How Will the Chip Application Affect Stray Animals?

As you know, mandatory chip application for pets is in effect in our country. To your pet after December 31, 2022 There is a fine of 10 thousand TL for those who do not have a chip installed.

Likewise, if we threw an animal registered to us on the street, under different circumstances this behavior also constitutes a crime And it causes us punishment.

Let’s start from the beginning; What exactly is the chip application, what does it have to do with stray animals?

We asked veterinarian Onur Candan from Candan Veterinary Clinic all the questions we had about the mandatory chip application, and he explained it to us in all details. I will try to summarize the situation for you with the information we got from him throughout the content.

Thanks to the chip application when we find a cat or dog on the street by taking them to nearby veterinary clinics We can make it easy to find its owner.

Pets with chip application at the same time It is recorded in the system called PETVET. In this system, all vaccination, medicine and disease information of our cats or dogs are recorded.

However, the problem that has turned into a big question mark for street animals begins exactly here. Because now veterinarians can use drugs and vaccines used in the treatment of any animal. they will be able to deduct from stock only by recording them in the PETVET system. In other words, drugs and vaccines applied to stray animals will pose a problem as they cannot be entered into the system.

This means that the treatments that need to be deducted from the stock and entered into the system, such as drugs, will be used. not applicable to stray animals will mean.

What will happen, for example, when we encounter a stray animal that needs urgent intervention, will we not be able to take it to the vet?

Veterinarian Onur Candan, regarding this question, is responsible for all care and treatment processes related to stray animals. municipalities are responsible He reminded me that this is a legal obligation.

Unfortunately, the veterinary services of municipalities problems such as density, budget and lack of personnel because it is not sufficient. Animal ambulances that we can call are not always available, especially in situations that require urgent intervention, such as being hit by a car.

It is worth mentioning; Mr. Honorvets will no longer take care of stray animalsThere is no such thing as ”; He stated that the fact that drugs and vaccines cannot be entered into the system is a problem and that this problem will be solved with a regulation that will come soon.

Of course, until the regulation comes and the problem is solved, there will obviously be some problems in the treatment of stray animals…

For example, many volunteers are trying to control the cats that multiply on the streets, especially by undertaking the neutering of cats.

However, since the drugs used in the sterilization operation are also drugs that must be entered into the system, the cat sterilization procedures will be left to the municipal veterinary services, which cannot function properly due to insufficient budget and personnel. more kittens, more sickness and death means…

In the same way, if we can’t get a stray animal to be treated because of the problem of not being able to enter the drugs in an emergency, it may even cost their lives…

Isn’t it okay if we take the cats and dogs we look after on the street by having them chipped?

If we take a stray animal under our responsibility by having it chip, it becomes an ‘owned animal’. Looking on the street is a crime.

Onur Bey is in the situation at this point.Firstly The main purpose of this law is to indirectly reduce the number of stray animals.. If you apply a microchip to a cat or dog, it will leave the category of stray animals and enter the category of owned animals, and it is legally a crime to look after a owned animal on the street.He explained with the words “…

He is also the main purpose of the law. clarify the distinction between owner and owneremphasized that it is to prevent uncontrolled feeding and to reduce the number of stray animals…

What about municipal veterinary services?

As you know, municipalities sterilize stray dogs and put earrings in their ears. Onur Bey also asked some people during this process. that dogs are chippedhe made. However, the problem still persists, as it is a process that requires both labor and financial resources to be brought under control.

One of the most important caveats at this point regarding abuse of municipal veterinary services. Onur, a former shelter veterinarian, says that such services, which are completely free, are used by pet owners to treat their animals free of charge. This naturally causes the rights of the lives on the street to be violated in an already troubled process, and the resources allocated to them are spent on owned animals…

We would like to thank Mr. Onur for patiently answering all our questions. You can follow Candan Veterinary Clinic on Instagram and TikTok.