Articles written by Raphael G. Satter Associated Press Writer London

RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press Writer LONDON

British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. Postmen are delighted, but civil libertarians grumble that Britain's sprawling surveillance state now wants to track the nation's estimated 8 million dogs. Others complain that the insurance plan would impose a financial penalty on innocent pet owners — while criminals who own violent animals will simply shirk the law. "This is yet more surveillance and continuous datagrabbing by g...