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Following our recent consultation on compulsory microchipping of all dogs, I am pleased to announce that Wales will be making regulations to ensure that all dogs are microchipped by March 2015, creating a proper link between a dog and its owner and helping to encourage responsible dog ownership. In addition, in order to tackle irresponsible ownership, I will also be introducing Regulations on licensed dog breeding later this year.


The results of last year’s consultation on microchipping are available on the Welsh Government website, and the majority of respondents make it clear that compulsory microchipping of dogs should be introduced in Wales.  

   

Whilst dog owners already have a duty of care under the Animal Welfare Act, it is increasingly important to be able to have a method of tracing a pet dog to its owner. Without this it can be very difficult to ensure that duty is being met. Microchipping formalises the relationship between an owner and pet by promoting the owner’s level of accountability for his or her animal’s welfare needs.


I have therefore decided to proceed with the making of Regulations that will require all dogs in Wales to be microchipped by 1 March 2015\.  


Identification and registration of dogs can be achieved by a veterinary surgeon, veterinary nurse or qualified microchipper inserting a transponder or microchip under the animal’s skin. Each microchip has a unique number which can be read by an external reader and the number on the microchip is normally registered with a commercial database, which can then be accessed by an appropriate authority.


Microchjpping will assist in reuniting owners with dogs that have strayed and will help to reduce the stress for both the dog and owner alike. It will also reduce the time a dog will spend in animal welfare establishments or Local Authority kennels leading to substantial savings for local authorities and welfare charities. In 2010/11 over 126,000 stray dogs were collected by UK Local Authorities. Of these, over half (52%) could not be returned to their owners because they were unidentifiable. For the financial year ending April 2012, 10,230 stray dogs were collected by Welsh Local Authorities. 543 dogs were put down and many others had a lengthy stay in kennels, away from their owner or family.


Identification of animals is also an essential tool in effective disease control.  For dogs, as with other animals, it could also be helpful in tracing inherited conditions. At present, for example, it is often difficult to trace the history of a litter of puppies especially if they have been sold via animal dealers and pet shops. Efforts are being made to tackle these health problems, but reporting hereditary health problems and measuring progress would be much easier if all dogs were uniquely identified with a microchip.


Of the estimated 450,000 dogs on Wales, it is estimated that some 58% are already microchipped. This means that there are approximately 190,000 dogs that would need to be microchipped.  If the animals are microchipped at veterinary practices, there are added advantages of a veterinary surgeon running a health screening check at the same time.    


We estimate that it is possible to have all those animals microchipped within a year of Regulations coming into effect. The Regulations will allow dog owners 12 months in which to get their dog micro\-chipped.  


I am pleased also to announce that the Dogs Trust are able to offer a free service of microchipping until the regulations come into force. Access to those arrangements can already be made by dog owners directing their enquiries to the Dogs Trust  at www.dogstrust.org.uk. 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Yn dilyn ein hymgynghoriad diweddar ynghylch ei gwneud hi’n orfodol i roi microsglodion ar bob ci, mae’n bleser gennyf gyhoeddi y bydd Cymru yn llunio rheoliadau a fydd yn sicrhau bod microsglodion yn cael eu rhoi ar bob ci erbyn mis Mawrth 2015\. Bydd hyn yn creu cyswllt priodol rhwng ci â’i berchennog ac yn helpu i annog perchenogion cŵn i fod yn fwy cyfrifol. Byddaf hefyd yn cyflwyno Rheoliadau ynghylch trwyddedu bridio cŵn yn ddiweddarach eleni er mwyn ceisio mynd i’r afael â pherchenogaeth anghyfrifol.  

Mae canlyniadau ymgynghoriad y llynedd ynghylch microsglodion ar gael ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru. Pwysleisiodd y rhan fwyaf o’r ymatebwyr y dylid ei gwneud hi’n orfodol i roi microsglodion ar bob ci yng Nghymru.    
   
Er bod gan berchnogion cŵn eisoes ddyletswydd gofal yn sgil y Ddeddf Lles Anifeiliaid, mae hi’n gynyddol bwysig sicrhau bod modd cysylltu perchnogion â’u cŵn. Gall hi fod yn anodd iawn sicrhau bod y ddyletswydd honno’n cael ei chyflawni heb ddull o adnabod perchnogion cŵn. Bydd microsglodion yn ffurfioli ymhellach y berthynas rhwng perchennog â’i gi, gan sicrhau bod perchnogion yn fwy atebol am anghenion lles eu hanifeiliaid.

Rwyf felly wedi penderfynu mynd ati i lunio Rheoliadau a fydd yn ei gwneud hi’n ofynnol i roi microsglodyn ar bob ci yng Nghymru erbyn 1 Mawrth 2015\.  

Gall milfeddyg, nyrs milfeddygol neu berson cymwys yn gallu cofrestru ac adnabod cŵn drwy osod trawsatebwr neu ficrosglodyn o dan groen yr anifail. Mae gan bob microsglodyn rif unigryw a all gael ei ddarllen gan declyn darllen allanol a chaiff rhif y microsglodyn ei gofrestru ar gronfa ddata fasnachol fel arfer. Golyga hyn fod modd i awdurdod priodol dderbyn yr wybodaeth angenrheidiol.  

Bydd rhoi microsglodion yn galluogi perchnogion i ganfod eu cŵn sydd wedi mynd ar goll a bydd yn osgoi’r straen ar gŵn a pherchenogion. Bydd hefyd yn golygu na fydd yn rhaid i gŵn dreulio cymaint o amser mewn sefydliadau lles anifeiliaid neu lety cŵn awdurdodau lleol, gan sicrhau arbedion sylweddol i awdurdodau lleol ac elusennau lles. Yn 2010/11 cafodd dros 126,000 o gŵn strae eu casglu gan Awdurdodau Lleol y DU. Nid oedd modd dychwelyd dros hanner y rhain (52%) i’w perchnogion gan nad oedd modd eu canfod. Yn ystod y flwyddyn ariannol a ddaeth i ben ym mis Ebrill 2012 cafodd 10,230 o gŵn strae eu casglu gan Awdurdodau Lleol Cymru. Cafodd 543 o gŵn eu rhoi i gysgu a threuliodd nifer uchel amser hir mewn llety cŵn, i ffwrdd o’u perchnogion neu eu teuluoedd.

Mae adnabod anifeiliaid hefyd yn ddull hanfodol ar gyfer rheoli clefydau mewn modd effeithiol. Yn achos cŵn, a sawl anifail arall, gall fod o gymorth wrth olrhain cyflyrau a gaiff eu hetifeddu. Er enghraifft, mae’n aml yn anodd iawn olrhain hanes teulu o gŵn bach, ac yn enwedig os cant eu gwerthu drwy werthwyr anifeiliaid a siopau anifeiliaid anwes. Mae camau’n cael eu cymryd er mwyn ceisio mynd i’r afael â’r problemau iechyd hyn, ond byddai lawer yn haws i adrodd ynghylch problemau iechyd a gaiff eu hetifeddu ac i fesur cynnydd petai gan bob ci ficrosglodyn unigryw.

O blith yr oddeutu 450,000 o gŵn a geir yng Nghymru, amcangyfrifir bod gan oddeutu 58% ohonynt ficrosglodyn. Golyga hyn y byddai angen rhoi microsglodyn ar tua 190,000 o gŵn. Os caiff y microsglodion eu rhoi mewn milfeddygfeydd gall y milfeddygon hefyd archwilio iechyd y ci ar yr un pryd.    

Rydym yn amcangyfrif ei bod hi’n bosibl rhoi microsglodion ar yr holl gŵn hynny o fewn blwyddyn i gyflwyno’r Rheoliadau. Bydd y Rheoliadau yn rhoi 12 mis i berchnogion drefnu i’w cŵn gael microsglodyn.

Mae’n bleser gennyf gyhoeddi hefyd y gall y Dogs Trust gynnig rhoi microsglodion ar gŵn am ddim hyd nes y daw’r Rheoliadau i rym. Gall perchnogion cŵn fynd ati i drefnu hyn drwy gysylltu’n uniongyrchol â’r Dogs Trust \- www.dogstrust.org.uk.