Dog chips. Korean serving suggestion?

So, following on from my last post, the Government has announced that all dogs must be chipped. This may be interpreted as a serving suggestion by our Korean friends who allegedly and famously eat dogs.

By inserting a microchip into the dog this will somehow prevent them attacking people. Apparently. No it won't. Microchipping the owners of such dangerous dogs might prevent them attacking people, the dogs that is not the owner, although often the two go together - violent people and dangerous dogs. If they microchip had some sort of detonator circuit that could be activated in the event of an incident that would be very effective, blowing up the dog, the owner, or both.

Presently if you are bitten by a dangerous dog which then runs away you have no way of identifying the owner. Somehow having the microchip will help. Presumably the government will issue us all with a microchip reader which we must then carry at all times in case of a dog attack. The question then arises of what happens if you are bitten by an "underground" dog, one that has not been chipped so that the owner cannot be identified? We already have criminals using "pool cars" which are not registered to anybody. Will we end up with "pool dogs?"

The legislation will of course only apply to England and Wales, Scotland has no plans to introduce compulsory chipping. So a little advice to our Scottish neighbours. In the event of a dog attack, run for the border!