Mandatory Microchip Scanning for All Pets, Everytime
Mandatory Microchip Scanning for All Pets, Everytime
The Issue
1 in 3 family pets will get lost.
According to the Home Again Microchipping service 6-8 million pets enter animal shelters each year with only 3-4% of dogs microchipped and less than 1% of cats microchipped. A microchip is the only permanent form of pet identification. It cannot fall off, be altered, or removed.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) 49% of dog owners found their pets by searching the neighborhood and 15% were recovered from ID tags and/or microchips. Only 6% of dog owners, and 2% of cat owners found their lost pets at animal shelters.
Microchips can only be scanned if picked up by animal control or a willing person brings the animal to a facility to scan the chip. Neither microchipping nor microchip scanning is mandatory.
If someone chooses to keep a pet that they found - the pet will never be scanned and has no chance at being reuinted with it's owner.
Many pets are stolen right from their own homes. These pets are taken in by people because the pet appears to be dirty, hungry, and/or thirsty. There is little to no effort to post found signs, take the animal to a shelter (the first place an owner will look) or check for a microchip.
There are different laws across the country and across the state about harboring a found pet. But there is a fault in how they are enforced.
Losing a pet is like losing a member of the family and there is no system of security for the heart broken families.
Enforcing every animal facility (shelters, veterinary hospitals, pet stores, groomers, boarders, and any other animal business/facility etc) to scan for a chip every time can help mend some broken hearts and reunite owners with long lost furry family members. If the identification of the person differs from the identification of the chip the establishment must either keep the animal, or surrender it to animal control until ownership can either be proven or the true owner is located.
Once your pet is missing, making sure your contact information is up to date on a chip is the first thing you do. There are too many pets stolen from our neighborhoods and as owners, we have absolutely no chance at finding them when they are harbored in someone elses home.
It is time to bring every pet home.
**In honor of my sweet Scout! http://witchdoctordiaries.blogspot.com/2013/11/my-name-is.html **
The Issue
1 in 3 family pets will get lost.
According to the Home Again Microchipping service 6-8 million pets enter animal shelters each year with only 3-4% of dogs microchipped and less than 1% of cats microchipped. A microchip is the only permanent form of pet identification. It cannot fall off, be altered, or removed.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) 49% of dog owners found their pets by searching the neighborhood and 15% were recovered from ID tags and/or microchips. Only 6% of dog owners, and 2% of cat owners found their lost pets at animal shelters.
Microchips can only be scanned if picked up by animal control or a willing person brings the animal to a facility to scan the chip. Neither microchipping nor microchip scanning is mandatory.
If someone chooses to keep a pet that they found - the pet will never be scanned and has no chance at being reuinted with it's owner.
Many pets are stolen right from their own homes. These pets are taken in by people because the pet appears to be dirty, hungry, and/or thirsty. There is little to no effort to post found signs, take the animal to a shelter (the first place an owner will look) or check for a microchip.
There are different laws across the country and across the state about harboring a found pet. But there is a fault in how they are enforced.
Losing a pet is like losing a member of the family and there is no system of security for the heart broken families.
Enforcing every animal facility (shelters, veterinary hospitals, pet stores, groomers, boarders, and any other animal business/facility etc) to scan for a chip every time can help mend some broken hearts and reunite owners with long lost furry family members. If the identification of the person differs from the identification of the chip the establishment must either keep the animal, or surrender it to animal control until ownership can either be proven or the true owner is located.
Once your pet is missing, making sure your contact information is up to date on a chip is the first thing you do. There are too many pets stolen from our neighborhoods and as owners, we have absolutely no chance at finding them when they are harbored in someone elses home.
It is time to bring every pet home.
**In honor of my sweet Scout! http://witchdoctordiaries.blogspot.com/2013/11/my-name-is.html **
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Petition created on June 9, 2014