Pet tagging and microchipping
Every year, thousands of missing pets cannot be returned to their owners every year because they have no form of identification.
If your pet has an identification tag, it enables someone finding it to return it to you as soon as possible. It also prevents unnecessary stays overnight in kennels, which can be traumatic for many pets and costly to owners.
About microchipping
Microchipping your pet is a great way to ensure that if it goes missing, it can be reunited more easily with you if somebody finds it.
The chip, which is the size of a grain of rice and completely harmless, is inserted in the skin of your pet. It contains a unique registration number linked to your contact details, so that if your pet goes missing and is found, the chip can be scanned and your name, address and phone number retrieved.
Hackney council's microchipping service
We provide a discounted microchipping service by appointment. For more information about this, please contact us using the details at the top-right corner of this page.
Dogs and identification: legal requirements
You are required by law to put an identification tag and collar on your dog when in a public place. Failure to do so could result in prosecution.
The identification tag should have your address and phone number on it. As a back up, you could also have your dog microchipped (see above).
Hackney Council's Animal Warden Team collected 126 stray dogs last year. Many had no form of identification which would have allowed the Council to trace the rightful owner.
Page updated: 15 Jun 2010
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