Losing your pet can be a traumatic and even tragic event. Conscientious pet guardians protect their pets with collars and ID tags. Unfortunately, collars and ID tags are not foolproof and dogs and cats can still get lost. Collars can break or fall-off, leaving your beloved pet among the countless, unidentified lost strays at animal shelters.
What are microchips?
Microchips are implantable computer chips that encode a unique identification number to help reunite you with your lost pet. They are no bigger than a grain of rice and the are placed under your pet's skin with a needle and syringe, not much differently than a routine vaccination. Unlike collars and ID tags, they can never break or fall off. They work by receiving a radio signal from a scanner and transmitting the encoded chip identification number back to the scanner. With the chip identification number in hand, the vital contact information is only a phone call away.
Microchips are implantable computer chips that encode a unique identification number to help reunite you with your lost pet. They are no bigger than a grain of rice and the are placed under your pet's skin with a needle and syringe, not much differently than a routine vaccination. Unlike collars and ID tags, they can never break or fall off. They work by receiving a radio signal from a scanner and transmitting the encoded chip identification number back to the scanner. With the chip identification number in hand, the vital contact information is only a phone call away.
Chip Statistics
**Cats need microchips, too! Especially cats who don't wear a collar. A chipped cat is 20 times more likely to find his home again if he gets lost!
- One in three pets will go missing in their lifetime; 90 percent never return home.**
- Six to eight million pets end up in shelters each year, many more are lost with no identification.
- Microchip recovery services are available 24/7, 365 days a year.
**Cats need microchips, too! Especially cats who don't wear a collar. A chipped cat is 20 times more likely to find his home again if he gets lost!
When you have your animal microchipped, it is exceedingly important to register your information with the microchip company and keep that information updated. When you move, updating your information with the microchip company should be on your moving checklist. The microchip is not very effective if the information is incorrect. No matter how experienced a pet owner you are, there is always the risk of a beloved pet to go missing.
REGISTERED MICROCHIPS GIVE LOST PETS THE BEST CHANCE OF RETURNING HOME.
From that study:
REGISTERED MICROCHIPS GIVE LOST PETS THE BEST CHANCE OF RETURNING HOME.
- The American Human 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.
From that 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).
- Less than 2 percent of lost cats that entered the animal shelters were reunited with their families. The return-to-owner rate for microchipped cats was dramatically higher at over 38 percent (an increase of over 2000 percent).
- Only 58 percent of microchipped animals' microchips had been registered in a database with their owner's contact information.