Quote Originally Posted by wolfsoul View Post
Even if the chips could be read, I find alot of times the shelters don't bother scanning. My friend does Belgian rescue and finds chips in the majority of dogs she takes in (at the vet) but the shelter never bothered to scan. Unfortunatly so many of the chips can't be read, so they're useless.
Are you out in the boonies or something? The first thing our local Humane Society does when a stray is brought in is to scan for a chip - I've seen it in action.

And our Vet checks for the chips every time we take one of the cats in for a yearly check.

Guess I'm just lucky where I live