On Sat, 6 May 2006, Peter Todd wrote:

> On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 09:00:47PM +1200, Jinx wrote:
>>> See, if they get a dog in that's *not* chipped they can be pretty
>>> sure it's a stray with no owner
>>
>> Well, yes, but they can do exactly that at present with dogs that
>> are _supposed_ to wear a collar and tag
>
> Of course, it's just a more reliable mechanism. Dogs can get out of
> collars, heck, the collar breaking may well be why the dog is out
> loose...
>
> Microchips, once implanted, are pretty much there for life.

In dogs, yes. But 'in there' and 'functional' are different issues. Also 
in motivated people 'in there and working' does not mean it is *his* (or 
her) chip, as long as swapping it (willing or unwilling, knowing or 
unknowing) for another yields some gain to someone (not necessarily to 
the wearer).

Peter
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