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Your pet escapes the yard and is found a few miles away by an animal control officer, who takes the pet back to the shelter and scans the pet in hopes of finding a microchip code. When a code is found and displayed on the scanner, the shelter employee is able to determine which database to contact for further information. Once the database is contacted, the microchip code is given. At this point, there are two outcomes. If the owner did not register his name and telephone number with the database, the veterinary clinic that purchased the microchip is listed. Unfortunately, the pet must stay at the shelter until the veterinary clinic can be contacted, usually the next business day, in order to determine the name and telephone number of the owner. The other potential outcome is based on owner's paying an additional fee and registering his name, address and telephone number, including alternates, with the database.
Some form of identification is vital. Of the millions of dogs and cats euthanized in shelters around the country, an estimated 30 percent of them are lost pets whose owners cannot be found.
It’s the thing every pet owner fears most. Your cat is nowhere to be found. You wonder if he’s wandered off somehow – or been stolen. This is no time for panic; it’s time for action. Here are some important...
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