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When a family’s pet is missing, panic can ensue, resulting in neighborhood searches, sign postings, distraught tears and broken hearts. A recent study by the ASPCA, the first national survey of its kind, has shed some light on the circumstances under which dogs and cats go missing, and the probability of them being returned home.
The ASPCA surveyed 1,015 pet households, and only six percent of dog owners and two percent of cat owners found their missing pets at shelters. Of the pets found, 15 percent were returned because of an identification tag or microchip on the animal.
To optimize the likelihood of your pet being returned, Dr. Emily Weiss of the ASPCA suggests including cell phone, landline and street address contact information on the pet tag. While this approach is important to getting your pet back, openly displaying that information can be a security risk.
Outfitting your pet with a FinderCodes tag, which cloaks contact information behind a QR code, will safeguard your personal information while allowing Good Samaritans to more easily return your pet to you.
With FinderCodes, dogs and cats can be tagged with unique QR codes that can either be scanned with a smartphone or inputted at FinderCodes.com. When a finder comes across a lost pet, the owner is instantly notified via text message or email that the tag has been scanned, connecting the finder and the owner, without revealing the owner’s contact information.
To increase the likelihood of your pets being returned to your loving home, equip them with safety identification tags from FinderCodes. Do you have any more tips for finding lost pets? Let us know in the comments below!
