tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post6389342399270395420..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Inspirational ideasmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-85993972510963764912008-03-07T12:25:00.000+09:002008-03-07T12:25:00.000+09:00We do have it in the UK, and it works fantasticall...We do have it in the UK, and it works fantastically well. The animal doesn't know it has it and doesn't feel any pain when it is implanted. If the animal is lost or hurt, the owner can be contacted as soon as it is found. If anyone mistreats the animal, we can find out who and they can be punished according to the law (helping to prevent animal cruelty). I really can't see what's to snigger at. We do love our pets, and, speaking as someone who lost their cat before this came in, I wish it had come in sooner. Also, if it stops cats and dogs being dumped in such numbers in Korea, that's an added bonus. You've got it wrong on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-31385722615500285852008-02-07T04:39:00.000+09:002008-02-07T04:39:00.000+09:00Well, if I hadn’t read it in the Chosun I never wo...Well, if I hadn’t read it in the Chosun I never would have believed it. Britain, that famous nation of animal-lovers, injecting their pets with microchips? It all sounds like some April Fool’s hoax. But after a bit of googling and I find there’s some EU regulation about pet passports, which applies to dogs cats and …err… ferrets.<BR/><BR/>The UK office of the European Parliament has the story from 2004: <BR/><BR/>[Quote]Essentially, during a transitional period of eight years both tattooing and transponders may be used for dogs and cats; after this period tattooing will be phased out and replaced by electronic transponders.[End quote]<BR/>Read the rest here: http://www.europarl.org.uk/news/textonly/infocus/txNEWSpetspassportsJuly2004.htm<BR/><BR/>And as a further diversion, lest you should worry about the fate of ferrets, these furry friends were fully discussed in the European parliament:<BR/><BR/>[Quote]Phillip Whitehead MEP (Labour, East Midlands) said:<BR/>The Ferret Trust have been following me around over the last few days in a state of great excitement about the provisions on ferrets. In the UK, for sure, there are still some doubt whether you can actually prove the vaccination of a ferret sufficiently to be certain that it could be vaccinated and then be safely transferred as a pet from one country to another. The Ferret Trust told me, very temperately, that they thought the determination of whether ferrets should be included in the pet passport scheme should be deferred until further research had been carried out. <BR/><BR/>Chris Davies MEP (Liberal Democrat, North West) said:<BR/>I am also delighted that the basis for the European proposals are those which have already been applied in Britain. As Mr Whitehead has said, I have learnt, like he, a great deal more about ferrets than I knew a month ago. I am sure the Commission has too. I am sure in fact that the Commissioner is a great ferret fancier: if he has not got a house already full of ferrets then I am sure that the many newspaper articles about the virtues of ferrets have encouraged him to fill his house with ferrets I have no doubt they will make charming and affectionate pets and I look forward to them taking their place alongside cats and dogs at the earliest opportunity.[End quote]<BR/><BR/>Good to know that our representatives have a sense of humour. As do the officials implementing the rules: the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website reports that there’s an associated scheme called Dog and Cat Travel And Risk Information (DACTARI). Does anyone else remember that TV programme from the 1960’s?<BR/><BR/>(http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm)<BR/><BR/>But all this is a little odd, given that dog licences were scrapped in the UK ages ago.London Korean Linkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975045031364754393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-70332111285237202772008-02-04T19:20:00.000+09:002008-02-04T19:20:00.000+09:00One of those things that is likely to extend far b...One of those things that is likely to extend far beyond its original purpose. I can just imagine having to have yourself scanned instead of showing your ID card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-33767012237981588402008-02-04T16:03:00.000+09:002008-02-04T16:03:00.000+09:00The problem with the dog chip proposal is that the...The problem with the dog chip proposal is that there have been no studies done on the possable ill effects suffered by those people injesting these chips :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com