There must be a way of tracking lost dogs JUST before Christmas there was a report in another newspaper about a little boy, Edward Latter, having his pet dog Morse stolen from outside his house.

Simon Cowell, hearing about this dog-napping, has put up a £10,000 reward for anyone who can provide information which would lead to the dog being returned to its rightful owner.

All legally-owned dogs have to be microchipped, with the law covering this requirement introduced in April 2016.

Those microchips only carry basic information on them, the registry number and the phone number of the registry holding the chip’s information.

There are many dogs stolen a year and there is little chance of the real owners getting them back.

Surely, in this day and age of ever-smaller electronic devices, it wouldn’t be too difficult for a tracking device to be fitted into those microchips?

Many owners of expensive cars fit trackers so, in the event of a car being stolen, it can soon be traced and returned to its owner.

People pay a lot of money to buy their pet dog and this alone would be a good incentive to have a tracker fitted.

The cost of buying the dog, paying insurance and vets bills, pales into virtual insignificance when compared to the love the dog will get and which it reciprocates.

For an adult to lose their pet is a terrible thing, for a child it is total devastation.

Philip Roe, Roman Avenue South, Stamford Bridge