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Consultation Outcome Published 29 Mar 2024 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ↗ View on GOV.UK

Cat and dog microchipping consultation

We are seeking your views on changes to the microchipping regulations. We want to make it easier to reunite lost or stolen cats and dog and improve breeder traceability.

Opened 22 Mar 2022
Closed 20 May 2022
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We want to know your views about changes to the microchipping regulations. Microchipping of dogs has been compulsory since 2016 and we announced in December that we will extend compulsory microchipping to include cats.

The consultation includes proposals to make it easier to reunite lost or stolen cats and dogs and to improve breeder traceability.