Chances Of A Lost Pet Being Recovered Increase

The best way to track a lost pet

Keeping track of things like your car keys and wallet are hard enough, but what about when the object you’re looking for is your lost four-legged friend? Consumer Reports just tested three GPS devices to see how well they can track pets that ... ...

Microchips help bring lost pets home

One out of every three pets will go missing during their lifetime, and without identification, 90 percent won't return home, reports the American Humane Association. Only 17 percent of lost dogs and 2 percent of lost cats ever find their way ... ...

Lost pets find help getting back home in unique program

Indi the peripatetic Belgian Malinois was lost and found all in the space of four frantic hours. He found his way home thanks to a revolutionary program run by the Pembroke Pines, Fla., Police Department that helps reunite lost pets with their ... ...

Georgia SPCA: HomeAgain Atlanta-area Lost Pet Alerts

If you have a pet, every week is National Pet Week.  And, as you know, everyone in the family is affected by the unexpected absence of Fido or Kittie. Whether the pet is gone overnight or for weeks at a time, the worry is the same. Will she be cold, and ... ...

Adoptable Pets: Microchips help owners find lost pets

Since the Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS) took over managing our community's shelter, more than 170 lost dogs and cats have been brought in. Only about 5 percent have any identification to help the staff return the pets to their ... ...

Pa. township buys scanner to ID lost pets

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — One eastern Pennsylvania township hoping to reduce the cost of housing lost pets has decided to buy a hand-held scanner that can read microchips increasingly implanted in the animals. Palmer Township Supervisor K. Michael Mitchell says ... ...