Yambo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:10 am
From today (in the UK), owners who do not microchip their cats face a £500 fine.
So you have to microchip your cat so your details can go on a database and you can be identified as the cat's owner.
From the start, to be absolutely clear: I do not advocate microchipping children
Taking a step sideways from pets.
When Foal was about 3 (?) we started the process of applying for entry to the local school. Until then (not that I'd thought about it in any detail), I'd presumed the local authority would contact us "Oi, school, now!" kinda thing. After all, births are registered, etc.
But, of course, there's no 'official' logging of where subsequently the kid moves to (except anything like Drs).
They could end up anywhere, never going to school at all.
Many kids are home educated. IIRC there's legislation saying that they have to receive education, whether at a school or not.
But there's no log or register of home educated kids. No-one knows how many there are or where they are.
Despite promises, no register has been introduced.
Big Brother if a register is mandatory, or potential neglect on a national scale if not?