Committee amends cat-identification rule to include microchips
Aug 7, 2026
Aug 7, 2026
The committee amended the cat identification section to list 'collar, tag, or chip' as acceptable identification and voted to add 'chip' to the required identification options; members discussed collar loss and database linkage for microchips.
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The North Adams code-review committee voted to amend cat-identification language so that an identified cat may have a collar, tag, or microchip; the change was approved by the committee.
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