Pet Owners Take Advantage of Low-Cost Microchipping
(Savannah, GA) - April 15, 2007
If just $10 meant the difference in life or death for your pet, would you spend the money?
This past Saturday, pet owners brought 103 pets to Coastal Pet Rescue’s low-cost microchipping clinic at Tybee Island.
“The response was overwhelming,” says Coastal Pet Rescue president and founder, Lisa Scarbrough. “This was record-breaking for us. We were worried we wouldn’t have enough chips.”
Of the 83 dogs and 23 cats microchipped, only 28 were from Tybee. Pet owners drove from Midway, Guyton, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Pooler, Springfield, Bloomingdale, Richmond Hill, Garden City, Collins and Savannah to take advantage of the low-cost opportunity.
“Microchipping allows pets to be reunited instead of needlessly euthanized for lack of identification when impounded at animal control facilities,” says Scarbrough.
Veterinarian Dr. Charra Sweeney-Reeves and veterinary technician Anne Savage of All About Pets Mobile Veterinary Clinic donated their time for the clinic, even staying 40 minutes past closing so all pets on site could be chipped.
Coastal Pet Rescue plans to host additional clinics this year in Rincon, Pooler and at the annual Sand Gnats Bark in the Park. Schedules will be posted online at http://www.coastalpetrescue.org.
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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