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  • Animal Microchip Questions for FReepers

    08/12/2022 2:14:17 PM PDT · by fwdude · 79 replies
    self | August 12, 2022 | fwdude
    I have a question on identity microchips which is pertinent to me and probably a lot of others. When an animal is microchipped and registered in a national database, vets and others with a connected scanner can identify the registered owner of the scanned pet. Let's say you lose your pet and then someone else finds it, unaware that it is a lost pet belonging to someone else. It has no collar or other identifying markings, but you had it microchipped and it is currently registered. If the new "owner" likes the pet and claims it for himself, and subsequently...