SOFA’s Amazing Microchipping Campaign!
| September 10, 2008 |
You may have realized by now that I’m passionate about promoting responsible pet-ownership, especially at grass-roots level, by going into schools and talking with children about animals.
So it gave me enormous pleasure to be contacted by a lovely lady Sue Cole, teacher at Norfolk’s Thorpe House School to ask for my support for her pupils’ Speak Out For Animals (SOFA) Club.
Sue, who stresses that “Not all kids are hoodies”, informed me of SOFA’s campaign to not only encourage more people to micro-chip their pets, but also to make it compulsory for all pets to be chipped in the first place.
These caring animal-loving youngsters already realize that if micro-chipping became law there would be a reduction in the number of lost, stolen and abandoned pets, and what’s more they’re bothering to do something about it.
To achieve their goal SOFA recently launched an online petition needing only 20,000 signatures before they can present their ideas to No. 10 itself in October, so please visit www.gopetition.com/online/19925 and help spread the word.
SOFA are also holding a microchipping day on September 10th which I’m looking forward to attending!
I agree totaly all dogs should be chipped
Posted by morgan on: August 4th, 2008 7:41 am
keep up the good work guys, love the greyhound!
Posted by Helen Scholes on: August 12th, 2008 9:34 am
Agree totally.
Posted by Jenny Symmons on: August 12th, 2008 10:12 am
A very good campaine
Posted by John Robson German Shepherd Rescue Surrey on: August 12th, 2008 11:50 am
As it should be !
Posted by Pauline Hart on: August 12th, 2008 2:19 pm
Thank you for the comments! We are really grateful for all of your support. The greyhound, Helen, is SOFA’s mascot and one of my rescued greyhounds… He is a registered PAT dog and very much loved by everyone he meets… He will be at the Microchipping Day, on 10th September which Marc has so very kindly agreed to attend..
Sue (teacher/leader of SOFA)
Posted by Sue on: August 18th, 2008 7:10 pm
Excellent for the protection of all dogs
Posted by John Reynolds on: August 29th, 2008 9:51 am
Dear Marc,
The S.O.F.A club like to Thank you very much for visiting our school, it was a great pleasure having you with us. The Microchipping day turned out to be a Fantastic!, success. Also, we would like to thank you for microchipping 188 DOGS! You are a kind and generous man, and i will look up to you forever.
Yours sincerely,
Georgia Brown, (S.O.F.A club member)
Posted by Georgia Brown on: September 12th, 2008 11:53 am
Dear Marc
Thank you ever so much for coming to our school and being at the microchipping day. We manged to get 188 dogs microchipped. We really enjoyed you talk to the school. It is lovely that you are so passionate about animals. Thanks again.
Molly Hornby
Posted by Molly Hornby on: September 12th, 2008 11:56 am
Dear Marc,
Im in the S.O.F.A club. Thankyou very much for coming to Broadland District C
Council and the school, it meant so much, i learnt so much that day it was the best day of my life.
It means so much that we have someone famous that agrees with Microchipping.
Yours sincerely
Katie Thompson
Posted by Katie Thompson on: September 12th, 2008 11:56 am
Dear Marc
Thank you very, very much for coming in on the microchipping day and coming in the next day to talk to us. The microchipping day was a big successes, every thing went perfectly. Thank you ever so much!
Yours sincerly
Sophie Wyatt
Posted by Sophie Wyatt on: September 26th, 2008 11:12 am
Dear Marc
Thank you very, very much for coming in on the microchipping day and coming in the next day to talk to us. The microchipping day was a big successes, every thing went perfectly. Thank you ever so much!
Yours sincerely
Sophie Wyatt
Posted by Sophie Wyatt on: September 26th, 2008 11:13 am
Well done to SOFA and best wishes from Quaker Concern for Animals.
Posted by Marian Hussenbux on: November 6th, 2008 2:31 pm