Today my husband and I were on our way to pay our electric bill in town. As we came up to the Beretania and Ward intersection, all of a sudden a tiny white cat with an orange and black patch on her head came running into the middle of traffic! She quickly ran back to the side walk, dodging a black Dodge Ram truck, and hissing at the car in front of us. The poor cat, lost and scared, then attempted to run to the other side of the street again, to a park. Right off the bat, I could tell she was a house cat from how terrified and lost she was acting, so I had my husband jump out of the car and get her. Alright, maybe running in the middle of traffic made a couple people upset, but we could not just keep driving away while knowing that she was in danger. I pulled into the gas station to the right of me, and saw my husband walking back to me with the cat safely in his arms. She was pregnant. With no sign of her owner, we quickly wrapped her up in a blanket and drove her to the Hawaiian Humane Society. The first thing they checked for was her identification, and luckily, she had a microchip! We were so happy to hear that her family was going to be contacted.
On O'ahu, and in several other different counties across America, all dogs are required to be registered with the City & County and wear their tags when outside. It would be a good idea to leave the dog's license on at all time, just in case they do get loose. Cats, however, are not required to be registered, but are required to have some form of ID. Cats can either have a microchip, which is surgically inserted between their shoulder blades, or a simple tag with your address and phone number. Collars with tags are a good simple form of ID, but can easily be slipped off by your slick cat when you're not looking (no matter how secure you think you've made it).
Keep your friends safe by giving them IDs today! Ask your vet or local humane society about ID tags and microchips today! Please don't wait til it's too late!
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