Action | Periodic review |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 10/3/2008 |
Microchiping has already been addressed in guidance document 150-4. Animal shelters and other groups are now microchiping pets at the time of adoption and at clinics they hold at other times of the year like the recent rabies clinics (which by the way is against the regulation). To restate in the regulation that "animal shelters may inject animals while in their possession" will only add confusion to the issue. What is their possession?