WASHINGTON -- The HSUS and animal care and control organizations today cautioned pet owners that the nation's animal shelters may not have scanning devices that can detect the presence of certain pet identification microchips currently on the market. The incompatibility between scanners and microchips mean some micro-chipped animals entering shelters may not be properly identified. ----

The warning comes as another company has entered the microchip market and is selling micro-chips in approximately 440 veterinary clinics housed in one of the nation’s largest pet product retailers. Yet the company has not provided the end-users such as many of the nation’s shelters, humane societies and veterinary hospitals with compatible scanners needed to detect the chips.

For the complete article from HSUS, click here.
For more information on microchipping a cat, along with other means of identification, read "All Cats Need an Identity."