Microchip your Pets

The following is provided by HomeAgain.

 

Registered microchips give lost pets the best chance of returning home. The statistics indicate that missing pets rarely make it home.

 

Why Microchip Your Pet?
 

• The American Humane Association estimates over 10 million dogs and cats are lost or stolen in the U.S. every year.

• One in three pets will become lost at some point during their life.

• A study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, including 53 animal shelters across the U.S., confirmed the high rate of return of microchipped dogs and cats to their families, and the importance of microchip registration. From the study:

• Only about 22 percent of lost dogs that entered the animal shelters were reunited with their families. However, the return-to-owner rate for microchipped dogs was over 52 percent (a 238 percent increase).

• Only 58 percent of the microchipped animals’ microchips had been registered in a database with their pet parent’s contact information.

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High-tech protection can prevent heartbreak. Enter the pet microchip — a simple,

elegant product of our high-tech age. No bigger than a grain of rice or more costly than

a month’s supply of pet food, a pet microchip and enrollment in a pet recovery database

brings lost pets home and provides peace of mind that your beloved companion will

never wander unknown. 

 

Veterinarians encourage microchipping, and with good reason; microchipping

substantially increases the likelihood of a pet returning home by offering secure,

reliable, unique and permanent identification.

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View how pet microchipping works in this video