Microchipping
This coverage explores microchipping in the UK petcare industry, focusing on its role in pet identification, welfare, and compliance with legal requirements. Pet Gazette reports on regulatory changes, technological advancements, market trends, and initiatives from suppliers, veterinary practices, and welfare organisations. Our coverage provides pet trade professionals with insights into microchipping services, product innovations, and opportunities to support responsible pet ownership through retail and service offerings.
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Jan- 2018 -4 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
New illegal puppy trade guidelines launched
Independent Vetcare (IVC) are to release guidelines for its 500 practices giving them advice on how to educate clients and protect themselves from the illegal puppy trade. The group’s clinical board set up a working party in 2017 to study the pitfalls that vets and their clients can fall into…
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Nov- 2017 -2 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Urban living affects dog food sales
Year-on-year growth in dog food sales slowed down over 2015-2017, according to Euromonitor International Much of this, Euromonitor believes, was due to an increase in urban living coupled with a slow recovery to the financial crisis. A decline in the overall dog population in some markets, such as France and…
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Oct- 2017 -12 OctoberFeatures
How is the modern lifestyle affecting the UK’s pet ownership?
For millennials opportunities to purchase a house are minimal. With stagnating wages and housing being not only smaller but harder to find, the pet population, like everything else is taking a knock on effect. The total dog population decreased by two percent since 2012 according to Euromonitor. Larger dog-ownership also…
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Jul- 2017 -5 JulyCurrent Affairs
Microchipping stats ‘fall far short of the Government’s claim’
Despite the UK Government’s claim this year that 95 percent of all dogs are now microchipped, a new report published by Battersea reveals only 65 percent of strays taken in by Local Authorities across the UK even have a chip fitted and too few of them are up to date.…
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Jun- 2017 -16 JuneCurrent Affairs
78 percent of cats helped by charity were not microchipped
4,517 cats helped by the Blue Cross were found to not be microchipped, in the last year. Out of the 5,760 cats that were admitted into the charity’s rehoming centres and hospitals across the country, between May 2016 and May 2017, 78 percent were not microchipped or had needed to…
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13 JuneCurrent Affairs
Owner of PetSafe® Brand named one of Europe’s best places to work
Team engagement and perks for pets have helped the company behind PetSafe® Brand to create an outstanding workplace, found a recent award. Great Place to Work® recognised Radio Systems PetSafe Europe Ltd (RSPEL) as one of ‘The Best Workplaces in Europe’, ranking it in ninth place. The accolade follows on from RSPEL…
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8 JuneCurrent Affairs
Bayer calls for cats to be microchipped
The introduction of compulsory microchipping for dogs, one year ago, saw the number of chipped dogs rise to 95 percent. Compulsory microchipping of cats was not part of the legislation. However, Bayer Animal Health has called for cat owners to make sure their cat is chipped during National Microchipping Month in…
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2 JuneCurrent Affairs
Cat charity calls for mandatory microchipping
Animal welfare charity, Cats Protection, has called for the mandatory microchipping of cats after figures show that two in three stray felines are never reunited with their owners. Around 7,000 strays had to be found new homes last year via Cats Protection because they had no form of identification. The charity…
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Apr- 2017 -7 AprilCurrent Affairs
Dog owners failing to update microchip databases
44 percent of vets have been unable to reunite missing or stray dogs with their owners due to incorrect information on the microchip database, revealed the British Veterinary Association (BVA). The information was released one year on from the introduction of compulsory microchipping for dogs in England, Scotland and Wales (6…
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6 AprilIndustry News
Not enough dogs are microchipped, charity claims
Not enough dogs have been microchipped since the compulsory law came into affect one year ago, claims Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. The charity revealed that almost half the strays that come through its doors are still unchipped. Today (6 April), on the anniversary since compulsory microchipping was introduced, the charity…
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