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Although the benefits of pet insurance are wide-ranging for dog and cat owners, the government has realised that making third-party cover compulsory is a bad idea politically.
Blogging for the Daily Telegraph, vet Pete Wedderburn said the government dropped the idea after an "outcry" from many of the UK's pet owners.
He suggested that a focus group discussion could have provided all the evidence that the Labour Party would need that the idea would prove unpopular with voters.
With a general election set to take place in early May, "the thought of losing those votes was enough to do the trick", he said.
Many of the proposals, which were announced by home secretary Alan Johnson and environment secretary Hilary Benn earlier this month, remain intact.
Mr Wedderburn said that compulsory microchipping could be a good idea as it reduces the risk of losing a pet.
He remarked: "Many people will dislike the idea of being on an official database of any kind, but whenever there's a dog bite incident, the cry goes up [that] it's the human's fault, not the dog's."
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News Story Submitted On Thursday, March 18, 2010 |
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