Microchipping Your Horse
helps prove youre the horses owner by forming a trail of ownership. This data can be especially useful when theres a dispute over who owns a found horse.
There are so many situations that I have seen over 24 years of working with victims in the field where having a microchip would have made ownership disputes so much simpler and less stressful Metcalfe says.
Other Benefits
Besides identifying who owns a found horse there are numerous benefits of microchipping. Protecting against theft tracking competition eligibility preventing fraud tracing a disease outbreak monitoring a horses welfare and reuniting lost horses with their owners are just a few of these benefits.
Microchipping is done for a variety of reasons explains Hiney. One is integrity of competition. There are a lot of bay horses in the world so this ensures that the correct bay horse is competing that day. Beyond the show ring or racetrack we encourage their use in case of theft or accidental loss such as in the face of natural disasters. This makes it easier to reunite horse and human.
In cases where horses are lost during natural disasters there are usually intake depots where people will scan any found animals for microchips.
If a horse is lost in a disaster then the horse can be scanned by people who are running the depot Metcalfe says. Ive also dealt with many cases where there was a mistake made by workers on large farms or by vets who treat the wrong horse because so many are identical. Think Friesian for example.
Microchips act almost like a social security number for your horse.
Its a critical unique identifier that only your horse carries says Mayhall. In cases of loss theft or natural disaster a registered microchip can save the day! Microchips are required now for most sporting events universal equine
passports proof of ownership adoption and so much more. In short given the minimal cost and lifetime benefits theres no reason not to chip and register your horse.
