Pet Identification
Have you ever lost a pet? If you have you know that it is a long drawn out process of telephone calls to the shelter, making photocopies of fliers, and distributing the fliers around town. This may be a problem for you, but think of it on a larger scale, of all of the pets that are lost. Believe it or not, there is a huge problem today with over crowded animal shelters. As a matter of fact, the United States the rate at which lost pets are returned to their owner is only 14%. This creates a huge number of animals that are left unidentified and unclaimed. Because of the mass number of animals, the shelters have had to compensate by euthanising these animals. In fact, more than 26,000 animals where euthanized in Oklahoma City alone last year, and an estimated 20 million in America. If your not careful, your pet could be one of the 26,000 next year.Besides the overwhelming numbers of animals in the shelters due to not spaying or neutering animals, one cause is the inefficiency of the current identification system. The most common forms of identification are tags and tattoos. These methods fail though. First of all, the tags are usually held on by a flimsy aluminum ring and are attached to collars. When the dog escapes th
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Recovery Service, Oklahoma City, Anitech Chip, Warden Association, , ID Questions, animals shelters, tax dollars, euthanizing animals, chip injected, remains enactive, lost pets, animal shelter, dogs cats, animals euthanized, returned owner,
Approximate Word count = 1823
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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