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Animals
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Animal Microchipping
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| Being able to identify your pet is very important in ensuring the quick and safe return to you if it gets lost. When Council collects a pet that is lost they make the best effort to return it straight to back to the owner rather than taking it to an animal shelter. Over 70% of dogs are returned to their owners. Unfortunately the number of cats returned to owners is still very low, because owners are not registering and microchipping cats at the same rate as dogs. When you register your pet, you are enabling us to quickly identify your pet by its registration tags. Dogs and cats over three months are required to be registered with the council and must wear their registration tags at all times. An excellent way of permanently identifying your pet is to have a microchip implanted under its skin.
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Microchips are encoded with an identification number which can be read by scanners. If your pet loses its collar and tag, council's residential amenity officers will still be able to find out where it comes from and contact you.
As an added incentive, microchipping your pet also entitles you to reduced registration fees.
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| All cats or dogs registered with a Council for the first time must be microchipped prior to registration, due to amendments to the Domestic Animal Act. - Keysborough Animal Shelter is able to implant microchips:
Homeleigh Road, Keysborough
Phone: 9701 5785 - Most veterinary clinics are also able to implant microchips.
- The most widely recognised type of microchip is the "Trovan" chip
- When the identity chip is implanted, you will have a unique ID number assigned to you
- Your ownership details will be maintained at a central animal registry.
- Address changes must be notified to Central Animal Records immediately.
Central Animal Records Pty Ltd
22 Fiveways Blvd, Keysborough
Ph: 9706 3187
Fax: 9706 3198
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