41% of lost cats were reported by their owners to be indoor-only*

46% of lost dogs had been lost at least once before*

 

Benefits of Microchipping with ResQ

 

  • No surgery is required and ResQ chips are well-tolerated by pets

 

  • ResQ provides online tools to notify a large community of pet owners and animal professionals immediately when a pet is lost. Registration and lifetime updates are FREE and there is no annual fee for 24/7 monitoring at www.PetLink.net

 

  • ResQ is like an insurance policy for your pet because, unlike collars, it never comes off or gets lost -  and it works all over the world

 

  • Approximately 8 to 12 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year and approximately 5 to 9 million are euthanized (60 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats)1

 

  • Less than 2 percent of cats and only 15 to 20 percent of dogs are returned to their owners. Most of these are identified with tags, tattoos or microchips1

 

  • If your pet is on medication or has a serious medical condition (for example: epilepsy or diabetes), it is important to find your pet as fast as possible so that it can get its medication

 

  • When you move to a new address, during the hubbub of holidays, or when pets visit unfamiliar locations, they tend to get disoriented or scared

 

  • Microchips can be an integral part of an emergency plan. For example, if there is a house fire, a flood or some other natural disaster, it is very easy for your pets to be separated from you

 

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*Lord, Linda, et al.: "Search and identification methods that owners use to find a lost dog or cat," JAVMA, Vol. 230, NO. 2, January 2007.

1. ASPCA, Facts About Animal Sheltering.  http://www2.aspca.org/site/DocServer/AFacts_ About_Animal_ShelteringFinal.pdf?docID=9283, Accessed April 11, 2010.

 

 

 

 

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