Dear Heloise: Thanks for telling pet owners to put collars with licenses for identification on their pets. Please also continue to recommend microchips. Our animal shelter has scanners, and our kennel technicians check every dog and cat that comes through our doors. We have reunited many pets and owners because the animals had a microchip. We handle nearly 8,000 pets every year. A collar with a tag can be lost, but a microchip remains under the skin forever.

We microchip every animal adopted from our shelter, and we offer low-cost microchipping to the general public. Pets can be br...

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