A new free service from Action Aid for Animals was launched today to help safeguard non UK animals entering the UK. On a weekly basis there are messages on social networkng sites and on blogs about animals found with a foreign microchip but no registered details. In some cases this can lead to a pet not being claimed being euthanised.
Many do not realise that with foreign microchips unless you register yourself with petlog there no way of tracking that animal if he/she gets lost, there was also no way until now that rescuers and carers could guarantee the animals they have rescued and found adopters/fosters for would register the cat/dog on petlogs database.
Please note that in no way should this new service from AAFA be replaced or used instead of Petlog, this is a secondary measure to give some assurance to rescuers and carers that if the dog/cat that they have saved, cared for and found a loving home if the worst should happen there is somewhere that the animals details are stored.
Under no circumstances will ANY details be shared with a third party, nor will be used for spam/newsletters etc. This simply is a Free service our charity will provide where if a dog/cat is found in the UK with no details on the main UK Petlog system, then if the carer has submitted the animals details to us then at least there is something in place.
How to register your cats/dogs details with us.
1) Inform the adopter/foster carer/UK rescue that you are sending the cat/dogs details to AAFA to add to our database and this will include both the rescuer/carer and the adopters/fosters basic contact details and the animals chip number, and remind them to register the animals details with petlog
2) Send and email to microchipdatabase@actionaidforanimals.com
- THE DOG/CATS NAME
- THE DOG CATS MICROCHIP NUMBER
- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ANIMALS
- YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
- THE ADOPTERS/FOSTERS NAME,ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
That is literally all you have to do, we will the copy and paste that information into our database and store it indefinitely. If there are any changes needed to be made in the future, use the microchip number as reference.
VERY IMPORTANT YOU GIVE US THE CORRECT MICROCHIP NUMBER AS THIS IS WHAT WE WILL SEARCH UNDER.