How do recoveries happen?
24/7 Database access. When you enroll your microchipped pet in the AKC Companion Animal Recovery’s nationwide recovery database, your contact information is safely stored until it is needed to reunite you with your pet. A professional recovery team maintains the database 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and notifies you as soon as your pet’s ID number is called in to the 24-hour recovery hotline. Animal clinics and shelters scan lost animals and call the AKC Companion Animal Recovery unit to report a found pet. Currently, with the HomeAgain‚ Microchip Identification System, a successful recovery occurs approximately every 11 minutes. For more information about the HomeAgain Microchip Identification System speak to your veterinarian or go to www.HomeAgainID.com.