Submitted on Tuesday 16th July 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 30th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
DETAILS ON A PETS MICROCHIP SHOULD BE THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PET
On April 26th 2016 the Government made it compulsory that owners have their dogs microchipped or face a fine.
However, details on the microchip are not proof of ownership, they are only the details of the 'keeper' of the dog.
This petition is to bring this to the notice of the Government and to ask this is debated and the present law amended so that the details on a pets microchip are those of the owner and the keeper of the pet, both being one of the same. At present if dogs and other pets are microchipped with the 'keepers' contact details this is not proof of ownership and therefore a rather pointless exercise and no use at all if the pet were stolen unless the 'keeper' can prove ownership by other means.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/245824
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