{"id":555,"date":"2019-04-29T07:17:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T07:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=555"},"modified":"2019-04-29T07:17:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T07:17:43","slug":"thats-not-my-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s not my name&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following on from the recent blog about people challenging\nthe laws in the UK regarding cats injured on the road &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=543\">https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=543<\/a>\n&#8211; there\u2019s another topic being raised quite regularly by concerned cat carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2016 in the U.K it\u2019s been law to ensure dogs are\nmicrochipped, and people with feline family members are pushing for this to be\nthe case for their cats too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the many logical reasons behind the push to make\nmicrochipping a legal necessity is that instead of local councils being\n\u201cencouraged to check for a chip\u201d when a cat is involved in an accident, it is likely\nit will become compulsory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Wales, the law change has already been put in place from\nJune last year, and most people are optimistic the rest of the U.K will follow\nsuit. There have been various petitions to try and encourage parliament to\ndiscuss this issue, but to date, none have ensured the outcome a large number\nof feline carers are working towards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully, the changes made to Welsh laws will illustrate\nthe reason making microchipping a legal obligation is a step in the right\ndirection to encourage a better quality of care and protection for the cats\nthat are sharing our homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lesley-Griffiths-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-556\" width=\"421\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lesley-Griffiths-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lesley-Griffiths-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lesley-Griffiths-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lesley-Griffiths.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption>Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths showing her support for the law change.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the recent blog about people challenging the laws in the UK regarding cats injured on the road &#8211; https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=543 &#8211; there\u2019s another topic being raised quite regularly by concerned cat carers. Since 2016 in the U.K it\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}