Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:01 pm BY SANDY
Adding this to the other microchip information. This is probably a very rare occurrence --first one that I have heard of--but it [i]can[i] happen and if anyone is going to microchip they should be aware of all the bad as well as the good to make an informed decision. In this case, as reported, it was a mandatory microchipping.
I have also been hearing that scanners are missing microchips because the scanners are either too old to pick up new technology, scanners being used are not universal or scanners are too new and don't pick up older micro chips.
Sandy
Drew Zahn
WorldNetDaily
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:05 UTC
'This technology is supposedly so great until it's your animal that dies'
A couple in California, required by law to have their dog implanted with a microchip in order to take him camping, swallowed their objections ... and watched their Chihuahua named Charlie Brown bleed to death from the procedure.
"I wasn't in favor of getting Charlie chipped, but it was the law," said Lori Ginsberg, the Chihuahua's owner, citing an ordinance that requires all dogs over the age of four months in unincorporated Los Angeles County be microchipped. Dog owners who refuse to comply face a $250 fine for the first offense and up to six months in jail and $1,000 fine for continued non-compliance.
Dog bleeds to death from mandatory chipping
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/174877-Dog-bleeds-to-death-from-mandatory-
