Chip in to have pets returned

A SPOODLE lost from her home in Boronia last November has turned up three months later, 25 kilometres away in Berwick.
Casey’s dog and cat owners are urged to have a microchip implanted in their pets so any lost animals like Maggie, can be reunited with their owners.
Casey council is holding its annual microchipping day on Sunday 28 March at the Civic Centre in Narre Warren.
Each microchip, which is about the size of a grain of rice, is inserted by a veterinarian at a cost of $25 and causes no discomfort or pain to the animal.
The microchip contains a barcode that is linked to its owner’s contact details and confidentially recorded on the Central Animal Records Database for the life of the pet.
This means that an animal is permanently identified Australia-wide and can be safely returned to its owner, even if its collar or council ID has come off.
Victorian law requires that all newly registered animals are microchipped and reduced council registration fees apply for microchipped pets.
All pet owners are reminded that on the day, dogs must be on a lead at all times and cats in cages.