If you are someone's next of kin and you get a new telephone

grandtanteJE65

Oldbat1

Something else to consider if changing phone numbers is lost dogs and cats. Owners really need to update their pets chip details otherwise their pets can be rehomed if not claimed within 7days (or put to sleep - it does happen unfortunately as rescue centres are inundated with unwanted animals)

Are you sure about this?

I agree it is vitally important to remember to update the details of your address and phone number in the registry of chip-marked pets, but neither in Denmark, nor in Germany can a chipped animal be either re-homed or put down after a week, as the cat-and-dog homes if they cannot contact the owner at the address stated by the animal registry are obliged to contact the residents' registry, the prison service, hospitals and social services before acting .

It is illegal to keep or destroy a chipped animal, unless it is so badly injured that keeping it alive would, according to a vet, amount to cruelty.

grandanteJE65 yes unfortunately. Legally all dogs in the UK have to be chipped but lots aren’t. Again it depends on where stray dogs are found and which rescue kennels they find themselves in. I’ve volunteered for 10yrs at a non destruct rescue and legally dogs only need to be given 7days before they become the “property” of the kennels who can then do whatever they wish which also includes euthanasia. Sadly many rescues try really hard to accommodate these dogs. Many staffies and lurchers are still put to sleep if places in kennels can’t be found as they are seen as hard to rehome. If dogs are elderly and if they have medical issues then they too will succumb. Breaks my heart. Small charity Rescue kennels receive no government funding only from the public. Denmark and Germany are to be applauded.

If I remember correctly, the law is that the Local Authority has to keep them for seven days then can "dispose" of them.

In some areas the Local Authority contracts and pays the Dogs Trust to house and care for the captured stray dogs for the seven days with the arrangement that after the seven days the Dogs Trust gets the dog, and they never put a healthy dog down. Many dogs are found a new home.

The last time I moved house was 2005. I notified all family and friend about the change of address and phone number. I only have a very elderly mobile phone that I still have the same number for as I haven't changed it and don't use it. It's not a problem I've come across..

When my uncle died, my aunt re-wrote her will leaving her savings to her 6 cousins and her bungalow to her nephew (they did not have children). Then she decided to downsize to a flat (she was not a gardener) but did not change the address in her will to that of the flat.

When she died, her will was not valid because of the wrong address so the solicitor wrote to the cousins saying they could be entitled to a share of the flat as well as receiving their share of the savings, leaving her nephew with nothing. They had the opportunity to say they believed the property was intended for the nephew, and rescind their right to a share, but they all greedily took their bit.

If my aunt had changed the address to that of her new flat, the resulting rift in the family would never have happened.

I’ve kept the same number for some time now - but always good to check that kind of info is correct.