Round table: the new dog microchipping law
En Avant Moris brought together associations, vets and pet owners to break down the new law on mandatory dog microchipping and registration — and flag what's still unclear for Mauritians.
On Saturday 11 October 2025, at the Institut Cardinal Jean Margéot in Rose Hill, En Avant Moris hosted a round table on the new law making dog microchipping and registration mandatory in Mauritius. The aim: to go beyond the text, hear from the associations working directly on the ground, and surface the grey areas the law doesn't address.
Alongside the movement, several animal-welfare voices spoke up — notably Audrey Hardy, founder of NouZanimo Humane Trust, and Ingrid Pudaruth of Black Cat Coffee Shelter. Vets, pet owners and volunteers also took the floor. A morning of frank, substantive exchanges that confirmed one thing: the law as drafted doesn't account for the reality of shelters, modest-income families and stray dogs.
The round table follows on from En Avant Moris's earlier public position on the same law, published a few days before under the title When absurdity disguises itself as law.
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Thanks to every association, vet and citizen who joined — and to the Institut Cardinal Jean Margéot for hosting us. The movement will keep carrying this conversation forward: a law that touches this many Mauritian families deserves real consultation, not a rushed passage.
