Bryan Animal Center Serves the Community With Free Microchips & Rabies Vaccinations
Four times a year, the Bryan Animal Center offers free microchips and rabies vaccinations for animals owned by Bryan residents. The events are part of the Animal Center’s mission to support pets in Bryan and promote responsible pet ownership.
“A healthy pet is a better pet,” said Animal Services Supervisor Ashley Bishop. “These events help us protect animals and ensure we can get lost pets back home where they’re loved.”
Events are held each March, May, August and November at different city parks to make events accessible to everyone in Bryan. Registration is now open for the May event, to be held Saturday, May 9, at Austin’s Colony Park. Registration for up to four pets per household closes May 6 and proof of Bryan residency is required.
“Vaccines and microchips can be expensive for pet owners,” Bishop said. “We don’t want cost holding people back from keeping their pets safe and healthy.”
State law requires rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats every one to three years, depending on the vaccine. The City of Bryan offers one-year vaccines.
“It’s important that we keep vaccinating our pets for rabies,” Bishop said. “We don’t see many cases in domesticated animals and we don’t want that to change because we stop vaccinating.”
While microchips are not required, they serve as a permanent form of identification. If a lost animal is scanned, their unique number will lead to contact information for the owner.
“As we’ve provided more free microchips, our animal control officers have seen an increase in the number of pets they’re able to return home immediately,” Bishop said. “That allows more space in our center for animals that truly have nowhere to go.”
These events help us protect animals and ensure we can get lost pets back home where they’re loved.
Bishop encourages pet owners to update their pet’s microchip contact information at least once a year.
“I’ve had several dogs come across my path that have been missing for two or three years,” Bishop said. “The only way we were able to find their home was because they had a microchip.”
In the six years since the free events began, the Bryan Animal Center has given 2,155 rabies vaccinations to dogs and cats and 1,797 microchips to dogs, cats and one macaw. The events couldn’t take place without the support of local veterinarian Dr. Daniel Hendrix, who volunteers his time to administer the rabies vaccines.
“Dr. Hendrix has volunteered since the beginning of these events,” Bishop said. “We owe him a lot of credit and a debt of gratitude.”
The Bryan Animal Center offers several other services, including adoptions, spay/neuter vouchers, owner surrenders and community education opportunities. Learn more and check out adoptable pets on the Animal Center webpage.
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