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Pet Disaster Planning Day and Micro-Chip Clinic

 FAIRFIELD, CT – JUNE 28, 2008 – FAIRFIELD ANIMAL CONTROL is pleased to announce Pet Disaster Planning Day. The event will promote animal disaster planning and sheltering and help raise awareness of responsible pet care. FAIRFIELD ANIMAL CONTROL will be holding a microchipping clinic on Saturday, June 28, 2008.  The event will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. at FAIRFIELD ANIMAL CONTROL, which is located at 211 One Rod Hwy in FAIRFIELD, CT. 06824. In Addition, Fairfield Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) will provide information on disaster planning for people and pets.

 The cost of the microchip implant plus enrollment will be $15 per animal (CASH only). You must provide a valid rabies certificate for your cat and/or dog. All dogs must be on leashes and all cats must be in carriers (cats and dogs only).

 To help control the pet population, cut down on disease, and reduce the number of lost pets that are euthanized, because they cannot be properly identified, FAIRFIELD ANIMAL CONTROL, recommends that pet owners follow a three step program of responsible pet care – spay/neuter, vaccinate and microchip.  This is especially true in light of Disaster Planning when many pet owners may find themselves in need of shelter with their pets before, during, or after a disaster.

 During the microchipping clinic, we will be implanting pets with the HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service, an advanced pet identification and retrieval system. 

How it Works

A microchip with a unique identification code is implanted under the skin between the shoulders of the pet.  The pet is enrolled in the HomeAgain Recovery Service.  HomeAgain maintains a national database and is available 24-hours daily, 365 days a year.  When a lost pet is found, it can be scanned at an animal shelter or the clinic of a participating veterinarian.  The animal’s identification number is called into HomeAgain, and the pet owner is notified immediately.

 Currently, more than two and a quarter million pets microchipped with HomeAgain are enrolled in the HomeAgain Recovery Service.  Today, pet recoveries as a result of the HomeAgain microchip have grown to an average of 7,000 per month in the U.S. and a successful recovery is now occurring approximately every six (6) minutes.

 The microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and you cannot see the microchip after it is implanted in the dog or cat.  The procedure is simple and similar to administering a vaccine.  The microchip comes preloaded in a sterile applicator and is injected under the skin between the shoulder blades.  Extensive testing and long-term studies have shown the HomeAgain microchip is safe for pets.

Veterinary clinics and animal shelters in the FAIRFIELD area urge that with microchip identification, a pet that is lost can be shown the way home.  The case for having pets implanted with a microchip is a strong one, as the statistics show that microchipping is the best, most reliable method of permanently identifying pets.

 The facts do not lie: 

  • 30-60% of lost pets in shelters are euthanized because they cannot be properly identified and returned to their owner.  Only about 14% of dogs and 4% of cats who end up in shelters are returned to their rightful owners.
  • Less than 25% of all animals that enter shelters are adopted by new owners.

  • About 2 million pets that are reported missing each year may be victims of theft

  • Collar tags are a great way to identify lost pets and reunite them with their owners, but they can easily come off or be removed.
  • Tattoos are difficult to remove from an animal, but they are still not 100% reliable. Tattoos can be altered, fade, or blur, and are not always easy to read.
  • Reading a microchip is far easier than trying to read the tattoo of a frightened stray animal.
  • Microchipping is permanent, completely unalterable, and does not change or harm the appearance of the animal in any way.  The procedure is safe, inexpensive, fast and virtually painless for the animal.
  • There are about 50,000 microchip scanners currently in use by shelters, veterinarians, and municipal organizations in the U.S.

 For more information about the HomeAgain Pet Recovery Service, please visit http://www.HomeAgainID.com on the World Wide Web.

 

Contact:

Vinnie Pennatto, Fairfield Animal Control Officer

Fairfield Animal Control

(203) 254-4857

vpennatto@town.fairfield.ct.us