Orphaned Pet Animals From Hurricane Katrina Getting Micro-Chipped
Report from Cutting Edge subscriber in New Orleans area
September 29, 2005
Here is an update to my last email to you from Hurricane Country. The URBONO broadcast hosts (wwl.com for streaming broadcast) just took a call from a volunteer for the American Humane Society. She wanted to clarify an error. It seems that a radio announcement went out to the attention of pet owners with lost pets who could attend a 5:30 a.m. meeting on September 30 to discuss recovery of their pets.
It was the infomration that this caller gave about successful
recovery of stranded pets that caught my attention. She said that many successful
recoveries have occurred, and that the recovery kennel site is overflowing with
recovered pets who are put out for adoption and sent to other centers if they
are not claimed by their owners. She described how the project works. After
recovery, care involves a process of feeding the animals, cleaning and washing
them, vaccinating them, and microchipping them.
Of course, you have discussed this RFID microchipping in several of your newsletters,
but remember, it was to be voluntary, and initiated by owners who wanted their
pets to have them. These thousands of rescued pets in the New Orleans area and
the Gulf Coast in general, no doubt, are being microchipped whether the owners
want it or not.
I hope that you will find this information useful.