Many pet owners use microchips to ensure that if their animals are lost or
stolen, they can be found. It’s a technology that has been used by humane
societies, rescue groups, and clinics.
But what about exotic
pets? Should tigers or lions be chipped?
The epicenter of this debate
is Ohio, where four exotic animal owners have filed a lawsuit
against the Ohio Department of Agriculture and its director David Daniels
claiming that a new law which would mandate them to microchip exotic animals
violated their First Amendment and personal property rights.
Represented by Attorney Robert
Owens, Captive Born Reptiles’ owner Terry Wilkins,
USDA-inspected Stump Hill Farm’s owner Cyndi Huntsman, Paws and Claws Animal
Sanctuary owner Mike Stapleton, and Sean Trimbach of the USDA-licensed Best Exotics LLC,
were successful in delaying the enforcement of the new law until a hearing
in mid-December.
According to a Columbus clerk
in the United States District Court of the Southern District of Ohio,
a restraining order was also filed on November 6 and a conference is scheduled
to meet November 28. The clerk couldn’t comment on the details of the restraining
order.
With all the exotic animal headlines since the tragic 2011 Zanesville, Ohio incident, it seems human rights would be
less of an issue in this lawsuit; however, by “a violation of personal property
rights,” the exotic animal owners mean that their animals will face health
risks due to microchipping, which is lithium-based in Ohio because
the state does not have readers to detect non-lithium
chips.
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