Evocative images from community pet vaccination camp in Houston

Houston PetSet, a nonprofit organization working to end the homeless animal crisis in Houston, Texas, USA, returned to the Baytown Community Center last Saturday to provide free vaccines and microchips for owned cats and dogs. This was Houston PetSet’s third large-scale community event of 2024, bringing the total number of pets served this year to nearly 2,500. The organization said in a press release that these quarterly events have become a necessity for pet owners...

Why it is sensible to get your pet animal microchipped

The fear of waking up one day and finding that your pet has escaped because someone forgot to lock a door or left a window open is very real. Compounding the problem is that locating a lost pet is almost entirely a stroke of luck — if someone sees your posters and messages, if they are able to identify the animal they are looking at as yours, if they are able to contact you… if,...