Issue Statement - Compulsory Identification of Dogs
The Kennel Club is in favour of making microchipping compulsory for all dogs and contributes greatly to the promotion of microchipping through various events, including National Microchipping Month. The Kennel Club also runs the UK’s leading permanent identification database, Petlog, and therefore supports any attempt to make microchipping compulsory providing it applies to all dogs.
This position is consistent with other major welfare organisations including Dogs Trust, Blue Cross, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and Wood Green Animal Shelters.
It is already a requirement of the Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme that all members must permanently identify their dogs. From January 2010, all dogs presented under the BVA/KC Canine Health Schemes must also be permanently identified by microchip or tattoo.
The Kennel Club, through all its activities and particularly through its Good Citizen Dog Scheme, seeks to educate all dog owners to the benefits, both to themselves and to society, of responsible dog ownership.
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