11/02/2025
⚠️ National news regarding "SaveThisLife" pet microchips. If your pet is chipped by this company, please know it might not be activated.
From Vet Clinics in the U.S - this notice is being sent to all Vet Clinics to let owners know about a microchip business that seems to have closed without notice.
If your pet's microchip is registered with Save This Life (commonly starting with 991001 or 900164), we strongly recommend registering it with another microchip company.
Thanks to one of our followers in Vet med:
The registry is shut down but the number is still “readable”. Meaning, when the microchip is scanned, it’s still a same long number but if that microchip number is registered with this closed business, there’s no way to access the database, so it’s like you never registered the chip with anyone.
If you can’t find the chip number somewhere, it’s best to call your vet office to scan it and get number ( make sure it’s written down correctly!!!) and register with a reputable company.
Please check with your own vet if you are unsure of where your pet is registered or you can check where your pet's microchip is registered, by visiting AAHA’s Universal Microchip Lookup Tool at this link: https://www.aaha.org/for-veterinary.../microchip-search/
As of mid-January 2025, accessing them became problematic and as of this week, they appear to have shut down and are unreachable with no public statement. There are a few free registries and others that require a small fee.
Choose one of the larger chip companies- that participate in the AAHA registry. This will be needed to get your pet home if they go missing!
Please take a moment to review your pet's registration!
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