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Tattoos Discourage Thefts To both combat the threat of dognapping and ensure that strayed animals are returned, pet owners can have their dogs tattooed. Personnel associated with the Culpeper Animal Welfare League and the dog pound attribute the decrease in dog disappearnaces there to an increase in tattooed animals.
According to Donna Roy from the Animal Welfare League, laboratories will not purchase dogs that have been tattooed. If dognappers pick up animals with a tattoo identification number, they dump the animal. Then when the dog is found, the owner can be traced by checking the number through a registry.
“Tattooing has helped in Culpeper,” Roy said. She feels that dognappers will bypass an area if they think they have a 50-50 chance of picking up a toattooed animal which won't be accepted by a laboratory.
The Culpeper League will schedule a tattoo clinic if it has 25 or more dog owners committed. Roy noted that the League makes no profit from these clinics and charges only what the tattooers charge. “If we don’t have 25 dogs, we have to make up the difference and we don’t have funds for that," she added. Persons interested in participating in a tattoo clinic should call 825-9599 or 825-9002.
Dog owners with a missing pet can contact the Lost and Found Pet Registry at 8258283. Volunteers in that organization keep records of all lost and found pets in the area and attempt to match the two. They’ve been successful at reuniting dogs with their masters after the animals have been missing for as long as one year.
The Lost and Found Registry will also supply owners of missing dogs with a list of all animal dealers and research facilities licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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