Owner of missing cat spots loopholes in Wellington's dead cat policySTUFFIt's been more than two months since Felix the tonkinese​ pedigree cat vanished, and it's still a sore spot for his human, Christina Mitchell. Owner Christina Mitchell fears he has either been stolen or has died, but she may never know because not all dead cats found in Wellington are scanned for microchips. SVEN HERSELMAN/STUFF Compulsory microchipping applies for Wellington cats from next month. When asked whether a dead cat might never be picked up if a live animal required more immediate attention, a spokeswoman said: "I'm sure that could happen." A cat is injected with a microchip at a two-day event run by the Wellington SPCA in 2012.

Source: Stuff January 16, 2018 04:41 UTC