Chipping in
Photo by Britne Reeves
LaDena Jones places a microchip in Sammy the Dachshund
with the help of Skeeter Fowler and owner Tricia Fowler during the July 25 Canton Shelter microchip clinic.
Animal shelter provides low-cost, high-tech services
A hound dog’s baying howl could be heard echoing through the building of the Canton Animal Shelter July 25 as multiple dogs and cats were brought in to be microchipped.
With each bark from the hound, a boisterous reply was given from multiple dogs housed within the shelter.
LaDena Jones, the clinic’s ***, greeted visitors, both two and four legged as county residents took advantage of the low price of microchipping their pet.
“Hopefully we will also have some adoptions take place. That’s what we really need is for families or individuals to come and adopt a cat or dog,” said Jones. “But, when a pet gets microchipped, it means that they can be returned to their family instead of ending up in a shelter. “
A microchip is a small device, about the size of a grain of rice, which is inserted under the skin of an animal that provides contact information in case of a pet being lost. The information that the owner provides is then inserted into a national database.
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