| November 16,
2004
Responsible Pet Ownership:
Identification/Microchipping
Although many pet owners
believe it could never happen to them, countless companion animals
escape and become lost every year. Unfortunately, the odds are heavily
stacked against a reunion between the lost animal and his family.
Indeed, one recent study found that owners reclaim just 2 percent of
cats and 16 percent of dogs turned into shelters. The numbers would be
higher if these animals had proper identification.
To help increase
the chances that a lost animal will be recovered, a growing number of
individual pet owners and shelters are turning to microchip
identification. Fayette County Animal Rescue now microchips every
animal before adoption. An electronic chip, about the size of a grain
of rice and carrying a unique code, is implanted between a pet’s
shoulder blades. Similar to a routine vaccination, the procedure is
quick and painless.
This way, if a
lost animal is brought to a shelter or veterinary office equipped with a
scanner, the facility can check the dog or cat for a microchip. When
the scanner, much like the hand-held scanners used in grocery stores, is
held over the animal’s back, the chip’s unique code will be displayed.
The shelter or veterinarian then calls in the code to one of the
national databases of pets with identifying microchips, and the lost
animal’s owner will be contacted immediately. To help ensure a pet’s
speedy return, owners must keep the registry informed of any change in
address or telephone number. Thousands and thousands of dogs and cats
have been reunited with their human families ever since microchipping
first became popular in the 1980’s.
Animal Care
Hospital on Hwy 64 just east of Oakland is now offering this service.
They can be reached at 466-9224 and an appointment can be made to have
your pet microchipped at a reasonable cost. In addition to a permanent
form of identification such as microchipping, Fayette County Animal
Rescue recommends that all dogs and cats, even those who live indoors
only, wear a collar with an ID tag that has been imprinted with the
owner’s most current address and phone number.
Fayette
County Animal Rescue is a no-kill, non-profit, humane corporation
operating in Fayette County. Mail your tax-deductible contributions to
FCAR, P O Box 44, Rossville, Tn. 38066
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| August 2004
Pedal for Paws is August 28th
Pedal for Paws is a non-competitive bike tour that will begin at
8:00am Saturday, August 28 at Herb Parson's Lake in Fisherville.
The 30-mile leg of one portion of the tour will pass by the Fayette
County Animal Rescue Shelter located on Clement Drive in Rossville,
Tennessee. There are of course smaller courses around Her Parson's
Lake for those that want to do a short course. All proceeds will go to
Fayette County Animal Rescue.
For more information contact Aimee
Gilchrist at 767-1878 or 568-1878. Registration forms may be
obtained from Outdoors, Inc. located at 5245 Poplar Avenue in Memphis,
Animal Care Hospital in the Masco Plaza just east of Oakland on Hwy 64
and the Chamber of Commerce on the Square in Somerville.
Some of the sponsors for this day
long event are Homer Skelton Pontiac/GMC-Collierville, Houndcake Dog
Bakery, Bike World Collierville, EMHC-Emergency Mobile Healthcare, Wild
Oats Market, Roy Good Appliance City, Couture Salon, Jodi E. Rump, D.D.S.,
All Fast, Inc., Michael L. Provow, General Contractors, Aqua Spa,
American National Insurance-Carrie Darr & Michael Curland, Midtown Bike,
Outdoors, Incl, Pet Set Grooming Salon, Cornerstone Marketing,
McAllister's Deli, Red Bull Energy Drink, Dogs Rule-Dog Daycare and
School, The Peddler, Petco, FM100, 790 WMC, 93X, XPOROS Impressions,
Alpha Pet, James Chiropractic and Aristi's Restaurant. Many other
businesses will be coming on board to help raise the much-needed funds
for FCAR. Any others that wish to sponsor, please call Aimee
Gilchrist for sponsorship levels.
For those of you that do not want
to participate in the bike tour there will be vendor booths, food and
prize drawings the day of the event. So come spend a day helping the
animals of Fayette County at beautiful Her Parson's Lake, Saturday
August 28 from 8am until...
If you would like to volunteer to
help FCAR with the animals that will be available for adoption at the
Lake or man the water tent at the shelter for the riders, please call
Delores D. Provow at 854-2565.
FCAR is a non-profit, 501(C) 3,
chartered humane corporation operating in Fayette County. Mail
your tax-deductible contributions to: FCAR, P.O. Box 44,
Rossville, TN 38066. |
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