Lucky for me my cat is impeccably groomed!

Badger

"Larry Stoter" wrote in message
o.uk...
Bart Bailey wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:30:09 -0000, "Little Badger"
wrote:

snips.......
Sorry won't work in this country! My cat has it's ID chip under it's
skin,
you can't see it! If someone was to assume my cat was a stray, and kill
it,
they would be in big trouble; as the law stands!

If they can't see the implant, are they then required to trap, subdue,
and scan any animals wandering freely across their property?
Is this transponder scanning equipment going to be made available to the
general public, and at what expense?

snips ........

I think that in the UK (and the USA), the the legal question would be
one of "reasonable belief". That is, was it reasonable to believe that
the animal was a stray.

So, in the case of a healthy, clean, well groomed animal, I think a
court would consider that it was "unreasonable" to consider it a stray,
even if there were no obvious identity marks.

On the other hand, I think it could be argued that is was reasonable to
consider an apparently unhealthy, dirty animal as a stray, especially if
it carried no obvious identity marks, irrespective of whether it was
chipped or not.
--
Larry Stoter