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In the United States, many states such as Wisconsin (as of 2006), North Dakota (2007), California (2007), Oklahoma (2008), and Georgia (2010) have laws making it illegal to force a person to have a microchip implanted, though politicians acknowledge they are unaware of cases of such forced implantation.
X-ray image of a microchip implant in a cat. A microchip implant is an identifying integrated circuit placed under the skin of an animal. The chip, about the size of a large grain of rice, uses passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, and is also known as a PIT (passive integrated transponder) tag.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Virginia. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 340 law enforcement agencies employing 22,848 sworn police officers, about 293 for each 100,000 residents. [1]
All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old and microchipped to help prevent the spread of rabies, according to new government rules published Wednesday. The ...
A U.S. senator from Oregon plans to introduce a bill that would increase the security of the SNAP EBT cards that low-income families use to buy groceries.
This is a list of area codes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 276 — Southwest corner of the state including Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, and Wytheville (September 1, 2001 as split from 540). 434 — South central area including Charlottesville and Lynchburg (June 1, 2001 as split from 804).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 853 square miles (2,210 km 2), of which 849 square miles (2,200 km 2) is land and 4.3 square miles (11 km 2) (0.5%) is water. [18] It is the third-largest county in Virginia by land area.
Around 30% of pet parents do not take their pets to a veterinarian annually for preventative care like vaccines, according to the SPCA of Texas.