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Louisiana SPCA & Belladonna Day Spa
Hosts a Weekend Microchipping Blitz

NEW ORLEANS (7/17/06) – The Louisiana SPCA and Belladonna Day Spa join forces to host a weekend blitz of microchipping for dogs and cats at 3209 Tchoupitoulas Street, the future home of Belladoggie, Resort Spa for Dogs. The microchipping clinic will be held this Saturday and Sunday, July 22 and July 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. For the first 100 pets each day the fee will be only $5. After the first 100, the fee will be $10.00. The fee covers the microchip, insertion of the chip and registration into a national database.

Utilizing the LA/SPCA theme “Don’t Leave Home Without Them” the goal of the microchipping event is to increase microchipping of pets in our community and increase awareness of the importance of hurricane preparedness and pet identification. Every year, thousands of pets never find their way home due to either no or inadequate pet identification. This past hurricane season illustrated just how necessary proper pet identification is in locating a lost pet.

“Microchipping is another step we can take in saving lives,” said Laura Maloney, LA/SPCA Executive Director. “Microchipping, coupled with a collar and ID tag, is your companions best chance at safely returning home. It also helps to alleviate the worry and panic that can develop when a pet becomes lost.”

The LA/SPCA extends a special thank you to Belladonna for making this event possible.

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