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One Tag. One Purpose. Save Pets.
New Internet-based pet registration service partners
with Hasco Tag Company to offer a new way to reunite lost pets
(Kansas City, MO)- Improving on the way things are done, AWOLPET.com has announced its 2001 Rabies Tag Education program. For the first time, veterinarians can order and distribute rabies tags containing the veterinarian's personal information on the front and alerting folks to AWOLPET.com on the back. "The single most effective means for a pet to find its way rightful owner is by use of identification attached to the pet's collar. AWOLPET.com hopefully will encourage pet owners to keep an identification tag on their pet, like the rabies tag, which will greatly enhance the chances of the pet being returned, stated Dr. George Gates of the Prairie Village Animal Clinic.
Deborah Welsh, a veterinarian's daughter and President of AWOLPET.com, "our ability to be creative and think of new ways to get lost pets home is what drives AWOLPET.com. First, we created and built specially designed search engines to match pet owner information with a pet's rabies tag information and placed it one the web. Next, we added the ability of pet owners to register license tags, microchip and tattoo codes. One place, all pet identifiers. Now, we are assisting the animal health community by making it easy and affordable for veterinarians to offer a "one tag" system. By issuing the AWOLPET.com rabies tag, veterinarians help educate their clients on the benefits of having their pet wear its tag and they protect their patients from becoming lost." We appreciate Hasco Tag, a fourth generation owned company in business since 1902 in helping us make this happen.
Eight to twelve million pets end up in animal shelters each year. Millions of others become lost and roam in neighborhoods until found. Welsh believes AWOLPET.com's "one tag" system will make an impact on this sad situation.
Dr. Marty Becker, author of Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul and ABC veterinarian consultant for Good Morning America believes the idea is a strong one. "The fact is one out of every three pets is lost sometime in their lifetime. With the "one tag" system and harnessing the Internet's power, a beloved pet that's lost will probably be home before missing a single meal."
Registration on AWOLPET.com is easy, convenient, and affordable. For a modest $7 fee (with a discount for multiple pets), pet owners everywhere can register on-line at www.awolpet.com or fill out a form available from many veterinarian offices or animal shelters.
Once the registration form is completed, the information is placed on the site's private and secure database. The pet owner receives confirmation of their registration and a red collar tag that alerts the lost pet's finder to AWOLPET.com for the owner's requested contact information. In 2001, the new "one tag" will replace the red tag for those who receive it from their veterinarian. Other AWOLPET.com services include a separate searchable database for pets who have no identification, annual health exam notification cards to all registered pet owners, and a "Vets for Pets" section that lists all participating veterinarians.
Registered pet owners also receive coupons, discounts and gift certificates toward purchases of pet food, pet treats and pet products.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, AWOLPET.com uses the power of the Internet to reunite lost pets with their owners. Easy, convenient and affordable, AWOLPET.com is the only web-based pet registration service that allows pet owners to register their pets using rabies tag numbers, municipal license tag numbers, and microchip or tattoo codes, 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
For more information about AWOLPET.com, call (888) 743-6465 or visit the website at www.awolpet.com.
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