Mine have my dogs names on the front and my contact info on the back. I think it’s pretty common.
Or are you talking just the human name on the back? That would be confusing.
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But fr, here all cats and dogs have chips with all of the owners data, readable by doctors, animal shelters etc. Also useful for only allowing them to go through cat/dog flaps.
And for normal people, just call everyone "You" lol
Here in Sweden too but my biological chip reading abilities are somewhat lacking.
"Eehh, du?" in Swedish. I've done it, I've been it.
I'm actually curious how the chips are implemented, and if they're readable by users. Lemme just get a cat from the street
They use RFID/NFC but at a lower frequency that your phone can read. There are pet chip readers for as low as $18 on Amazon. Might be awkward getting caught scanning your friend's pet though, and I'm not sure you'd get their info.
The one time I found a stray dog the chip only gave a number. The dog also had a collar that had that number on it and a website like FindMyDog or something. But when I put that number in, it just gave info for a local shelter. I went to the shelter and they confirmed it was a microchip number and they had records showing they had owned that chip but had given that chip to another shelter. The second shelter gave me the owner's info.
So, basically, I think the pet owner has to upload their info to a pet finder website, or else a vet can look up where the chip came from and whoever implanted it might be able to give you the owner's info.
The id is registered to some database where you can look up the info.
If the registry is partnered with europetnet, you can find it here: https://www.europetnet.org/pet-id-search.html
If not you'll have to figure out where the id was registered and request the info there.
I'm in the US but it sounds similar. It's hopefully good enough to track down a pet owner, but I wouldn't trust it to learn the correct name of the person in front of you. It could lead to a previous owner or it could be registered to someone else in the family.
I believe they can be read by anything that can read rfid and can access the online database for information for that serial number.
They are just RFID and can be read with consumer devices
Damn. I thought it may be the proprietary, bug and exploit ridden, hacked together shit such stuff by governments often is.
Don't worry, it's still sufficiently janky. Apparently the databases containing all that info just disappear when the companies shut down.
Damn. I thought it may be the proprietary, bug and exploit ridden, hacked together shit such stuff by governments often is.
Nope, it is the proprietary, bug and exploit ridden, hacked together shit such stuff by private companies often is.
You mean, dog-tags?
Most tags have owner info and many are also chipped on top of that.
Dog (and other big dangerous animals) owners in cities should be wearing tags with their basic ID data too. Maybe even those blinking lamps like firefighters or police. Don't know how they're called in English.
Good idea. Maybe an NFC-readable tag with address information. If the owner lets their dog shit in the streets, we can deliver the turds at their front door.
I am not a fan of dog owners.