09-22-2008, 06:48 PM
That sucks, Lin.
When I moved last year, they were able to locate the records because I changed the address. But I'm not too surprised.
The important thing is, if the pet is chipped that shows it isn't feral, which means it isn't euthanized. The poor feral cats. I feel so bad for them. They put them down the same day, I was told, and if a cat comes in that acts wild -- which I know my cat would, it would totally freak out at being there and with dogs all around -- even if the pet is plump and obviously well cared for, without a collar, and no chip, they will throw it in with the ferals and kill it without holding it to see if an owner shows up.
That's what they told me -- chip your pet to protect it from mistaken euthanization.
So I did ...
Back to the dog tags, I guess the dog collars stay on?
The cat collars are made to break away to be safe, so I put tags on my cats and then they come back in without a collar. 3 or 4 collars and tags lost in the last two months. [
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When I moved last year, they were able to locate the records because I changed the address. But I'm not too surprised.
The important thing is, if the pet is chipped that shows it isn't feral, which means it isn't euthanized. The poor feral cats. I feel so bad for them. They put them down the same day, I was told, and if a cat comes in that acts wild -- which I know my cat would, it would totally freak out at being there and with dogs all around -- even if the pet is plump and obviously well cared for, without a collar, and no chip, they will throw it in with the ferals and kill it without holding it to see if an owner shows up.
That's what they told me -- chip your pet to protect it from mistaken euthanization.
So I did ...
Back to the dog tags, I guess the dog collars stay on?
The cat collars are made to break away to be safe, so I put tags on my cats and then they come back in without a collar. 3 or 4 collars and tags lost in the last two months. [
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