lucabrasi999 writes "CNN is reporting that Japan is moving towards requiring all owners of potentially dangerous animals (such as crocodiles and pythons) to have microchips installed in case the animal gets loose. Apparently there has been a wave of 'wild' animals that have been escaping their captivity. Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'?"Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_xp1='';Ads_yp1='';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';Ads_prf='page=article';Ads_channels='RON_P6_IMU';Ads_wrd='humor,hardware';Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_sec=0; Microchips for Dangerous Animals? Log in/Create an Account | Top | 98 comments | Search Discussion Display Options Threshold: -1: 98 comments 0: 94 comments 1: 70 comments 2: 44 comments 3: 8 comments 4: 4 comments 5: 1 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded Oldest First Newest First Highest Scores First Oldest First (Ignore Threads) Newest First (Ignore Threads) The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. PETA? (Score:3, Insightful) by CyricZ (887944) on Saturday October 15, @10:33PM (#13800382) Has a group such as PETA made any comment with regards to this practice? [ Reply to ThisRe:PETA? by bcat24 (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @10:38PMPETA has supported microchipping laws in the past by mcc (Score:2) Sunday October 16, @12:05AMRe:PETA? by Ucklak (Score:1) Saturday October 15, @10:50PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:PETA? by aussie_a (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @10:50PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.1 reply beneath your current threshold. You Are Here (Score:2, Insightful) by Doc Ruby (173196) on Saturday October 15, @10:34PM (#13800388) (http://slashdot.org/~Doc%20Ruby/journal | Last Journal: Thursday March 31, @02:48PM) People are the most dangerous animals. [ Reply to ThisThank goodness! by EraserMouseMan (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @10:43PMRe:Thank goodness! by Doc Ruby (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @10:47PMRe:Thank goodness! by chicago_bulls (Score:1) Saturday October 15, @10:50PMRe:Thank goodness! by jrockway (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:28PM HOW OUTRAGEOUS! (Score:4, Insightful) by fireboy1919 (257783) <rustypNO@SPAMfreeshell.org> on Saturday October 15, @10:35PM (#13800392) (http://rustyp.freeshell.org/ | Last Journal: Tuesday April 29, @10:22AM) Next thing you know, they'll be branding cattle, and tattooing ferrets!And the regulations will only get worse!Its only a matter of time before you have to have a license to keep exotic predators!Oh wait...that's the way it is now. I guess society wants to keep track of its animals.Carry on then. [ Reply to ThisRe:HOW OUTRAGEOUS! by Alien Being (Score:1) Saturday October 15, @10:45PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:HOW OUTRAGEOUS! by fm6 (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:31PMas opposed to... by zogger (Score:1) Sunday October 16, @12:26AM Old news (Score:2, Insightful) by Celsius 233 (913263) on Saturday October 15, @10:35PM (#13800393) The article has been up for three and a half days.Anyways, why don't they just not let people take these animals into public? Is it really a good idea to take your croc for a wlk? Or better yet, why not ban the possession of them outright? [ Reply to ThisRe:Old news by FudgeRusket (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @10:44PMRe:Old news by aussie_a (Score:3) Saturday October 15, @10:55PMRe:Old news by MDMurphy (Score:2) Sunday October 16, @12:06AM What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? (Score:4, Insightful) by CyricZ (887944) on Saturday October 15, @10:36PM (#13800397) What exactly is a "potentially dangerous" animal? Most animals are potentially dangerous. Many dogs can easily harm humans. Will all dogs need to be embedded with such a device? Even cats can bite and scratch. Will they require tracking devices? Even timid bunny rabbits can give a good bite if provoked enough. Again, will they need such devices? [ Reply to ThisHoly Grail Killer Rabbit! by 42Penguins (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @10:40PMRe:Holy Grail Killer Rabbit! by $exyNerdie (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:12PMRe:Holy Grail Killer Rabbit! by FooAtWFU (Score:2) Sunday October 16, @12:04AMRe:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by MichaelSmith (Score:3) Saturday October 15, @11:19PMRe:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by node 3 (Score:3) Saturday October 15, @11:35PMExactly by Mark_MF-WN (Score:2) Sunday October 16, @12:16AM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by rollingcalf (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:35PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.Re:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by MBCook (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:38PMRe:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by petermgreen (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:57PMRe:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by NanoGator (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:59PMBunnies! by bohemian72 (Score:1) Sunday October 16, @12:03AMRe:What's a "potentially dangerous" animal? by Bottlemaster (Score:1) Sunday October 16, @12:14AM1 reply beneath your current threshold. Mini-proof of evolution? (Score:2) by EraserMouseMan (847479) on Saturday October 15, @10:39PM (#13800408) wave of 'wild' animals that have been escaping their captivity Proof of evolution? Or the pet owners de-evolving . . . [ Reply to This2 replies beneath your current threshold. What a good idea... oh, wait... (Score:5, Funny) by failrate (583914) on Saturday October 15, @10:39PM (#13800413) (http://voodoogirl.cjb.net/) I read that as MOD chips for pets. I was so excited, but now... [ Reply to ThisRe:What a good idea... oh, wait... by bladesjester (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:51PM not practical (Score:1) by zoogies (879569) on Saturday October 15, @10:39PM (#13800415) (http://zoogies.net/blog) Ha! Is the Japanese government willing to install, oversee, and monitor all of this? And track down offenders and illegally un-micro-chipped animals? Make an official classification of "that which is dangerous" and "that which isn't?" I guess this is for public safety, but it reeks of bureaucracy. I'm not so sure they can just force owners of snakes and crocodiles to buy microchips with their own money, especially when they're probably unwilling in the first place. [ Reply to ThisRe:not practical by identity0 (Score:2) Sunday October 16, @12:06AM2 replies beneath your current threshold. Good idea! (Score:2) by isny (681711) on Saturday October 15, @10:47PM (#13800465) (http://how.to/succeedinbusinesswithoutreallytrying) I'm sure this would have stopped the chaos that happened in Jurassic Park. All right then -- I'm off to write an e-mail to those British scientists who want to introduce lions and elephants into North America and buy stock in RFID chip makers! [ Reply to This Snake-walk! (Score:2) by Sly Mongoose (15286) on Saturday October 15, @10:48PM (#13800466) (http://www.anjo.com/) Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'? I always have difficulty fastening the collar on my pet fer-de-lance..... [ Reply to This1 reply beneath your current threshold. Argh, snake (Score:2) by Stormwatch (703920) on Saturday October 15, @10:48PM (#13800469) (http://anticirc.coconia.net/) Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'? Argh, snake! [badgerbadgerbadger.com] [ Reply to ThisRe:Argh, snake by Bob54321 (Score:1) Saturday October 15, @11:01PMRe:Argh, snake by Solder Fumes (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:28PM ambulation (Score:2) by lawpoop (604919) on Saturday October 15, @10:50PM (#13800476) (http://lawpoop.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Friday May 28, @07:51PM) "Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'?" And did you know that you can also go for a 'stroll'? [ Reply to This Already in Australia for Cats and Dogs... (Score:2) by Bigthecat (678093) on Saturday October 15, @10:55PM (#13800502) What's the fuss? This practice has been required [shoal.net.au] by law for anyone obtaining pets such as cats and dogs in Australia for years now. Both of my cats have them, and it's just a tiny implant with owner information, and the only trouble with them so far that I've heard of is that some have been known to slip out of place in the body of the animal and make it difficult to get the information out of them. [ Reply to This1 reply beneath your current threshold. Brilliant Idea (Score:1) by kerashi (917149) on Saturday October 15, @10:55PM (#13800506) Yes, we should put microchips in dangerous animals in order to keep track of them.But how about those remarkably stupid beasts, or people? Shouldn't we also put a microchip in George W. Bush in case he gets loose? [ Reply to This3 replies beneath your current threshold. Hang on a minute (Score:1) by longword (2293) on Saturday October 15, @10:58PM (#13800519) If the animal gets loose, how much good will it really do to be able to track down the owner based the tag embedded in him? [ Reply to ThisRe:Hang on a minute by isny (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:07PM Assassin dolphins (Score:4, Funny) by gustgr (695173) <rondina@gmail.PASCALcom minus language> on Saturday October 15, @11:00PM (#13800528) (http://gustgr.freeshell.org/ | Last Journal: Saturday January 08, @03:51AM) Does "Dangerous Animals" include US Navy dolphins with toxic dart guns? [ Reply to ThisRe:Assassin dolphins by Namronorman (Score:1) Saturday October 15, @11:30PM Sounds like a good idea (Score:1) by Don_Casper (923158) on Saturday October 15, @11:03PM (#13800541) Many people are given the option of putting rfid tags in pets nowadays when they have the pets first vet visit. Our cats and dogs all have them and you wouldnt even know they were there, and none of them seems to be having problems with it. Personally i think its a good idea. If you can figure out how to enforce it then you have a great system to keep owners of large animals in control. [ Reply to This Modchips for Dangerous Animals? (Score:1) by kakashiryo (866772) on Saturday October 15, @11:05PM (#13800548) Err... *rubs eyes again*. Sorry. Been a long day. :) [ Reply to This Dangerous animals???? (Score:2) by hellfire (86129) <deviladv@@@thedevilsadvocate...org> on Saturday October 15, @11:07PM (#13800558) (http://thedevilsadvocate.org/) Yanno, I've always had a problem with people saying animals like pythons are dangerous. Well let's see, considering more people die annually from dog attacks than pythons [anapsid.org], we should be microchipping all pets. Okay, those figures are for the United States, but pythons are no more common as pets in Japan in the US. Hey, mice can carry diseases, despite the fact that most white mice owners don't let their mice near trash piles, but let's microchip them just in case! This is a non-problem.I also have a problem with opening the door to using the tracking of pets to track people. This smacks of over-reaction and the singling out of one class of pet owner either as a weird form of discrimination, or simply fear of what most people don't understand.Go out and start tagging mosquitos since they carry west nile and malaria, they are far more dangerous world wide to humans than pythons. [ Reply to ThisRe:Dangerous animals???? by Helpadingoatemybaby (Score:2) Saturday October 15, @11:24PM1 reply beneath your current threshold.1 reply beneath your current threshold. Walk (Score:1) by Elitist_Phoenix (808424) on Saturday October 15, @11:09PM (#13800564) Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'?I like to walk my boa constrictor up and down a golden valley everyday. [ Reply to ThisRe:Walk by Ravear (Score:1) Sunday October 16, @12:20AM Criky! (Score:1) by scriptdaemon (923033) <scriptdaemon@gmail.com> on Saturday October 15, @11:09PM (#13800566) I thought only white people messed with alligators? [ Reply to This Everglades (Score:1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 15, @11:10PM (#13800569) If this law was implemented in the U.S. we wouldn't have pythons exploding in the everglades:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051005/ap_on_fe_st/ga tor_python [yahoo.com] [ Reply to This Pythons & Alligators (Score:1) by netgecko78 (517810) on Saturday October 15, @11:12PM (#13800581) Apparently the poster of this topic is fascinated by the fight between python & alligator as seen in a previous slashdot posting. [slashdot.org] :) [ Reply to This ah hhhh (Score:1) by icepick72 (834363) on Saturday October 15, @11:26PM (#13800611) Did you know that it is actually possible to take your pet snake for a 'walk'?"Ah, yes ... Yes I did. [ Reply to This What about eating... (Score:1, Offtopic) by HockeyPuck (141947) on Saturday October 15, @11:35PM (#13800656) Will it keep them from eating ENDANGERED animals? [ Reply to ThisRe:What about eating... by bohemian72 (Score:1) Sunday October 16, @12:15AM I smell government contracts... (Score:1) by confield (892132) on Saturday October 15, @11:52PM (#13800708) Forget that whole un-manned military vehicle idea. All you gotta do is implant some geese with some modified radio controlled microchips and you got your own mother-flocking air force. [ Reply to This Pet Pythpns? (Score:2) by rossdee (243626) on Saturday October 15, @11:53PM (#13800710) So do they have a detector van from the 'Ministry of Housinge' going around looking for unchipped (and oresumably inlicenced) pets (named Eric)? [ Reply to This Scary (Score:2) by Kohath (38547) on Saturday October 15, @11:54PM (#13800715) You think they're dangerous now? Wait until they're augmented with microchips. Fangs and computing power. Shudder. [ Reply to This I think I know what will happen next (Score:1) by ee2go (917739) on Saturday October 15, @11:56PM (#13800727) 'They cut the power.''What do you mean "THEY cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!?' [ Reply to This Turn them off (Score:1) by JonathanR (852748) on Sunday October 16, @12:15AM (#13800788) Now you can turn them off at will with your TV-B-Gone. You can turn of 90% of dangerous animals within 17 seconds [ Reply to This They'll never be able to chip MY pet (Score:2) by WormholeFiend (674934) on Sunday October 16, @12:22AM (#13800813) My bird-eating tarantula [wikipedia.org] sheds her skin regularly. [ Reply to This Different function (Score:1) by connah0047 (850585) on Sunday October 16, @12:23AM (#13800817) I think the chip should perform a different function than tracking for dangerous animals. If one gets out, the zoo ought to have an "Abort and Destroy" button. [ Reply to This Thank God! End this madness! (Score:2) by RexRhino (769423) on Sunday October 16, @12:24AM (#13800818) Every day I walk the streets, I have to be on my guard, not knowing when a komono dragon is going to bite off my leg, or an enraged ape is going to storm out of an alley and attack me, or an electric eel is going to zap me the next time I step in a puddle. I live in fear! FEAR I TELL YOU!! What is that buzzing sound? I hear it is too cold in Canada for Africanized honey bees, but YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL, DAMN IT!It restores my faith in government that there is no threat too obscure, too irrelevant, or too laughable not to legislate and spend gobs of money on!Seeing as the number of people killed by non-indigenous species every year has got to be, what, like 8 people? [ Reply to This Good luck trying (Score:2) by Nailer (69468) on Sunday October 16, @12:37AM (#13800851)