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Fluff Ball: Dr. Kevin Saldanha of Mississauga's Creditview Animal Hospital implants microchip into a cat with the help of Rose Nigrello. If pet gets lost, its microchip number can be read by scanners at shelters.
Fluff Ball: Dr. Kevin Saldanha of Mississauga's Creditview Animal Hospital implants microchip into a cat with the help of Rose Nigrello. If pet gets lost, its microchip number can be read by scanners at shelters.

Fluff Ball: Dr. Kevin Saldanha of Mississauga's Creditview Animal Hospital implants microchip into a cat with the help of Rose Nigrello. If pet gets lost, its microchip number can be read by scanners at shelters.

Date1/26/1998
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Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
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Scanners
Scanners
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