Microchipping alone is not enough! *Warning: Images of cruelty
on this page There are around 10 million dogs owned in the UK.
Many dogs have kind and caring owners who receive great love and
companionship from their dogs. However, there are an increasing
number of dogs of all shapes and sizes being acquired by
irresponsible owners. It is 25 years since the UK Government
scrapped dog registration, a move that saw dogs relegated in
status below that of cars and TVs. Since then the RSPCA, other
animal rescues, dog attack victims and of course, the dogs
themselves, have been left to pay the price. Just think how much
suffering could have been prevented, or their owners held to
account, if mandatory registration had not been abolished. But
haven't the government introduced compulsory microchipping?
Microchipping alone is not enough. Many abandoned animals have
microchips, but inadequate and out of date records mean owners
are unreachable or can simply claim that they ‘gave the dog away
years ago’. The RSPCA is cal