Resumen de Microchipping: Compulsory microchipping of dogs in Wales to begin next year

• MICROCHIPPING of dogs in Wales is to become compulsory on April 6, 2016, after members of the Welsh Assembly approved new legislation on October 20.

  The Microchipping of Dogs (Wales) Regulations 2015 will require all dogs over eight weeks old to be microchipped and their keepers' details registered on an approved database. Compulsory microchipping of dogs in England and Scotland is also due to be introduced in April next year. In Northern Ireland, it has been a legal requirement for dogs to be identified by microchip since 2012...