I'd want that to be mandated. Anyone in charge of scanning (must be at least two per shelter) would personally be fined if it was found that they were not scanning EVERY pet coming into the shelter.

and i agree... it would save shelters so much money if they actually made an effort to reunite pets with their owners.

I've actually see a number of tagged pets at my pound that were just never claimed. (Owners give up too soon and don't continue to look for their pet. The shelter seems to assume the worst about the owner.) The pound doesn't make the calls. And people assume if their pet is tagged that the pound will call them. *sigh*

Well we already have a problem here. Animals going into shelters are not routinely scanned for chips.