Pets are closer to having an identification card

It was approved in the first debate of the Fifth Committee of the House of Representatives the bill that aims to create an animal identification document in Colombia, specifically for domestic and companion, felines and canines.

According to the representative of the Juan Espinal Democratic Center, The legislative project seeks to create the Colombian Animal Identification Network (RCIA) and implement the animal identification card in the same way, through the implantation of identification microchips for dogs and cats. This will allow more efficiency in finding and locating pets in case they are lost, stolen or abandoned.

“This is an extremely important and necessary initiative, as well as beautiful. The owners and owners of pets claimed it “Espinal assured on Caracol Radio.

On the other hand, the representative to the Chamber Edward Rodríguez, author of the project, assured that “In the country there are 900,000 abandoned domestic animals, of which 120,000 would be in Bogotá.”

According to him, the mechanism could guarantee “responsible ownership of animals”, since the identification will have incorporated the name of the pet, its address, the vaccines it has, the breed, the person responsible or caregiver and even its travel passport.

“Once the microchip is implanted, they (Colombians) will access the animal identification card, which it will be registered with the RCIA, which, in turn, will be administered at the national level by the ICA and the Police. This so that at the time of an eventual loss, theft or abandonment, the authorities can proceed in a timely manner “Espinal assured about the operation of the mechanism.

On the other hand, the congressman assured that “pet owners can have basic information about each animal, its origin, race, descent, identification serial, vaccination records and type of animal if it is part of a potentially dangerous breed and the name of the person in charge or caretaker “.

After the legislative process is completed and approved, All the veterinarians in the country that meet the operating requirements will be authorized to implant the animal identification microchip, as well as can issue the animal identification card. With this, in turn, it will allow to have a registry of all the veterinary clinics of the national territory.

“The microchip must meet the 15-digit iso 11784-11785 FDX-B standards”, indicates the objective of the law on the website of the Chamber of Representatives.

The path of the initiative will now lead it to be debated in the Plenary of the House of Representatives in a second debate. If it is approved there, the Fifth Committee of the Senate and its plenary will be in charge of discussing whether the bill can become a law of the Republic.

In Congressman Espinal recently did a poll on Twitter in which it was reflected that Most of those consulted agree that the law would improve safety for pets:

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