*WARNING - ‼️Please share on all sites your on. We need to make owners aware that they may not be on a DEFRA approved database and this will have a major impact if their dogs are scanned after going missing or escaping.
This could be why as scanners we are seeing more and more unregistered chips when we find dogs.
They are the top search for microchipping and do not mention they are not DEFRA approved.
Why?
BECAUSE THEY WANT YOUR MONEY‼️❗️
🛑Scam Microchip Database 🛑
Some people register their pets microchip on the fraudulent microchip database which is allowed to be number one on Google search!
If you are on UkPetChipRegistry UK database with up to date contact information your pets microchip will read as unregistered! Defra know about this!!!
Warning about unauthorised pet microchip registry
You must make sure that your dog is registered on one of the following databases (they all meet government standards):
- Animal Microchips
- Animal Tracker
- Chipworks
- Identibase
- MicroChip Central
- MicroDogID
- My Animal Trace
- MyPet
- National Veterinary Data Service
- Pet Chip Register
- Pet Identity UK
- Petlog
- PetScanner
- ProtectedPet
- SmartTrace
- UK PETtrac MicroChip Database
- We Trace Pets
Check which Database you are on and call them to make sure they have your correct contact information: https://www.check-a-chip.co.uk
More info:- https://www.gov.uk/get-your-dog-microchipped
Warning about unauthorised pet microchip registry
www.tradingstandards.uk (https://www.tradingstandards.uk/news-policy/news-room/2021/warning-about-unauthorised-pet-microchip-registry)
*Source: Vicki Hudson (Facebook)
