Submitted on Wednesday 4th November 2015
Rejected on Friday 6th November 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Make it compulsory for vets to ear tip neutered feral cats before release.
Neutered ferals which aren't eartipped (removing 3-8mm of left ear via straight cut) during surgery can't be identified later as neutered & often get caught and operated on again unnecessarily - traumatic for the cat and a waste of resources for charities. Make this a professional conduct matter.
Sadly, professional education/encouragement have failed to make this 50 year old method standard. It may thus be time to make it a professional conduct matter. The petition proposes failure to do this becoming a matter to be addressed by the RCVS in the hope that failing vets and Registered Veterinary Nurses take the matter more seriously. The following give more info on the eartipping process.
http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/112/6/129
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_9iL8q-DX0
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This petition seems to be calling on the RCVS, not the Government or Parliament, to take action.
Petitions need to contain a clear request for action from the Government or Parliament.
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