What would you do if your pet went missing?
When Debbie Matthews’ two dogs, Widget and Gizmo, were stolen in May 2006, they were thankfully reunited after 9 and 10 days thanks to a high profile media campaign. During the traumatic experience Debbie discovered that dogs, cats and horses are not always scanned for a microchip when found, kept or sold on. This led her to set up Bruce Forsyth’s Vets Get Scanning Petition, a campaign to make the scanning of animals by vets, rescues, dog wardens and highways agencies for existing microchips a legal requirement.
The microchip legislation states that all dogs must be microchipped, but its effectiveness will be limited if they are not scanned at their 1st veterinary consultation for a microchip if lost or stolen and sold on to unsuspecting new families.
SIGN UP to the #FernsLaw petition #ScanMe #CheckThatChip http://chng.it/Zt48N9qbgZ
“You can hear Debbie’s story in a old interview with NAWT and learn more about her campaign and what affect the then forthcoming microchip laws (which state all dogs must be microchipped, not that they must be scanned for a chip) will have on lost pets in our free webinar on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm”.
National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) shared this post in September 2015 and I’m still campaigning with another petition!!!
LISTEN to the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplDkPiPfsE
