Microchips look a doggone cert

Farmers presented a 6700 signature petition to MPs calling for a dog microchipping law to be axed – but they may as well have been howling at the moon.

National, the Green Party and United Future disagree with the law in its current form. They want to alter it through amendments to a separate piece of legislation, the Local Government Law Reform Bill, but cannot agree on how to do that.
MPs spent much of last night debating the issue in Parliament during the bill's committee stage, their last chance to make changes before it is voted on.

But United Future MP Gordon Copeland, who wants working dogs exempt, and Green MP Metiria Turei, who wants to scrap microchipping, reiterated that there would be no change in their parties' positions – meaning attempts to scrap or limit the microchipping regime are sure to fail – as neither will support the other's position.
Well that's no surprise!

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