There was a recent thread talking about having ID on pets. People finding dogs sometimes remove a collar and will just keep a dog. There's more out there than you think. I've seen it many, many tim...
There are so many heartwarming stories on the news about pets that came home, thanks to a microchip, sometimes many years later. Recently there was one that the thief had taken the trouble to dye its coat! Apparently, some crematoriums also report the animal as deceased as I've seen that on some of our past dogs' Avid files.