SNIP AND CHIP!
To help keep your dog and cat, healthy, happy and safe
Pet owners are being urged, by Animal Protection Trust, to neuter and microchip their dogs and cats as part of a campaign to promote responsible pet care.
Neutering is an essential step to take to avoid unwanted kittens and puppies. From the earliest age of just 6 months, a female dog and cat can be ready to reproduce. A cat can have up to 3 litters each year. An un-spayed female cat can be responsible for producing thousands of descendants during her lifetime!
Unneutered male dogs and cats are likely to wander off in their search for a female and run a higher risk of being killed or injured on the roads. They also tend to be aggressive, leading to fights with other dogs and cats which can easily result in serious injuries and possibly contracting life-threatening viruses.
Microchipping will ensure that a dog or cat has a permanent identification system, by having a microchip placed under the skin at the back of the neck. The microchip registration number can then be identified by using a scanner. Should the pet ever become lost or involved in an accident, microchipping will provide an excellent chance of a pet being reunited with its owner.
Animal Protection Trust, a registered charity, was formed in 1984 to rescue and re-home unwanted, domestic animals in South-East Surrey. All the work carried out by the Trust is voluntary – no-one is paid. For further information about Animal Protection Trust, including the charity’s ‘Lost & Found’ register, visit: www.animalprotectiontrust.org.uk
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He said there was a Jack Russell running around in the road on a sharp bend and thinking it would get run over, he managed to pick the dog up and discovered that it was very friendly, so put it in his van for safe keeping. He then knocked on some doors to see if he could find the owner. No-one knew who the dog belonged to and suggested that it might have come from a travellers’ camp up the road. He then rang his mother for advice and she asked me what he should do, so I said he should take it to the local vets for scanning to see if it had been chipped and then could be returned to the owners.
It was chipped!!!! The owners lived in Wembley and had reported the dog as stolen 6 months earlier. They were over the moon as they thought they would never see their dog Lola again.
Gill Osborne
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Snip and Chip
APT urges pet owners to neuter and microchip their dogs and cats as part of a campaign to promote responsible pet care.
Neutering is an essential step to take to avoid unwanted kittens and puppies. From the earliest age of just 6 months, a female dog and cat can be ready to reproduce. A cat can have up to 3 litters each year. An unspayed female cat can be responsible for producing thousands of descendants – in just 5 years this could be as high as 20,000!
snip&chip image Unneutered male dogs and cats are likely to wander off in their search for a female and run a higher risk of being killed or injured on the roads. They also tend to be aggressive, leading to fights with other dogs and cats which can easily result in serious injuries and possibly contracting life-threatening viruses.
Microchipping will ensure that a dog or cat has a permanent identification system, by having a microchip placed under the skin at the back of the neck. The microchip registration number can then be identified by using a scanner. Should the pet ever become lost or involved in an accident, microchipping will provide an excellent chance of a pet being reunited with its owner.
Jacqueline Ward-Reel, our Chairman, said: “Sadly many dogs and cats that arrive at rescue centres are not neutered or microchipped. Although pet owners may be concerned with the costs involved, it is a responsible and caring act which, in the long term, will benefit their pets by them having a healthier, happier and safer life as a result.”
Press and media enquiries about the events should be directed to Ruth Allsopp at Blackcat PR, on the following email address: ruth@blackcatpr.net
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