Pet Registration became Mandatory August 1, 2011
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Aug 4, 2011, 0 Comments
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Laredo, TX – The City of Laredo Health Department wants to remind the public that to reduce the risk of exposure to rabies and improve pet care and pet responsibility in March 2010 the City of Laredo amended its Animal and Fowl Ordinance. A major change is the pet registration requirement. To assist the public 16 months were used as a transition period to alert and educate the public.
During this time several veterinarians and pet shop providers worked with the City of Laredo Health Department (CLHD) to register pets (through microchip) at their offices. They in turn provided the CLHD with the information to develop a database of over 15,000 pets to date. We can now attest to these pets being vaccinated appropriately and we can verify pet ownership to promote pet responsibility.
We now want to remind the public that on August 1, pet registration became mandatory. The public can go to their veterinarian, pet shop or the animal shelter and ask if they are microchipping. The providers may microchip and register the pet and send the information to the health department, they may just microchip and send the persons to register at the health department or they may not microchip at all. The cost for registration of the pet is $5; however the microchip costs will vary by provider.
Finally the CLHD is also assessing doing registration (microchip) clinics and will announce them as they are scheduled.
For further information call the CLHD at 795-4900 or 795-4902.
