British canine concerns may cost owners money

 
By The Associated Press
Published: March 10, 2010

LONDON — British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on dangerous canines.

Postmen are delighted, but civil libertarians grumble that Britain ’s sprawling surveillance state now wants to track the nation’s estimated 8 million dogs. Others complain the insurance plan would impose a financial penalty on innocent pet owners — whi...


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