One of the proposals being offered to tackle the problem of violent and illegal dogs being used for crime in the UK is to microchip them at the cost of the dog owners. The government is proposing that a mandatory £30 fee be paid by all owners that would create a database of dogs, which would also aid their recovery should they be stolen or go missing.

The glaringly obvious flaw with this proposal is that it does nothing to solve the initial problem. If a dog is illegal it’s not going to be on the database and if somebody is using a dog for crime they probably aren’t going to fork out £30 to make it easier to track their activities.

In a similar situation owners may be forced to insure their pet, which could cost up to £500, in case a crime is committed. Guilty until proven innocent.

Once again upstanding members of the public are being dealt a science fiction like draconian law to supposedly appease a problem completely unrelated to them. We all know the government are in love affairs with databases and tracking people, this appears to be a method of cramming through a new law using a real issue as a catalyst, despite it not really solving the problem at hand.

The police themselves, who are in the thick of it do not like the proposal. Kit Malthouse, Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority told the Daily Mail “…we don’t want a DVLA for dogs, just greater power and penalties to deal with the worst cases.”

It’s obvious that it doesn’t make much sense and the police don’t want a database of dogs, because it presumably doesn’t help their situation, so why is the current Government proposing such schemes?

It might be another case of business dictating policy. I’m a big multi-national corporation with lots of microchips, I need a reason to sell this technology, lets call the UK Government who have a history of draconian laws and a lust for databases and unload them all on them.

No matter where this idea of implanting microchips in to living things is coming from, there is a definite move towards doing it not only to pets, but adults and children alike.

The idea first hit the UK with the clubbing scene last decade, marketed as an easy way to gain VIP entry and to buy drinks without money or cash. As reported by The Guardian in 2005: While the concept strikes critics as Orwellian, others believe that, as we stride ever-closer towards a cashless society, it is only a matter of time before the chip becomes a method of fraud-proof common currency. A cashless society is one of the goals of the ruling classes and corrupt bankers. Making it seem trendy is the first step.

the last 10 seconds are very important…

Nice eye symbol as a logo…very fitting.

The company behind this RFID technology is VeriChip, a Corporation headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida. They openly admit capitalizing on the contrived 9/11 attacks, claiming, “The roots of VeriChip trace back to the events of September 11, 2001, when New York firemen were writing their badge ID numbers on their chests in case they were found injured or unconscious. It was evident there was a serious need for personal information in emergency situations.” How kind of them.

They are also entwined in the establishment promulgated climate change alarmism, recently opening a new subsidiary, VeriGreen Energy Corporation.

Although the UK seems to be light footed around the micro-chipping agenda compared to the US, the use of it in nightclubs and now animals is one step closer. One of the more recent headlines surrounds the pharmaceutical industry. As reported by the Daily Mail in 2009, Microchips in pills could soon allow doctors to find out whether a patient has taken their medication…The digestible sensors, just 1mm wide, would mean GPs and surgeons could monitor patients outside the hospital or surgery. Before going all out with such a scheme it is being pushed on Alzheimer’s patients who are prone to forget medication or even go walk abouts.

Another angle being used to get these devices on the market is to protect children should they be abducted or go missing. Heaven knows how many people would jump at the opportunity to chip their children if the increasingly suspect McCanns came out and said they wished they had Maddie chipped.

It’s already being pushed in the US and mainstream news outlets for all sorts of reasons:

As well as privacy issues. What’s stopping somebody hacking in to the chip? There are also a number of health issues associated with the implants. According to Dr. Katherine Albrecht, a series of research articles produced over more than a decade showed that mice and rats injected with glass-encapsulated RFID transponder implants developed malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in 1% to 10% of cases. The tumours were formed in the tissue around the microchips and often grew all around the devices, the researchers said.

Whether its to keep track of pets, to make it easier to enjoy nightclubs, to keep a tab on your children or to aid in war efforts, the corporate media are gradually painting a positive picture of the VeriChip. Although biblical rhetoric like “mark of the beast” might be over-exaggerated for some, we believe this is one more tool poised to control our lives.