Microchipping Archives - CATFENCE https://catfence.nz/tag/microchipping/ For safe and happy cats Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:44:54 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://catfence.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-cat-trans_512x512-32x32.png Microchipping Archives - CATFENCE https://catfence.nz/tag/microchipping/ 32 32 Six NZ councils require cat registration https://catfence.nz/cat-restrictions/six-councils-require-cat-registration/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:58:45 +0000 https://catfence.nz/?p=7389 Cat containment rules remain patchy but, since 2018, six local councils have introduced bylaws requiring that pet cats be microchipped and the chip registered with the New Zealand Companion Animal Register (NZCAR).

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]]> New Zealand is beginning to catch up with international moves to support responsible cat ownership.

Cat containment rules remain patchy but, since 2018, six local councils have introduced bylaws requiring that pet cats be microchipped and the chip registered with the New Zealand Companion Animal Register (NZCAR).

As reported by NZCAR, four of the councils also require desexing of pet cats.

NZCAR is operated by Companion Animals New Zealand (CANZ), a registered charity. The register was created to provide a national database of microchipped companion animals (pets), that can be accessed by approved organisations (such as vet clinics and SPCAs), so that the pet can quickly be returned home.

Microchip registration has a one-time fee of $15, and these funds are used to promote animal welfare.

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]]> Wellington to make cat microchipping compulsory https://catfence.nz/cat-restrictions/wellington-to-make-cat-microchipping-compulsory/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 03:01:51 +0000 http://catfence.nz/?p=819 After considerable acrimony, Wellington Council’s environment committee has voted to make cat microchipping compulsory. The amendments to the current animal bylaw are: all domestic cats over the age of 12 weeks must be microchipped and registered with NZCAR (New Zealand Companion Animal Register) or other Council approved microchip register the Council should use non-regulatroy options […]

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After considerable acrimony, Wellington Council’s environment committee has voted to make cat microchipping compulsory.

The amendments to the current animal bylaw are:

  • all domestic cats over the age of 12 weeks must be microchipped and registered with NZCAR (New Zealand Companion Animal Register) or other Council approved microchip register
  • the Council should use non-regulatroy options to support the compulsory microchipping of cats, subject to funding being designated in the 2017/2018 Annual Plan

As reported by stuff.co.nz:

The vote came after councillors agreed in May to toughen up the proposed animal bylaw, with measures including compulsory microchipping, limiting the number of cats people could own, and putting a curfew on when cats could roam free.

On Friday environment committee chairwoman Iona Pannett said the curfew idea was scrapped after public feedback.

However, she moved the amendment making microchipping compulsory.

Microchipping is a bit like the proverbial ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. In an ideal world, cats would not be roaming off their owners’ property at all. But as long as they do, having a way to identify them so they can be returned to their homes is just common sense.

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