Microchip Your Pet

How does microchipping work?

The Forsyth Humane Society endorses the use of HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service microchips. A microchip with a unique identification code is implanted between the shoulder blades of your pet. The pet is enrolled with the HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service. HomeAgain maintains a national database and is available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

When a lost pet is found, it can be scanned at an animal shelter or the clinic of a participating veterinarian. The animal’s identification number is called into HomeAgain (1-866-PET-ID24) and the pet owner is notified immediately.

Why have your pet microchipped?

• 30 – 60% of lost pets in shelters are euthanized because they cannot be properly identified and returned to their owner.



• Collar tags are a great way to identify lost pets and reunite them with their owners, but they can easily come off or be removed.



• The procedure is safe, inexpensive, fast and virtually painless for the animal.



• There are about 20,000 microchip scanners currently in use by shelters, veterinarians, and municipal organizations around the country.