The Benefits of Microchipping Your Pets
The best reason to have your pets microchipped is the improved chance that you will get your pet back if your pet becomes lost. It can protect your family from the pain of never seeing a lost pet again. It can prove ownership if your pet is ever stolen. It also helps our community by reducing the number of unclaimed pets at the local animal shelter. Every dog and cat that is adopted from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley (ASCMV) or any of the established local animal rescues has a microchip.
Keeping your contact information current is as easy as a phone call or a visit to a website.
Without identification, only one in ten pets will make it home.
Some Quick Facts About Microchipping
- A pet identification microchip is a tiny device about the size of a grain of rice.
- It is not a tracking device.
- The chip is injected under the skin using a hypodermic needle like getting a vaccination.
- Without identification, only 1 in 10 lost pets will make it back home.
- A Microchip with your current address and phone number on file is one of the best ways of returning your lost pet.
- A Microchip could save your pets life.
- A Pet Microchip and an ID Tag together gives your pet the best chance of getting back home.
- Every found pet should be scanned for a microchip.
- All owned dogs and cats are required to have a microchip by Dona Ana County and Las Cruces City Ordinances.
Where Can I Get My
Pets Microchipped?
Most local veterinary clinics will microchip your pets as well as scan for an existing microchip. Low-cost options are provided by the following
organizations:
ACTion Programs for Animals (APA)
We hold lowcost microchip events throughout Las Cruces and Dona Ana
County.
575-571-4694
www.actionprogramsforanimals.org
Animal Service Center of the
Mesilla Valley (ASCMV)
3551 Bataan Memorial W.
No Appointment Necessary.
ascmv.org
575-382-0018
Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sat. and Sun. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Humane Society of Southern
New Mexico (HSSNM)
Host a “Pupperware Party”
Invite friends over and have everyone’s pets protected with a microchip.
www.hssnm.org
575-523-8020
Mesquite Animal Vaccination Clinic
(Dr. Carver; Mobile Vet)
Mesquite, NM
English: 575-650-2000
Spanish: 575-650-9500
Where Can I Get A Pet
Scanned For A Microchip?
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary
Free Microchip scans, educational information and Microchip registration assistance provided.
575-805-5338
If your pet is not wearing a collar and ID tag, or if the collar is lost or removed, then having a microchip with your current contact information is very likely the only way your pet can be returned to you and your family.