Thousands of pets get lost every day. Please do not let your pet be in that number.

Microchipping is a simple, quick and painless procedure that can be the difference between your lost pet being returned to you, or your pet ending up on the streets, scared and alone, unclaimed in a shelter, or even dead. A microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, is inserted under your pet’s skin between the shoulder blades. This chip contains a registration number and the phone number of the registry for the particular brand of chip. The registry will have the pet’s name, the owner’s name, and last recorded contact information. Most veterinarians, shelters, and even pet stores and some police departments have a scanning device. So if your pet is found wandering the streets, someone can bring your pet to get scanned for a microchip. Then the clinic or shelter who has the pet can contact the chip’s registry to get the owner's name and contact information so that your pet can be reunited with his family.

Please get your pet microchipped today!

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