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Tuk’s Law submission to EFRA inquiry on Pet Welfare & Abuse.

Written Evidence 1

Written Evidence 2

Pet and welfare Inquiry

Closed petitions for mandatory recording requirements of healthy & treatable dogs and cats presented for euthanasia including government responses.

Petition closed July 2025

Petition closed December 2023

Petition closed April 2023

Petition closed August 2022




Government Action Plan For Animal Welfare highlights the Tuk’s Law campaign.

Action Plan - Download

Inclusion in consultation on dog and cat microchipping and scanning.

Cat and dog microchipping and scanning in England.

Not all animals in the Tuk’s Law campaign were euthanised by persons registered on the microchip.

Legal implications of euthanasia without owner consent.

Professional and legal issues: surgical misadventure.

Kennel Club supports Tuk’s Law.

Microchipping and compulsory scanning.

What’s next…

Review the euthanasia of animals in the UK and impose reporting requirements The Tuks Law campaign team continue to lobby and petition the government to ensure that the Rescue Back up registration remains on the microchip for life, and that alternatives to euthanasia are sought prior euthanasia including contacting local rescue organisations and using the Kennel Clubs breed specific rescue database. Looking forward we continue to monitor the change in the RCVS Code of Conduct and have plans which will see us lobbying the government further on this area of animal welfare and also seek a review of the reporting of euthanasia. Tuks Law are already aware that difficult decisions are being made across the U.K. on the euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals and feel that a centralised reporting system needs to be urgently implemented to understand how to support rescue organisations and veterinarians to ensure that preventable euthanasia is stopped.