Coastal Pet Rescue to Hold Encore Microchip Clinic
(Savannah, GA) - November 30, 2005
Since the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, more people are wanting better ways to keep their pets identified.
Following their last microchip clinic on November 19th, Coastal Pet Rescue began receiving more requests to get pets microchipped.
“More people now realize the benefits of having a permanent identification for their pets,” says Coastal Pet Rescue founder and president Lisa Scarbrough. “With the Hurricane Katrina disaster response, people are seeing that collars can get lost or just having an ID tag with a phone number may not be enough.”
Coastal Pet Rescue uses 24PetWatch microchips. These chips can be read by any ISO or non-ISO microchip reader. The cost is $10 per pet, and registration is free. There are no charges to update your contact information through 24PetWatch at any given time. The clinic will be held on Saturday, December 10th from 1 to 4 pm at Canine Palace on Abercorn. Injections will be performed by All About Pet Mobile Veterinary Clinic.
Earlier this month, a San Diego Superior Court judge ordered Banfield to halt its sales of RecoveryChip. Pet owners with those chips are to be notified of the incompatibility with scanners at most animal shelters in the United States. The Banfield ISO chips operate at a different frequency than other chips manufactured in the US. These manufactures provided most animal shelters and rescue agencies free scanners which can only read chips using a non-ISO frequency.
“We scan each pet in our rescue and at our clinics using universal scanners,” says Scarbrough. “However, even our own animal control only has an AVID scanner, which cannot read Banfield’s ISO chips.”
Pet owners who have had their chips implanted through Banfield are invited to have their pet scanned at the upcoming clinic with a non-ISO scanner to see if the chip is compatible.
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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