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Microchip Implant Helps track Lost Pets
Aired August 09, 2003 - 07:47 ET
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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, some call it the doggie LoJack. One family is calling it a miracle. It is the microchip implant for pets which has led to more than one happy reunion.
Tana Brackin of CNN affiliate WAGA.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TODD YOSTEN, DOG'S OWNER: Hi, buddies. Yes, that's my boys.
TANA BRACKIN, WAGA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Todd Yosten was afraid this moment would never come. His Labrador retrievers Moe (ph) and Ziggie (ph) disappeared from his office in Denver, Colorado last week. He thought they were gone for good.
YOSTEN: Yes, I take them to work every day. And inadvertently somebody had left the door open. So consequently we did a massive search immediately and we just must have missed the dogs and Stuart found them out on I-70 east bound.
BRACKEN: Stu Chancey admits he has a soft spot for dogs. So when he saw Moe and Ziggie trapped on the interstate, he didn't hesitate.
STU CHANCEY, DOG'S RESCUER: I opened my driver's door and this black one, he came right in in a heartbeat. And her feet were all bloody from the asphalt, it was so hot and everything. And the truck or emotion that I could get out, he was going to stay where he was. And I got out and picked this big boy up and threw him in the back.
BRACKEN: The dogs had no collar, so Chancey brought them home, 1,400 miles to north Georgia. His veterinarian found microchips embedded in the Lab.
CHANCEY: That's like his Social Security number.
YOSTEN: I called up the 1-800 number, the microchip number, and she said well, that dog was found an hour ago in Canton, Georgia. And I said no, ma'am, you don't seem to understand, I'm in Denver, Colorado.
They're my family, you know? I've had them since they were pups and I really don't have much family. I've got a brother in Colorado and a grandma in Nebraska and these two are my boys. They're my kids.
CHANCEY: Well, we'll miss them.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CALLEBS: OK, the American Kennel Club runs the nationwide microchip recovery program. And get this, so far more than two million pets are registered, yes, pets, not just dogs. Others include a baboon, an emu and four skunks.
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Aired August 9, 2003 - 07:47 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, some call it the doggie LoJack. One family is calling it a miracle. It is the microchip implant for pets which has led to more than one happy reunion.
Tana Brackin of CNN affiliate WAGA.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TODD YOSTEN, DOG'S OWNER: Hi, buddies. Yes, that's my boys.
TANA BRACKIN, WAGA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Todd Yosten was afraid this moment would never come. His Labrador retrievers Moe (ph) and Ziggie (ph) disappeared from his office in Denver, Colorado last week. He thought they were gone for good.
YOSTEN: Yes, I take them to work every day. And inadvertently somebody had left the door open. So consequently we did a massive search immediately and we just must have missed the dogs and Stuart found them out on I-70 east bound.
BRACKEN: Stu Chancey admits he has a soft spot for dogs. So when he saw Moe and Ziggie trapped on the interstate, he didn't hesitate.
STU CHANCEY, DOG'S RESCUER: I opened my driver's door and this black one, he came right in in a heartbeat. And her feet were all bloody from the asphalt, it was so hot and everything. And the truck or emotion that I could get out, he was going to stay where he was. And I got out and picked this big boy up and threw him in the back.
BRACKEN: The dogs had no collar, so Chancey brought them home, 1,400 miles to north Georgia. His veterinarian found microchips embedded in the Lab.
CHANCEY: That's like his Social Security number.
YOSTEN: I called up the 1-800 number, the microchip number, and she said well, that dog was found an hour ago in Canton, Georgia. And I said no, ma'am, you don't seem to understand, I'm in Denver, Colorado.
They're my family, you know? I've had them since they were pups and I really don't have much family. I've got a brother in Colorado and a grandma in Nebraska and these two are my boys. They're my kids.
CHANCEY: Well, we'll miss them.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CALLEBS: OK, the American Kennel Club runs the nationwide microchip recovery program. And get this, so far more than two million pets are registered, yes, pets, not just dogs. Others include a baboon, an emu and four skunks.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
