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- BUSINESS, Page 73Business NotesPETSThe Fido Finder
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- "Oh, where, oh, where has my little dog gone?" That old
- musical question now has a modern answer. A California-based
- company called Infopet is selling a computer-age tag: a
- microchip that is easily implanted between a pet's shoulder
- blades. The semiconductor carries a ten-digit code, which can
- be read by a scanner. When the code is punched into Infopet's
- computers, an animal's finder can obtain such data as the pet's
- license number, medical condition and, most important, the
- owner's phone number.
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- In the 1 1/2 years since Infopet began offering the service,
- 10,000 pets have been micro-tagged in California, Oregon,
- Washington and Missouri. So far, 27 animals have been returned
- to their owners because of the device. The microchip, its
- insertion and a year of registration cost $40.
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