PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - Adoption rates naturally tend to increase around the holidays, and there are some things you need to know before bringing home a new furry friend.

Microchipping your pets is a crucial step that can help facilitate a speedy reunion if your pet ever gets lost. Regardless of how good a pet parent you are, accidents still happen.

What is a microchip?

A microchip is “a small rice-sized device,” stated Pineville Animal Control (PAC) Director, Eden Oglethorpe, “that’s implanted under the skin, subcutaneously.” That means that it goes just under the skin, in their fatty tissue.

There is no GPS component to a microchip, so you can not track your animal, but if they go missing and are brought to a veterinarian’s office or animal control, the staff can scan the chip and a

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