Smitty
Well-Known Member
As the title really. Spoke to a lady today whose lurcher is missing. She has heard 'rumours' that it is possible for the less honest members of our society to remove microchips (and I'm not talking vets here).
Horrified, as I had my terrier pinched and am hoping that at some point his chip will be picked up if anybody ever bothers to scan him, I googled this and one post on a forum (forget which one) seemed to think it common knowledge that a knowing thief could merely whip one out with a razor blade in a few minutes. OK, the dog would be mutilated to a degree, but for workers such as lurchers, terriers, spaniels etc, would this matter?
I so hope you will all tell me you have never heard such c**p in your lives, but with dog theft surely on the increase I am sure there must be a way around the identity thing. After all, they will happily cut an ear with a tatoo off a live dog without too much worry about the discomfort to the animal.
Horrified, as I had my terrier pinched and am hoping that at some point his chip will be picked up if anybody ever bothers to scan him, I googled this and one post on a forum (forget which one) seemed to think it common knowledge that a knowing thief could merely whip one out with a razor blade in a few minutes. OK, the dog would be mutilated to a degree, but for workers such as lurchers, terriers, spaniels etc, would this matter?
I so hope you will all tell me you have never heard such c**p in your lives, but with dog theft surely on the increase I am sure there must be a way around the identity thing. After all, they will happily cut an ear with a tatoo off a live dog without too much worry about the discomfort to the animal.