If you live in San Antonio’s city limits, you're required by city ordinance to have your dog, cat and horse microchipped. Dogs must always wear the ID tag that comes with the microchip when outdoors. A microchip from Animal Care Services is free, and costs only $5 if you live outside the city limits. You also can get your pet microchipped at a low-cost spay-neuter clinic or your vet’s office for a small fee.
Microchips are how you register and license your pets with the city. You don't register your microchip with the city though; you register it with the manufacturer. Microchips get lost pets back home more quickly. They also save taxpayer dollars, because a lost pet doesn’t have to be housed or fed at the city shelter if they can be returned to their owner the same day.
For all this to work though, people have to keep their contact information updated on their pet’s microchip registration. A few months ago, I found a lost dog, but the microchip number on his tag belonged to another pet, an unfortunate switcheroo, perhaps, at a vaccine clinic. I took the dog to the shelter to get scanned anyway and discovered the actual microchip was registered to his owner, so he did get home within a few hours.
If ACS finds your pet doesn’t have a microchip, you aren't immediately fined. ACS officers will likely educate you about microchips and offer to microchip your pet right on the spot. They all carry microchips and microchip scanners in their vehicles. If you see them, you could ask them to scan a found pet or microchip your pet, and they will be happy to do it, so long as they are not on a priority call.
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