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the animal. Landis and Hines monitor local social media pages catering to lost pets and offer their services when appropriate. In other instances, people familiar with their work refer them to those who have missing dogs. Other times, it’s as simple as them learning of a stray animal and dedicating their resources to trapping and taking it to a local animal shelter. “We bought a microchip scanner so that if we do get one, we can go ahead and scan it and get them
back home without having to take sai Landis. them to a shelter,” said any in the shel“There’s just so many ters and not enough homes for them.” Tracking 4Paws maintains a strong working relationship with the Fulton County Animal Center, as well as shelters in neighboring counties. In one instance, they tracked a dog from Fulton County all the way down to Delphi. The animal was taken to a shelter, adopted and is now living a very spoiled life. Another success story was of a family from Illinois, who rented a lake cottage on Bass Lake from which their small pet disappeared. Exactly one year to the day, Tracking 4Paws was able to trap the dog and return it to its overjoyed family.
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