Recently (May 13) my brother's cat (a spoiled, much beloved animal) took to missing. I'm sure most of y'all are aware that an animal (or child for that matter) that disappear in 2 blinks of an eye. At any rate, they live in a nice Cali neighborhood, have looked everwhere, posted fliers, talked to neighbors, talked to shelters, and everything else you can think of... Then I remembered that Charlie has been microchipped - and even tho' the chip data people have been notified that Charlie is missing, they can't do anything! Did anybody else realize this?!? Prior to this (awful) situation, I always thought that if you had your animal micro-chipped, you could locate the animal! wrong!!! If a person finds an animal and TAKES it to a vet, most (not all) vets can run the animal under a scanner - and THEN locate the owner...etc. WHAT damn shit!!! So, if you find an animal ( or steal one - which I believe this could be the case here), and you don't take the animal to a vet to get it scanned, then it does no good to micro-chip it! Right? or am I missing something?! The finder, or stealer, as the case may be, can always claim they just found the poor wandering animal, if caught! (But getting "caught" is highly unlikely, from all info I gather.) I'm seeing this micro-chipping being highly over-rated and useless at this point.
OK, so this thread isn't exactly over-run with replies (lol)... If anybody has ever heard of micro-chipping an animal actually helping to locate it, I'd LOVE to hear that story.
I don't agree with microchipping anything, period. I love my dogs and would do anything to protect them. If something were to happen to them i would be very sad of course. I was just told a story the other day from a friend that his sister has two dogs of the same breed that were stolen. Its very depressing to hear such stories. My dogs lives are my responsibility and that is that. Microchipping could be great because we have good odds of finding them. I still wouldn't get the chip though. I refuse to support microchipping animals because it leads people to think its ok to do it to humans. Now your children who then grow up with it implanted have been brainwashed into doing to their children. Its easy to see how it could become popular so fast. People grasp onto anything without vaild thoughtout reason. Now its too late and you have become a barcode, a number, you no longer have independence because everything you do is written down to only keep you from doing anything your not told. You have no freedom anymore, none. Hold responsibility for your own actions as with your pets and keep technology out of it.
Yeah, microchips don't have a GPS in them (they'd be incredibly expensive if they did), they only contain the pet's and owner's info so they can only be relocated if they are taken to a facility to be scanned. I didn't realize that wasn't common knowledge, but I suppose I can see how it could be misleading. I'm surprised the vet didn't explain it thoroughly at the time of the microchipping procedure. All 4 of my cats are indoor, I don't see any reason to get them chipped unless I lived in a situation where there was a high risk of escape. Even then... my sentiments reflect broony's. At any rate, that is sad news and I hope the kitty turns out to be OK. Hopefully he just found a comfy spot to hang out for a few days, or someone fed him and he's hanging around there until he gets bored and returns home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM&feature=related"]YouTube - THE CAT CAME BACK‏ :leaving:
They (and me, too) think he is still alive, but "stolen" and in a fairly nearby neighborhood...I think they are waiting until things are "quiet" - whenever that is in Cali, and see about finding/hearing him or him hearing them. He has a very loud and distictive voice. Anyway, I'm glad to see that broony and Sweet's feelings reflect mine - especially now that I have found out (in a for certain way!)...that microchipping does no good basically. And broony, even tho' I had not given this subject the thought that you have, I most certainly agree - and am embarrassed in a strange way that I hadn't already "seen" that, for I believe you see things as they are.
yeah I don't see much of a difference between putting the info on a chip rather than the dog's leash tag. whatever sells i guess.
^ exactly! Like I (admitted earlier) said...I was just ignorant and thought this highly encouraged practice of microchipping the animals would let you FIND the animal, should it begin missing. shit...I should've known better. In fact around here when an animal is "adopted" from a shelter, through the Pet Smart or Anywhere, the fact that the animal is "already chipped" is a big "selling point"! What a load of crap that is full of, huh.
Here it is obligatory to microchip your animal and the details are registered with the state vet council. Gala has her own wee bank size card with her details on it. Does it serve any purpose? No fucking idea, I can't "lose" her for love nor money!
Here, the humane society microchips them all, because it keeps them from being re-dumped. You sign a contract saying you're responsible, so it's a lot easier to throw animal abuse at someone if they dump an animal with a microchip tied to their name. Then if someone picks the animal off the side of the road, you BETTER be overjoyed to see it..... You're told it's a feature, but it's really a feature so the wrong people won't adopt, and so if they do they can be found. And, honestly, they do find peoples pets that way all the time. Someone picks up your pet, they scan it, they give you a call.
