Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Jul 28, 2009 4:45:48 GMT -5
Mar 3, 2009 ... Before little Charlie Brown bled to death, RFID chips had already raised other ... Dog Bleeds to Death From ID Chipping - WorldNetDaily ...
'Chipped' Dog Bleeds To Death
from the March 03, 2009 eNews issue
A tragic story in the implantable microchip saga hit California last month. Lori and Ed Ginsberg had their little Chihuahua "chipped" in order to take him camping, as required by law. The Chihuahua "Charlie Brown" bled to death in front of the Ginsbergs after the rice-sized chip was inserted under his skin. The bizarre, sad tale has spurred people in San Marcos, Texas, to protest mandatory pet chipping, and has given pet owners everywhere some pause.
As implanting microchips in pets becomes more common, and even required in some instances, pet owners consider the potential pros and cons of sticking a chip into their four-legged friends. Even more interesting is the unpopular but continuing prospect of putting microchips in human beings.
Currently, all dogs over four months old are required to be implanted with a microchip in unincorporated Los Angeles county. The law makes sense. The radio frequency identification (RFID) tags contain enough information to give animal shelters a simple way of locating an animal's owner. It helps the county better distinguish between animals with and without owners so as to better handle its animal control problem.
A growing number of pet owners have chosen to put a chip in their animal as insurance against Fido's getting lost. A simple scan at an animal shelter and the pooch or kitty can be returned to his family. The Animal Welfare League and RSPCA in South Australia are pushing to make chipping mandatory for pets. In Europe, about 25 percent of pet owners have already chipped their animals. In America, the number is about 5 percent, but there's a growing push in some areas to make chipping a requirement.
Normally, RFID implantation is a simple procedure which doesn't even require sedation. The sad case of little Charlie Brown the Chihuahua seems to be a rare exception. "We put the chip in the back in the shoulder blades, the standard place where we put them, and there really aren't any major blood vessels in that area," said Dr. Reid Loken, who implanted Charlie's chip. "I don't think it went in too deep; it was a pretty routine chipping QC
www.khouse.org/enews_article/2009/1429/
Your Views on chipping ?
'Chipped' Dog Bleeds To Death
from the March 03, 2009 eNews issue
A tragic story in the implantable microchip saga hit California last month. Lori and Ed Ginsberg had their little Chihuahua "chipped" in order to take him camping, as required by law. The Chihuahua "Charlie Brown" bled to death in front of the Ginsbergs after the rice-sized chip was inserted under his skin. The bizarre, sad tale has spurred people in San Marcos, Texas, to protest mandatory pet chipping, and has given pet owners everywhere some pause.
As implanting microchips in pets becomes more common, and even required in some instances, pet owners consider the potential pros and cons of sticking a chip into their four-legged friends. Even more interesting is the unpopular but continuing prospect of putting microchips in human beings.
Currently, all dogs over four months old are required to be implanted with a microchip in unincorporated Los Angeles county. The law makes sense. The radio frequency identification (RFID) tags contain enough information to give animal shelters a simple way of locating an animal's owner. It helps the county better distinguish between animals with and without owners so as to better handle its animal control problem.
A growing number of pet owners have chosen to put a chip in their animal as insurance against Fido's getting lost. A simple scan at an animal shelter and the pooch or kitty can be returned to his family. The Animal Welfare League and RSPCA in South Australia are pushing to make chipping mandatory for pets. In Europe, about 25 percent of pet owners have already chipped their animals. In America, the number is about 5 percent, but there's a growing push in some areas to make chipping a requirement.
Normally, RFID implantation is a simple procedure which doesn't even require sedation. The sad case of little Charlie Brown the Chihuahua seems to be a rare exception. "We put the chip in the back in the shoulder blades, the standard place where we put them, and there really aren't any major blood vessels in that area," said Dr. Reid Loken, who implanted Charlie's chip. "I don't think it went in too deep; it was a pretty routine chipping QC
www.khouse.org/enews_article/2009/1429/
Your Views on chipping ?