Protests planned over dog chipping

Federated Farmers will stage a series of protests against microchipping of farm dogs around New Zealand over the next two months. Farmers have been heartened by political parties being divided on the issue, although an impasse seems unlikely to be broken at this stage.
Federated Farmers president Charlie Pedersen said that scrapping the microchipping law for farm dogs was not a lost cause, although ultimately it would be decided by politicians. MORE>>
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Dog information evenings 05 May 2006
Matamata-Piako District Council is hosting three Dog Information Evenings, to answer questions about mircochipping (sic) of dogs.

These meetings are about myth busting and educating," says Council's Environmental Services Manager Dennis Bellamy "(...)

The evenings will be:
Morrinsville, May 9, 5.30pm, Senior Citizens Hall.
Matamata, May 10, 5.30pm, Matamata Memorial Centre.
Te Aroha, May 11, 5.30pm, St Joseph's Hall.

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