{"id":543,"date":"2019-03-31T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=543"},"modified":"2019-03-31T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:54:57","slug":"where-the-wild-things-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Where the wild things are…."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dogs and cats have been popular companion animals to humans\nfor thousands of years. As society and how it lives changed, so did some of the\npotential risks to the animals that share our environment as domesticated\nspecies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although popularity levels are close, caring for cats and\ndogs is obviously extremely different in terms of what an animal needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of cats are given access to the outdoors, and are\nregarded as free roaming. Because of this, the law has to date, viewed them as\nless \u201cowned\u201d than dogs and this has resulted in them receiving less protection\nfrom the law if they\u2019re involved in a road traffic accident. A lady in the UK named\nHelen Abrahams recently secured more than 50,000 signatures requesting that the\nlaw be reviewed to afford cats the same treatment if they were injured or\nkilled on the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition received backing from TV personalities and the\ngovernment actually discussed the subject last month. The discussion sadly didn\u2019t\nhave the result most people who signed the petition were hoping for, as no real\nchanges have been made to the current laws. The response stated:
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\n\u201cWe do not consider that it is necessary to\nintroduce a new law requiring cats involved in road\ntraffic accidents to be checked for a microchip because it is already good\npractice for local authorities to do so. Cats and dogs become\nmembers of the family and it is a great source of worry and uncertainty when\nthey are injured or lost. The Government encourages\nveterinary practices and rehoming centres to scan cats and dogs brought to their premises so that their owners can\nbe identified. In cases of road traffic accidents, we encourage local\nauthorities to identify the owners where possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, most people believe until the issue is\naddressed by placing a law to protect the welfare of cats the same way as dogs\nharmed on the road, there\u2019s no guarantees that the encouragement will result in\nthe scan for a chip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition is still open. If you are a UK resident and feel strongly that the subject needs further discussion, you can find the petition by following the link below.

https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/229004?reveal_response=yes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gizmo, Helen Abraham’s cat who prompted her to petition for changes in the law after she sadly lost him in a road traffic accident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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