Gizmo, a shorthaired cat from Milton Keynes, has recently been reunited with his family after being missing for over 2 years! Gizmo is just one of the many thousands of pets reunited with their owners, thanks to Petlog, the largest pet reunification service in the UK, which safeguards over 3 million pets.

Gizmo went missing after Karen Jones moved home 2 years ago. Karen vividly remembers the distress that Gizmo’s disappearance caused: “I accidentally left the back door open just after I moved into my new home back in 2005, and sadly he escaped. I was absolutely heartbroken as you can imagine. I advertised in my local paper and hoped that someone had found him."

Remarkably it wasn’t until a week ago, when Gizmo was scanned for his Bayer microchip, that he was identified through Petlog. Said Karen, “We thought he had gone for good until we got a call from the vet telling us that he had been spotted by a member of the public. The RSPCA had picked him up and scanned him for his microchip. We had decided to microchip all our pets after one of our other cats had gone missing a couple of years before. We got her back after a month but it made me very aware of how easy it is to lose your pet and how microchipping plays a huge part in finding them again.“

Sadly, thousands of pets go missing every year and many are not reunited with their owners as they do not have any form of identification. Gizmo’s remarkable and emotional story is just one of the many success stories where pets have been reunited because their owners have taken responsibility for their pet’s safety and welfare by having a microchip painlessly inserted under the pet’s skin. Karen expressed her gratitude, saying: “I am so thankful to the RSPCA and to Petlog for playing such crucial roles in returning Gizmo to me. Everyone should realise how important microchipping your pet is in aiding the return of a much loved family member.”

Petlog understands just how devastating it can be for an owner to lose a pet and it is dedicated to encouraging owners to properly identify their pets, whether it’s a dog, cat, rabbit, tortoise or even a horse, so that, when found, they can be reunited as quickly as possible.  Based in Buckinghamshire, Petlog is on hand 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to animal wardens, welfare centres, veterinary practices, rescue centres and local authorities, who can scan microchips found in missing pets and trace their owners through the Petlog database - a service dedicated to helping owners to find their lost pets.

Having a microchip implanted in your pet vastly increases a pet’s chances of getting home, as if found it can be scanned and identified by its unique reference number and reunited rather than put in kennels or rehomed.  Pet owners have a legal requirement to ensure that their pet is under their control and this includes some form of proper identification.  Petlog provides a range of services for owners of microchipped pets; for further information, please visit www.petlog.org.uk or call 0870 6066 751.

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