On the 23rd of September, I will be presenting a Ten Minute Rule Bill to the House of Commons named: PETS (MICROCHIPS): TEN MINUTE RULE MOTION
The wording of the bill currently is “a Bill to make provision regarding pets with microchips; and for connected purposes”
This Bill is commonly known as Gizmos Law & Tuks Law.
The purpose of these two laws are:
Gizmos Law:
To make it a legal requirement for all Local Authorities to scan a microchip of a deceased cat in order to return it to the registered owner before it is either cremated or placed on landfill, it will also ask for all local authorities to notify 'Deceased Cats UK' when a deceased cat is discovered without a chip in order for them to reunite them with their owners.
To summarise, no deceased cat can be cremated or sent to landfill without all attempts being made to reunite it with its owner
Tuks Law:
To make it a legal requirement that vets are required to scan for rescue backup contact details (i.e. a former owner or the breeder) and contact them to enquire as to whether they would like to take ownership of the pet and also to confirm the person presenting the animal is registered on the microchip prior to euthanising a healthy or treatable animal.
To summarise, no healthy or treatable pet can be euthanised by a vet without having its microchip scanned first, no pet can be destroyed without the expressed permission of its registered owner (which can be found by scanning the chip), all other options of rehousing a healthy or treatable pet have been exhausted before euthanasia (no other backup contact details can be found on the chip).