Chipping in to find pets.THE RSPCA RSPCA (in Britain) Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA n abbr (Brit) (= Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) → SPA f Sunderland & South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. branch is offering to microchip cats, dogs and rabbits for free. The event will be at Pennywell Community Centre, Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, on February 5. Microchips are inserted into the scruff of an animal's neck. Each one has a number, which is then entered into a national database with the owner's details. A hand-held scanner, carried by RSPCA officers as well as vets and local authority dog wardens, can read the details of the microchip if a lost or injured animal is found. RSPCA officers routinely scan all animals that come into their care. Microchipping is recommended by the charity as an effective way of increasing the chances of finding an animal if it is lost, stolen or strays. Wendy Richardson, RSPCA branch development adviser, said: "The RSPCA has been able to reunite cats and dogs Cats and Dogs A slang term referring to speculative stocks that have short or suspicious histories for sales, earnings, dividends, etc. Notes: In a bull market analysts will often mention that everything is going up, even the cats and dogs. with their owners thanks to a microchip months or even years after they went missing and have been given up for lost." |
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