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Council tables proposed mandatory microchip pet‑registration ordinance pending town‑hall and outreach
Summary
After extensive discussion about costs, medical risks and enforcement, the council voted unanimously to table a proposed ordinance that would shift the city’s pet tag regime to a microchip registration requirement and to host a community town‑hall before reconsideration.
Bastrop City Council members on Feb. 25 voted unanimously to table a proposed ordinance (item 10.I, Ordinance 2025‑17) that would replace the city’s existing dog/cat tag and collar requirements with a microchip‑based registration system. Council directed staff to host a public town‑hall and return the ordinance for further consideration within 60 days.
What the proposal would do: The ordinance presented by staff would replace the current physical tag requirement with mandatory microchip implantation and registration for dogs and cats and would remove certain confinement language from the animal code. Staff and the city’s animal control officer, Robert McBain, said microchips are more permanent than…
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