Coastal Pet Rescue Announces First Low-Cost Microchip Clinic of 2007
(Savannah, GA) - January 19, 2007
If your pet got away from home, could he find his way back?
“Identification for a pet seems so simple, yet too many pets go without,” says Lisa Scarbrough, president/founder of Coastal Pet Rescue. “We see them every week at Animal Control. They have collars, but no I.D. or rabies tags or microchip, and, unfortunately, only five days to be reclaimed.”
In an effort to lower euthanasia rates at animal control, Coastal Pet Rescue began offering low-cost microchipping clinics to the public three years ago. The next clinic will take place Saturday, February 17 from 1 to 4 pm at Savannah Toyota on Abercorn across from Lowe’s and Home Depot.
For just $10, pets will be microchipped with a 24PetWatch microchip. There is no cost for updating information after registration, and 24PetWatch provides online tools to help reunite your pets when they get lost. Additionally, the chips can be read by any scanner at shelters, rescues and animal control facilities.
“Before we started the clinics, we asked area vets how many of their clients were getting their pets chipped,” says Scarbrough. “The number was very minimal, and that means an unnecessary increase in the homeless pet population.”
Coastal Pet Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal rescue organization dedicated to saving the lives of homeless, abused and neglected dogs and cats in Savannah and surrounding areas. Founded in February 2003, Coastal Pet Rescue changes the lives of homeless pets in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham Counties through its foster home program and small capacity shelter, Camp Pawsawhile Retreat.
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