount #ScanMe
Missing cats microchip registration changed to new family and is now called Maud! Northampton area. “It’s been 2 years since this beaut went missing/stolen in Northampton NN1 , only to find out Petlog let her details be changed to a new owner & new name of Maud. Absolutely heartbroken. We will never stop searching for… Read More
Police, warden and rescue fail to check microchip registration and Riya is rehomed and registration changed! #BringRiyaHome #MakeChipsCount #FernsLaw #ScanMe
WHY ARE MICROCHIPS IGNORED? Microchipped dog rehomed and registration changed! 20th April 2019 Neha Popat was on her way to her brothers house with her dog Riya. Riya is 3 year old Labrador retriever. Neha bought her at 8 weeks old.Neha had recently had a baby and wasn’t coping and was feeling quite frail and… Read More
There are 14 UK microchip databases, what are their positions on Compulsory Microchip Scanning? Let’s find out how they support us? #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount
ASK YOUR PET’S MICROCHIP DATABASE IF THEY SUPPORT COMPULSORY SCANNING & MICROCHIP REGISTRATION CHECKS BY THE VETERINARY PROFESSION: After the revelation that the Kennel Club and Petlog do not support compulsory microchip checks, we wondered what the position is for the remaining 13 UK databases. Dear _ Microchip Database, My pets microchip number is:- I… Read More
Kennel Club and Petlog support compulsory microchip checking to reunite missing and stolen pets #FernsLaw #MakeChipsCount
Fern’s Law petition, which is waiting for a debate in Parliament, calls for vets, rescues and authorities to check microchips at first treatment to reunite stolen and missing microchipped cats and dogs. The new proposed Microchip (Pet) Bill leaves out any hope of sold on pets getting back home and completely ignores Fern’s Law petition!… Read More
Check your pet’s microchip is registered : Another microchip disaster!
Boo Smith: “I work in a vets and whilst scanning a little pups chip this morning told the owners that the chip was not registered to anyone. They then showed me an email from PetScanner confirming their receipt for chip registration. This was not showing up on ANY database. All it told me was that… Read More
STOLEN AND MISSING PETS LEFT OFF THE PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL: LEAVING FAMILIES WITH MISSING MICROCHIPPED PETS DEVASTATED #FernsLaw #PetTheftReform
Today there was a Ten Minute Rule Motion: Pets (Microchips) 22nd September 2020 The Private Members Bill (PMB) for Pets (Microchips) in Parliament will have its second reading in January 2021 but will only include councils to scan deceased cats on roads ( Gizmo’s Legacy) and for vets to scan before euthanising a healthy animal… Read More
RIP Harlow, let down by the unregulated microchip system! How many other deceased microchipped pets are left in council freezers? Please sign #FernsLaw petition.
RIP HARLOW: Another family let down by a shambolic microchip system and why we have #FernsLaw petition:- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300010 Harlow went missing after being spooked by fireworks on 26th August 2020 in Oldham at 10.45 pm. On Friday, 28th a lady saw a little brown dog deceased on the road. She couldn’t stop then but made… Read More