Why
You Should Tattoo Your Pet
"We
were just out for a drive!! I opened the car door, and she was
gone in a flash...."
"The
paper boy left the gate open, and my retriever just followed
my wife's car...!"
"But
my spaniel never goes outside without a leash! It was an accident.
It's been three days, can you help us?"
"I’m
so worried about my cat Nikki. He’s old and needs his
medication."
"My
puppy was in the yard when I ran to the market for just twenty
minutes. She couldn’t have gotten out by herself! There’s
a 4-foot fence around the entire property."
We
hear these kinds of stories tens of thousands of times!
PET
THEFT...IT'S A REAL PROBLEM! Nearly
one out of every five dogs in the US will be lost or stolen
this year. The ugly trade of pet theft is a serious problem.
It is an organized, multimillion dollar business that lurks
in shadows and goes unnoticed until it strikes your community,
your home, your pet. There is a high demand for animals for
use in research, dog fighting, human and animal food, and fur.
Yes, family pets are even sold to be used for fur...in gloves
and coats. It’s hard to distinguish cat fur from rabbit
or shepherd from fox! In the short time since you began reading
this page, 30 pets have been euthanized in shelters or pounds...and
others have died, perhaps not quickly, in research laboratories.
Many animals are put to death simply because their owners cannot
be found. These unfortunate pets have no permanent, traceable
identification to show where they belong.
What
you can do to protect your pet
Perhaps
not surprisingly, the most vulnerable pets are the ones that
seem to be the safest. They spend most of their time in the
house, usually with a member of the family around, or in the
yard, so they are not streetwise or accustomed to strange environments.
Remember, dogs are not homing pigeons. No matter how vigilant
you are about your pet’s safety, there is no guaranteed
way to prevent him or her from becoming lost or stolen. But
there is something you can do to help protect your beloved pet
if the worst should happen. The National Dog Registry
can give your pet a simple, painless tattoo that will provide
a permanent, registered identification--and a way back home.
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