Finding Your Lost Animal – Microchip for Pets Lookup Registry
A microchip for pets
We thought we would give you information about a universal lookup tool at Pet Microchip Lookup sponsored by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).
What the Universal Lookup Tool Is and Is Not
The AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool is not a registry—it is an internet-based application to assist in the identification of those registries on which a particular chip is registered, or otherwise provide the chip’s manufacturer. The tool works by searching the databases of participating companies. It will not return pet owner information contained in the registries’ databases, instead it will identify which registries should be contacted when a lost pet is scanned and a microchip number is identified.)
The American Animal Hospital Association does not maintain a database of microchip for pets of its own. To register or update contact information for a microchip, pet owners should contact their pet recovery service. AAHA is unable to assist pet owners with their microchip registration and/or problems.
You might not be aware that there are many companies providing microchips.
Participating Microchipping and Pet Recovery Services on PetMicroChipLookup.org
Currently, these companies are incorporated into the tool:
24PetWatch Pet Protection Services
911PetChip & Free Pet Chip Registry
ACA MARRS
AKC Reunite
BC Pet Registry
BeKind PetFind
EIDAP
Found Animals
Furreka
HomeAgain
Homeward Bound Pet
InfoPET
Microchip I.D. Solutions
Microchip ID Systems, Inc.
Nanochip ID Inc.
National Animal Identification Center
PetKey
PetLink (ResQ)
Petstablished
Save This Life
SmartTag Microchip
If your pet is lost and discovered by a finder, then the lost animal can be scanned for the chip and it can be entered into this large database search to see with which company it was registered. As mentioned above, the owner information is not available – the home registry of the microchip must be contacted so that that home registry can notify the pet owner. It may seem an elaborate process, but in this age of protecting information privacy, it does not put unnecessary information onto the internet.
The system works to microchip for pets. As of 2017, just the company HomeAgain had reunited over 2,000,000 pets with their owners.
Tomorrow we will share an infographic that has some interesting statistics about the lost and the found pets.
If you are interested in getting your pets microchipped, we can do that for you. Give FCVC a call at 970-587-5140.
Related articles that may interest you – Why Microchip Your Pet? and After the microchip & Pet GPS trackers
