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Mr D.J Rowlands

Chair of Petitions Committee

National Assembly for Wales

Cardiff Bay

CARDIFF

CF99 1NA

7^th February 2018

RE: Petition P-05-779 Compulsory scanning of domestic pets for microchips by councils

Dear Mr Rowlands,

In response to your recent enquiry regarding our current  policy of the above I am able to confirm that we do actually carry out scanning of suitable animal carcasses involved in highway incidents together with temporary storage of collected carcasses allowing owners to have some time to make enquiries and locate their animals

Any carcasses not retrieved are eventually disposed of via incineration.

I trust this information is of use, any queries please contact writer.

Yours sincerely

Paul Jones

Head of Streetscene and City Services