Pet Scanner Donated to Andover Animal Control
The Massachusetts Animal Coalition and a Hopkinton drug company donated a device that will help the Andover animal control officer find lost pets.
This was provided by the Massachusetts Animal Coalition. In an effort to help bring lost pets home, Hopkinton Drug (Hopkinton, MA) and the Massachusetts Animal Coalition (MAC) donated a microchip scanner to Andover Animal Control Officer (ACO) Wayne Nader. “I am very grateful for the generosity of Hopkinton Drug and MAC. This will definitely help me do the important work I do,” states ACO Nader About the size of a grain of rice, microchips have been implanted in animals for years and offer a permanent unique registration number that cannot be altered or removed. Since October 31st ACOs in Massachusetts are required to scan stray animals for a microchip as part of a new law updating animal control statutes. “We think this is a perfect …
