I don't think chip implantation is practical for little animals like poison dart frogs and many aquarium fish. Also, I'm not sure implantation would work well in arthropods (many hobbyists keep tarantulas and scorpions).
Martin M. Meiss 2011/7/3 Wayne Tyson <[email protected]> > All: > > This is not my area, so it may already be being done, for all I know. And, > it might not be a good idea. I'm just going to suggest it and let my betters > either run with it or post reasons why it's a bad idea. > > I suspect that federal legislation might be necessary, but a signing letter > might do the job, or even an administrative ruling by individual agencies, > such as the Fish & Wildlife Service and other agencies over which FWS has no > jurisdiction (if any). > > The idea is to require that all captive animals be microchipped by the > governing agency, with an encrypted code as well as readable information and > tracking devices where feasible, employing the latter by priority where > escape is possible. Possession of "unchipped" animals, after a reasonable > grace period would be a violation in itself. > > The idea is to curb illegal capture and importation, as well as track and > identify lost or escaped animals. At the time of implantation, correlative > identifying information should be taken to prevent moving the chip from one > (perhaps dead or more valuable) animal to another. > > WT >
