/b/veterinary-news/posts/82711 The Government has announced that from 6 April 2016 all dogs will be required to have a microchip. This will give owners 3 years to comply with new legislation being drafted by Defra. According to Defra, 100,000 dogs are dumped or lost each yearen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/82711Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:04:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ec90e9ae-4d69-47e8-8d03-b5f48c926b72Craig Connolly0<p>Unfortunately the Welsh government are still talking, and despite suggestions that Microchipping would be introduced earlier here it still hasn&#39;t happened.</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=82711&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.vetsurgeon.org/b/veterinary-news/posts/82711Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:46:42 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ec90e9ae-4d69-47e8-8d03-b5f48c926b72salome20010<p>only took the UK 15 years to do what Australia did in the late 1990&#39;s.</p> <p>Now if only we could legislate for dog owners to pick up their dog&#39;s faeces...</p> <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/aggbug?PostID=82711&AppID=5&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">