Mr. Paul Savage:

Competition in the market is of course good. Having multiple places where you can go has historically been good for the consumer, so to my mind there are only benefits there. A federated system that holds all the information and where we could talk to one or check the source of data would make our lives easier. It already exists in a lot of respects, for example, where the date can be seen on the Europetnet and which database a dog is registered on can be seen. That is part of our checks before the dog is listed for sale. You are not allowed legally to list a dog for sale unless it has been microchipped and registered. The registration is the second important part there. We see that federated information is already available, is mandated and works very well.