Pet microchipping database Identibase has created National Pets Reunited Day to help raise awareness of the requirement to microchip pets and to keep registration details up to date.
The awareness day is scheduled for February 4, and the company is urging pet owners to ensure their pet is microchipped, registered correctly, and those details are kept up to date.
Microchipping became a legal requirement as of 6 April 2016 for dogs, and 10 June 2024 for cats in England. Despite this, three out of five (65%) stray cats brought into Woodgreen’s Godmanchester rescue centre over the past 12 months were not microchipped and only 7% of stray cats have been reunited with their owners at Woodgreen in the past 12 months.
According to Identibase, lost pets with microchips are six times more likely to be reunited with their families compared to non-microchipped pets.
