When owners couldn’t be found, it was because of incorrect or outdated contact information in the chipmaker’s registration database, Lord said. Lord, associate dean for student affairs at Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, another veterinarian, a humane society representative and a consultant to a Canadian pharmaceutical company, which was also parent to a microchip manufacturer. It is estimated that tax payers in the state of California pay around $300 million each year to keep one million dogs and cats, housed, feed and over half are euthanized according to reports submitted by cities and counties to the California State Controller.Īuthors of a study which included 53 shelters in 23 states between August 2007 and March 2008 found that shelters were able to locate pet owners three out of four times when the pet was micro chipped.Ĭo-authors of the study included Dr. “New York has introduced a bill every year, including this year, that would make micro chipping dogs mandatory.” So far the bills have had no success in getting passed.īesides the fact that micro chipping can help prevent the loss of a pet it can also help save costs associated with sheltering lost pets while trying to find their owners. A few states require shelters to scan but do not require them to actually microchip,” Granskog said. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, would be the first of its kind enacted in the U.S. The bill which has bipartisan support would require all dogs and cats that are adopted or claimed from a shelter be implanted with a microchip.Īccording to Sharon Curtis Granskog, spokeswoman for the American Veterinary Medical Association, “if passed, the measure, introduced by state Sen. Los Angeles – A bill introduced in the California State Senate has already passed by a vote of 32-6 and is now scheduled to go to the House in the middle of August. Photo Byline: AP Photo/Richard Vogel - Jacob Miller scans a cat for a microchip at the East Valley Animal Shelter in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles.
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