Disclosure Log

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Question

Under the freedom of information act, please can you provide details of the microchip scanners you hold, whether you scan cats found on the highway / grass verges, and whether you contact the owners when a microchip is found. Please also confirm that if you do scan for a microchip, that you scan the whole body, both sides (as microchips do travel around the body). Please also confirm that you log the exact details of where the deceased cat was found either by GPS location or by the What3Words app. Please also confirm that you advertise any deceased Cat / Dog on either the councils website and/or the councils social media site. This is in line with Gizmos Law: Gizmos Law: To make it a legal requirement for all Local Authorities to scan a microchip of a deceased cat in order to return it to the registered owner before it is either cremated or placed on landfill, it will also ask for all local authorities to notify ‘Deceased Cats UK’ when a deceased cat is discovered without a chip in order for them to reunite them with their owners. To summarise, no deceased cat can be cremated or sent to landfill without all attempts being made to reunite it with its owner.

Answer

The street cleansing department who are normally the ones who collect dead animals will not dispose of a cat unless it’s checked for a micro chip. We don’t do this ourselves but have an agreement with a local vet to do it for us.