Measuring about the size of a grain of rice, this transponder contains information that is
scanned by an animal control officer or shelter, so your pet can be returned to you without delay.
If your cat is lost, the microchip can be
scanned by animal control officers, at shelters, at veterinary hospitals in the U.S. and in many foreign countries.
If a pet is lost, the microchip can be
scanned by animal control officers, at shelters and at veterinary hospitals throughout the U.S. and in many other foreign countries.
Microchips can be
scanned by Animal Control or veterinarians, and your information is pulled up on a database so your dog can be returned to you.
Not exact matches
If your dog goes missing, and is found with no tags or collar, you need to hope the person who finds them is willing to make a few calls and wait while your dog is collected
by an
animal control officer who can then take them to be
scanned.
An ID number can be read
by a scanner, which most veterinary hospitals,
animal control bureaus, SPCA's, and other organizations likely to receive stray
animals routinely use to
scan cats and dogs whose owners are unknown.
Luckily, Rocky was microchipped
by his owners, so after he was brought into the shelter
by Animal Control Officer Kim Richardson, The
Animal Foundation processed him,
scanned his microchip that contained his owner's contact information and was able to reach Humberto to tell him the good news.
Instead of rewarding
animal control officers for creating good outcomes for the owners and
animals by offering assistance when needed or for
scanning for microchips in the field so
animals can get back home, the rewards system is now put in place to encourage
animal control officers to bring
animals back to the shelter where a large percentage of them end up dying.
When your pet is brought to a veterinarian or
animal shelter or found
by animal control, authorities only need to
scan the chip to pull up your contact information and let you know that your pet has been found.
Chips Become More User Friendly Pet microchips, until recently, merely identified the owners of wayward pets through a number revealed during
scanning — usually done
by local
animal control — and entered into a database.
Your pet's personal identification number is read
by a
scanning device routinely used
by most humane societies, shelters,
animal control, and veterinarians.
If a lost pet is picked up
by animal control or found
by a good Samaritan and presented to a veterinarian, a quick
scan of the microchip reveals the identification number.
It needs no battery and can be
scanned by a vet or an
animal control officer in seconds.
If your cat is picked up
by animal control, turned into an
animal shelter, or even taken into a veterinary clinic as a stray they will be
scanned to check for a microchip.
Dogs can be
scanned when picked up
by an
animal control officer or brought to the shelter.
The microchip is NOT a GPS device, however should your pet become lost and picked - up
by an
animal control officer or
scanned at a local veterinary clinic, you will be contacted
by the microchip company letting you know your pet has been located.
At our shelter, and most shelters across the country,
animals are
scanned for a microchip if picked up
by Animal Control, upon arrival at the shelter and before humane euthanasia, if necessary.
If a lost cat is picked up
by animal control or found
by a good Samaritan and presented to a veterinarian, a quick
scan of the microchip reveals the identification number.
Whether your pet was brought into a veterinarian's office, an
animal shelter, or was recovered
by animal control, all agencies are trained to
scan all pets upon receiving them.