Valenzuela offers free microchip implant for pets

MANILA, Philippines — Losing one’s dog is every fur parent’s worst nightmare. But pet owners in Valenzuela City will no longer have to worry after the city government rolled out its free microchip implant program for pooches on Saturday.

Fur parents and their dogs from Barangay Canumay West and Rincon lined up in their respective sites to avail of free microchips that could serve as identification for missing pets.

The microchip, which is about the size of a grain of rice, carries a unique identification for each pet. When the microchip is scanned by the City Veterinary Services Office, it will transmit the contact details of the pet’s owner.

—Nikka G. Valenzuela