https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7434850&GUID=8FCB5B42-4E06-460A-954A-BFC71B1794D6Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=7434850&GUID=8FCB5B42-4E06-460A-954A-BFC71B1794D68FCB5B42-4E06-460A-954A-BFC71B1794D6-2025-06-12-17-47-55Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF JUNE AS NATIONAL MICROCHIP MONTH WHEREAS, every June, National Microchip Month is an awareness campaign designed to promote pet microchipping as a simple, safe, and effective means of helping reunite lost pets with their owners; and WHEREAS, by 1985, U.S.-based AVID Identification Systems, Inc. filed a patent for microchipping technology; and WHEREAS, in the late 1980s to early 1990s, the first microchips were being implanted into pets; and WHEREAS, in 2004, the American Food and Drug Administration stated that microchipping is a safe process for both animals and humans; and WHEREAS, 1 in 3 pets will become lost at some point in their lives; and WHEREAS, pets with microchips are 20 times more likely to be reunited with their families; and WHEREAS, a microchip is permanent and can't be removed or fall off like a collar; and WHEREAS, over 10 million pets are lost each year in the U.S; and WHEREAS, only 22% of lost dogs without microchips are returned to their owners, compared to 52% with microchips; and WHEREAS, for cats, the numbThu, 12 Jun 2025 17:47:55 GMT