Copy Cat Victim Smokie Lucky She Was Chipped With Petlog

Sept. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Susan and Philip Hirons from Hull had taken Smokie to the vets just 18 days before he disappeared and luckily his microchip details were registered with Petlog http://www.petlog.org.uk the UK’s largest animal microchipping and reunification database.

When Smokie was found by staff at the recycling centre, they contacted Hessle Dog Rescue who collected him and took him to a vet where he was scanned and identified.

Mrs Hirons said: “If I hadn’t had Smokie microchipped then I may never have known what had had happened to him, and we may never have been reunited. Because I was contacted so quickly, we were reunited within hours of Smokie going missing. After all that has happened to him, it is great to have him back home - he is very happy to be back too.”

Unlike collars and tags that can fall off or be removed, microchips are a form of permanent identification. When a lost pet is found, a scanner can pick up if they are chipped and will help trace their owners.

Petlog, which is owned and managed by the Kennel Club, is on hand 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to animal wardens, welfare and rescue centres, veterinary practices and local authorities, who can all scan for microchips in pets which come into their care and trace the owners through the Petlog database. Having a microchip implanted in your pet vastly increases a pet’s chances of getting home.

Pet owners have a legal requirement to ensure that their pet is under their control and this includes some form of proper identification.  Petlog provides a range of services for owners of microchipped pets; for further information, please visit www.petlog.org.uk or call 0844 4633 999.

ENDS
22nd September 2010
[356.10]

For further press information contact:
020 7518 1008
press.office@thekennelclub.org.uk
http://thekennelclub.org.uk

Notes to Editors
•   Petlog is the UK’s largest pet reunification service and is owned and managed by the Kennel Club
•   Petlog holds the details of over 4.2 million animals and their owners and every month around 40,000 animals are added to the database
•   Petlog manages and operates the 24/7 central reunification telephone service and last year answered over 100,000 calls in relation to lost and found pets.