Microchips
See also:
http://www.chipmenot.org.uk/
Microchips are promoted as effective and safe. They are injected into a dog’s skin and carry electronic data about the dog’s owners and home address. Electronic readers are then scanned over a lost dog’s body, hopefully reuniting him with his owner.
However, a link between microchipping and cancer in animals has prompted widespread public concern over the safety of implantable microchips. Reporting adverse reactions is encouraged and can be done via the link in the Adverse Reactions section.
In some countries, governments are seeking to make it mandatory for everyone to microchip their pets.
In the UK it isn't actually an offence to not chip your dog - only if you 'transfer' to another 'keeper' (their words not ours). That obviously means breeders and rescues are required to chip but not your current dog.
See these links for further information:
Not An Offence
And from noble-leon.com:
"Are Pet Owners Being Misled Regarding the Safety and Reliability of Microchip Implants?" - http://noble-leon.com/letters/are-pet-owners-being-misled-regarding-the-safety-and-reliability-of-microchip-implants.html
"Microchip Implants: Questions and Answers" - http://noble-leon.com/letters/microchip-implants-questions-and-answers.html
"FEI Urged to Reverse Mandatory Horse Microchipping" - http://noble-leon.com/documents/FEI-Urged-to-Reverse-Mandatory-Horse-Microchipping.html
1. Radio interviews that I did with Katherine Albrecht:
a. http://noble-leon.com/media/1216092.mp3 (December 16, 2009)
b. http://noble-leon.com/media/20071203_Mon_Albrecht1.mp3 (December 03, 2007)
c. http://noble-leon.com/media/20071203_Mon_Albrecht1.mp3 (December 03, 2007)
2. Attorney Steven M. Wise speaks with Katherine Albrecht regarding Andrea Rutherford's microchip-cancer lawsuit (http://www.noble-leon.com/documents/Rutherford-vs-Merck-microchip-cancer-lawsuit-2010.pdf) filed against Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Digital Angel: http://noble-leon.com/media/20101014_Thu_Albrecht2.mp3 (October 14, 2010)
3. Katherine Albrecht interviews Howard Gillis and Linda Hawkins regarding the cancerous growths that developed around the microchips that were implanted in their dogs: http://noble-leon.com/media/20100304_Thu_Albrecht2.mp3 (March 04, 2010)
4. "Microchips and Cancer" by Katherine Albrecht: http://www.antichips.com/cancer/
5. In a nutshell, a lot of great information can be found on Léon's Home Page (News Section). See: http://www.noble-leon.com/
See also:
http://www.chipmenot.org.uk/
Microchips are promoted as effective and safe. They are injected into a dog’s skin and carry electronic data about the dog’s owners and home address. Electronic readers are then scanned over a lost dog’s body, hopefully reuniting him with his owner.
However, a link between microchipping and cancer in animals has prompted widespread public concern over the safety of implantable microchips. Reporting adverse reactions is encouraged and can be done via the link in the Adverse Reactions section.
In some countries, governments are seeking to make it mandatory for everyone to microchip their pets.
In the UK it isn't actually an offence to not chip your dog - only if you 'transfer' to another 'keeper' (their words not ours). That obviously means breeders and rescues are required to chip but not your current dog.
See these links for further information:
Not An Offence
And from noble-leon.com:
"Are Pet Owners Being Misled Regarding the Safety and Reliability of Microchip Implants?" - http://noble-leon.com/letters/are-pet-owners-being-misled-regarding-the-safety-and-reliability-of-microchip-implants.html
"Microchip Implants: Questions and Answers" - http://noble-leon.com/letters/microchip-implants-questions-and-answers.html
"FEI Urged to Reverse Mandatory Horse Microchipping" - http://noble-leon.com/documents/FEI-Urged-to-Reverse-Mandatory-Horse-Microchipping.html
1. Radio interviews that I did with Katherine Albrecht:
a. http://noble-leon.com/media/1216092.mp3 (December 16, 2009)
b. http://noble-leon.com/media/20071203_Mon_Albrecht1.mp3 (December 03, 2007)
c. http://noble-leon.com/media/20071203_Mon_Albrecht1.mp3 (December 03, 2007)
2. Attorney Steven M. Wise speaks with Katherine Albrecht regarding Andrea Rutherford's microchip-cancer lawsuit (http://www.noble-leon.com/documents/Rutherford-vs-Merck-microchip-cancer-lawsuit-2010.pdf) filed against Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Digital Angel: http://noble-leon.com/media/20101014_Thu_Albrecht2.mp3 (October 14, 2010)
3. Katherine Albrecht interviews Howard Gillis and Linda Hawkins regarding the cancerous growths that developed around the microchips that were implanted in their dogs: http://noble-leon.com/media/20100304_Thu_Albrecht2.mp3 (March 04, 2010)
4. "Microchips and Cancer" by Katherine Albrecht: http://www.antichips.com/cancer/
5. In a nutshell, a lot of great information can be found on Léon's Home Page (News Section). See: http://www.noble-leon.com/
It worries me that anyone should demand, by law, that people should do something to themselves or their dependents when the procedure has the chance of causing cancer. Other risks include migration of the chip to elsewhere in the dog’s body causing health problems, and a failure of the scanner to find the chip.
The microchipping industry is projected to be worth billions.
What’s wrong with a collar and tag, or a tattoo (which doesn’t come with the risk of cancer)?
If you are considering microchipping your dog, check out this website: www.noble-leon.com. Saying that, you always have a choice - they could never enforce the 'dog licence', and the microchip is likely to be just as unenforceable.
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