‘Help reunite more families’: Kamloops SPCA hosting free microchip clinic for pets
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KAMLOOPS — The BC SPCA branch in Kamloops will be carrying out free microchip implantation and registration for pets are the end of the month.
According to the Kamloops SPCA, microchips are safe and permanent forms of identification for pets. They use radio-frequency identification technology, which is inactive until a microchip scanner passes over the device, that transmits an identification number. The SPCA adds that microchips don’t contain GPS technology and cannot track an animal’s location.
Kahlee Demers, the BC SPCA’s senior manager of animal triage and flow, says the procedure is quick and similar to a standard vaccination or injection, with no anesthesia or sedation required. The microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is injected between the shoulder blades of a pet.
(Image Credit: BC SPCA)
