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Dog Reunited With Family After Missing More Than 2 Years

An American Eskimo mix was reunited with her family thanks to a microchip and to the staff at the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center.

An Eagle Rock family has been reunited with their missing dog of two years thanks to a microchip and to the staff at the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control’s (DACC) Baldwin Park Animal Care Center.

The dog “Aka” (Hawaiian name for Shadow) is a ten year-old American Eskimo mix who was reunited with her family Tuesday evening. Aka’s family was sure she had been stolen from their Eagle Rock backyard in 2011 and had given up hope that she would ever be found.

Two years later, they were shocked to receive a call from DACC staff inquiring about a microchip implanted in the dog, which had provided their contact information.

“As standard procedure, we scan every animal for a microchip that comes into our care for this very reason,” said DACC director, Marcia Mayeda. 

“Microchipping your pets is one of the easiest ways to ensure you are reunited with your lost pet,” Mayeda said.  A microchip is a tiny computer chip--the size of a grain of rice--that is implanted into your pet and has a unique identification number programmed into it.  The identification number cannot be altered, lost, or destroyed. 

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For more information about DACC and for more information about microchipping your pets, you can visit their website, http://animalcare.lacounty.gov.

- Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control

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