Animal owners worry about pet welfare after microchip company closes
Pet microchips help reunite lost animals with their owners. A Texas company suddenly closed, leaving pet owners worried about their pet's welfare.
Pet owners scramble after microchip company abruptly closes — without notifying users
Save This Life, a national company that manufactured chips for dogs and cats, was listed as inactive on Tuesday, according to Texas’ comptroller franchise tax records.
Microchip company shuts down. What are pet owners supposed to do now? What to know
Save This Life is one of more than 40 pet microchip companies in the U.S. The company is listed as "inactive." Here's how to protect your pet.
Save This Life pet microchip company suddenly closes — what pet owners should do next
Several animal shelters across the nation are recommending pet owners re-register their pets’ information. The chips provide I-D in case a pet goes missing.
Microchip company ceases operations, pet owners urged to re-register
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Animal shelters, rescues, and veterinarian clinics around the U.S. are posting on social media telling pet owners to check their four-legged friends' microchips after learning a major microchip company is no longer providing services. Pet microchips are tiny but they can save lives.
Pet microchip company goes out of business, causing microchips to go defunct
A local shelter is helping pet owners with defunct microchips after a Texas-based company unexpectedly shut down its database.
A Texas pet microchip company unexpectedly closed. How to check your pet’s info
Staff members search for a microchip using a unique scanner when a missing pet is located and brought to a veterinary clinic or animal shelter. The scanner searches a registry using the ID number of the chip to get the owner’s contact information.
What to know after popular pet microchip registry abruptly closes
The American Animal Hospital Association says the microchip registry of Save This Life abruptly closed and their database is gone.
VERIFY | What we know about the Save This Life pet microchip registry shutdown
Save this Life, which was a national microchip company, has shut down. This means vet clinics and animal shelters won’t be able to pull up your information if your pet is registered through this system. So, what should you do now to ensure you can be reunited with your pet if they get lost and are scanned by someone?
Pet microchip company shuts down abruptly, leaving animal owners anxious
The company went inactive on Tuesday, according to tax records, and calls to its phone number went to an out of service message.
Animal owners used these chips to track pets. Then the company went dark.
Pet-chip maker Save This Life has stopped responding to entreaties even as its data has disappeared, according to animal shelters and others in the industry.
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