Your pet’s microchip may be inactive, and you may not know it
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - One of the ways to identify a lost pet is to scan for a microchip. That information should have the owners’ information, but what happens if the owners move or the microchip company goes out of business?
There is a post appearing on pet websites and animal shelters around the country about a microchip provider and monitoring service called Save This Life. The company’s website is active, but the company is apparently out of business, and the chips are no longer linked to national databases used to identify pets.
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Valentine’s Day is on Friday, but for the Friends of the Animal Shelter, the attempts to find a connection extend to Saturday.
The Save This Life service line and main number were not available and may be disconnected.
To keep your pet safe, ask your vet to scan the chip to confirm it’s working and ensure the information is correct.
If you have the chip number, there are several registries you can check:
- Free Pet Chip Registry
- 24Petwatch - which has 30 million pets s and charges a one-time fee of $120.
- https://www.aaha.org/for-veterinary-professionals/microchip-search/
- https://www.petlink.net//-pet/
- http://www.akcreunite.org/
- https://avidid.com/
- https://www.idtag.com/
- https://www.petlink.net/
- https://petkey.org/
- https://www.homeagain.com/
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