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Deborah Welsh, AWOLPET.com
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BE PREPARED (Why Microchip Your Pet?)
Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia, Atlanta Kennel Club, Inc. (AKC)
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CAR - Companion Animal Recovery
AKC Companion Animal Recovery (CAR),
American Kennel Club, Inc. (AKC)
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Dog Detective, Inc.
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FidoFinder.com
Fido Finder®, FidoFinder.com
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HelpMeFindMYPET.com
HelpMeFindMYPET
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Pet Club of America
Pet Club of America
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Petfinder.com
Petfinder, LLC
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petfinders.ca
petfinders.ca
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Microchip touted as solution to stray-cat problem
Dave Downey, NCTimes.com,
North County Times, Lee Enterprises [ 20 April 2005 ]
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Pets are our companions and our friends. They give a great deal to us and ask
little in return — just the love of a caring master who will shelter
and protect them. Losing a pet can be a traumatic experience;
for some it is akin to losing a child. While as a society we certainly do
not value our pets as highly as our children, many individuals consider
their pets to be treasured family members. Because pets cannot speak,
they have no way to communicate in a meaningful manner when they become
lost. Furthermore, when pets are lost they may also become
disoriented, especially if they are in unfamiliar territory (such as
happens when traveling) or are victims of a natural disaster.
You should exercise the same care in supervising a pet as you would in
supervising a child. Like young children, pets are both easily
distracted and easily attracted to or frightened by other animals, people
and moving objects. The sight of a bird may lure your indoor cat out
of an open door, while an inattentive owner may be surprised when their
dog suddenly bolts toward another dog, a squirrel or a moving vehicle.
Animals can also be frightened, sometimes traumatically, by loud
noises such as construction noise, loud vehicles and thunder. Dogs
and cats can move even more quickly than a child; they can be out of
sight within seconds.
Insuring that your pet is properly identified can go a long way toward
providing for its safe return if it becomes lost. A tagged collar with
your pet’s name and your own name and phone number (including area
code) may help and should always be used because it lets others know your
animal is not a stray, but collars can be rubbed off or removed. There are
other ways to identify your pet if it becomes lost, from organizational
registry to surgical implantation of an identification chip that can be
externally read by equipment now owned by most veterinarians, animal
shelters and rescue agencies. If you truly value your pets, you may want
to consider one of the options to the right.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published 19 August 2003, updated 26 March
2005.
Follow links to the right to learn more about pet finders, pet id tags, pet microchips and what to do to find a lost pet.
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