Baltimore County has a new tool that will help reunite lost pets with their owners.
The county now has pet scanning stations.
There are five locations where you can go in Baltimore County if you want to reunite pets with their owners.
The locations are in Essex, Dundalk, Parkville, Catonsville and Reisterstown.
The goal of this tool is to help reduce the burden on local animal shelters.
The microchip scanners are available to use 24/7.
Anyone who finds a lost pet can take a pet to a scanning
station.You are able to scan the pet to see if they have a microchip.
If the pet has a microchip, the scanner will be able to locate the chip number on the screen.
Once the chip number is displayed, you can then put that information into a website.
A company will notify the pet owners that you have pet.
According to the law, if you find a lost pet, you have to submit a found animal report to the Baltimore County Animal Shelter within 24 hours. You also have 72 hours to try to reunite the ...