Dubai’s Sheep, Camels and Cows to be Micro-Chipped
Sheep, goats, camels and cows in Dubai farms will soon start sporting ID tags and micro-chips as part of new rules by the Dubai Municipality to regulate the animal husbandry sector.
All farm animals in Dubai have to be registered, tagged and micro-chipped under the new regulations, a senior official said on Tuesday.Speaking on the sidelines of the 10th Dubai International Food Safety Conference, Louai Abdel-rahman Ahmed, principal veterinary specialist with the Public Health Services Department, said the pilot phase of the registration has already begun.
Dubai already has a system of manually collecting data on farm animals.”Every four years, we go door to door and count the farm animals…. The new registration programme will make it mandatory for farmers or farm owners to register their animals with us.” Details
