Havering Considers Compulsory Dog Microchipping

Fri, 23 Apr 2010

Havering Council is considering new measures which would require dog owners living in council homes to have their pets microchipped . Cabinet member for corporate services Peter Gardner put the proposal to Havering Council Cabinet as part of a report from the Stray Dogs Topic Group, which has been set up by the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The proposals are designed to crack down on the number of pit-bull type dogs who have been banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. In spite of being made illegal, a considerable number of the animals exist in Britain, and with vets and animal charities such as the RSPCA championing the cause of microchipping animals, it has been put forward as a solution to the problem in Havering. The legislation would also help the borough to reunite pet owners with lost cats or dogs .

Under the measures, pets would be chipped and registered to an address, while microchipping animals would be made a legal requirement under the Homes in Havering tenancy agreements. Only a minority of tenants have so far microchipped their animals.

A number of other measures have also been proposed in the report, including prompting the Dog Warden Service and the Stray Dogs Service.

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