Pet Theft Awareness Week 2026

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 2026 PTAW Day Planner:

This year's aim will be to increase signatures for the Central Microchip Portal petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/748648

-. Mar 8th:  Pre Week -  post highlighting PTAW (Sat)
1. Mar.14th:  DTAD - Who Steals Dogs? (Sat)   
2. Mar.15th:  Prevention (Sun)  
3. Mar.17th:  Where are Pets Stolen? (Tue)  
4. Mar.19th:  Horse Theft Day (Thu)   
5. Mar.20th:  Avoid Buying a Stolen Pet. (Fri) 
6. Mar.21st:  #MissingCatsDay (Sat)










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