Pleasing 4 Pets

Cats Protection is the largest cat welfare charity in the UK and currently provides help to more than 140, 000 cats and kittens every year though its nationwide network of 256 branches and adoption centres.

The latest scheme to be backed by the charity is one which will force all local councils to consistently scan all pets that have been injured or even killed on the UK’s roads to search for a micro-chip which will help the council to establish who the owners of the animals are an will allow the council to advise the owners of their pets fate.

The scheme, tabled in Parliament as Early Day Motion no. 279 will enable the owners of the many thousands of cats and kittens injured or killed by vehicles to be tracked down via a unique identification number held in the micro-chip, which can then be entered into a national database containing the owners contact details.

Any member of the public wishing to support the scheme can do so by writing to their local MP and requesting that they sign the motion, which will further improve the likelihood that the issue be considered in Parliament.

The Director of Communications at Cats Protection, Jane Wickens said of the scheme:-

“As a charity that microchips around 32,000 cats and kittens each year and advises distressed owners on searching for lost cats, Cats Protection is fully supporting this Early Day Motion.

If all councils routinely scan dead or injured cats, then it will at least take away the pain for owners of not knowing what has become of their beloved pet. I would like to urge people to write to their MP – even if your local council routinely scans pets killed on roads – because this will increase the chance of the issue being raised in Parliament.”