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EVERY year the RSPCA and Dog Wardens pick up thousands of lost pets. However reuniting these pets with their owners can prove very difficult since many of them cannot be reliably identified. This is obviously very distressing for both pets and their owners, so what can be done to improve the situation?
In addition to the traditional collar and engraved tag (which can unfortunately become detached and lost), there is now a far more reliable form of pet identification - the microchip implant.
A tiny microchip (about the size of a grain of rice) is quickly and easily injected under the skin, permanently identifying your pet. Each microchip contains a unique I.D. code. This code, together with details about your pet, are held on a central computer.
Veterinary practices, the police and pet rescue organisations have special hand held scanners that can detect and “read” engraved the information on the microchip - identifying your pet so that you can be reunited without delay.
Don’t take the chance - microchip your pet! Dogs, cats and many other pets can be microchipped.
Please ask us for further details!
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