Central Animal Records

Four years ago I brought my first dog and I drove to South Australia to get her. She is a white Staffy and has excellent blood lines. I had her for 12 months and her name was Angel. Angel always has to be around people, she was very friendly and loved everyone.
After 12 months of owning Angel I came home one day to find she was not in the yard. We have six foot fences all around, so I am still not sure to this day whether she simply escaped or somebody took her.

We went looking for her, we drove down and walked down every street in the area. We rang all the dog homes and every vet, but still no luck. After a few months we gave up hope.

Three years had passed, I just got back from my hoilday was working at home and got a phone call from Ebony from CAR telling me that a vet 30 minutes away from me has my dog! I was shocked I said
"What do you mean, she went missing three years ago!"

A lost 2 & ½ year old child was found on the street near a main road thanks to the family dog that was microchipped and wearing a Central Animal Records tag.
In an amazing story the child was found and returned back to his frantic parents, thanks to the dog being identified and our dedicated team manning our 24 hour recovery service .
The Story as supplied by the child's parents (publication permission received )
“A HUGE thank you to Central Animal Records for not only locating our labradoodle, but also our 2 and ½ year old son who had somehow worked out how to unlock our side gate. We are not sure who took who on a walk, but you can imagine our horror and fears when we found that our son and dog were missing.
Our street is off a main road and we are not far from the corner. I ran out into the street and when I couldn’t see them, jumped into the car to begin a search, while my husband rang the police.

The following letter came to us from Jacqi & Colin Dinis In Western Australia alerting us to their new Xoloitzcuintle (there’s a mouthful!!) breed dogs that they recently imported into Australia……

“My dogs are unique both in character and looks, in fact they are the only two in Australia, BUT, I have them both microchipped and registered with Central Animal Records.

This is one of the most important and responsible actions that I as their owner can do to ensure they are safe if ever they become lost. I can rest easy knowing if my pets are ever lost or stolen and recovered that I can be contacted and my pets returned to me because I ensure that the microchip details are kept up to date as I mark it on my calendar to update every new season or every worming date.

We are delighted to announce that Central Animal Records have been approved and now Licenced by the Queensland Government -Department of Infrastructure and Planning to record and manage microchip data as specified in the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008 and Regulations that came in to effect July 1 2009. The C.A.R team are extremely proud to have been accepted to manage data, and look forward to providing our skills and customer care services to the people of Queensland.

We are pleased to announce this excellent new feature for pet owners.
Available to all pet owners who have provided an Email address to Central Animal Records, comes the benefit for you as the owner, to instantly receive Certificates of Identification or Identification Acknowledgements by email once data is recorded.
Simply access your Email to view and print the Certificate at your leisure.
We trust that this facility will be of value to you by providing certain knowledge that data is recorded providing protection for your pet if lost or stolen, or to assist you as proof of microchipping & ownership for Council Registration.

Welcome to the new look Central Animal Records Website.
We trust the expansion of services will be of benefit to you.
It is important to note that ALL existing services from the previous site are retained.
KEY FEATURES of CHANGES

• Enhanced security
• Real time stats updated every half hour of animals, owners and recoveries logged with Central Animal Records
• Validated data entry facility
• Improved search facilities
• Clearer display of Products and Services

Central Animal Records team wish to extend their sympathies to all those affected directly and indirectly by the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods and assure you we will do all in our power to assist in returning lost or injured pets home.

We are pleased to announce yet another milestone in that we now have 1.25 million microchipped animals and associated owner and contact details recorded on the Central Animal Records Database and have generated to date 185,000 contact details of lost and abandoned animals to Councils, Animal Welfare shelters, rescue centres and vets across Australia.

We hope and trust this service helps you all and demonstrates our total team committment to our mission since inception in 1989 of assisting Returning Lost Pets Home.

"I remain very proud of our dedicated team who are proud and committed to assist you all", stated Dr Rick Walduck CEO Central Animal Records.

Central Animal Records are pleased to announce the recording of the millionth animal on the Central Animal Records accredited national database today.

"This is a major milestone of achievement for Central Animal Records and we take great pride in being able to provide this valuable service to assist lost animals being returned to their owners. Particular thanks to our dedicated Data Entry, Customer Care and Out of Hours Teams" stated Dr Rick Walduck, CEO Central Animal Records.

Bev Taylor helped us to locate Bruce and has asked me to submit a story to the CAR website. I have attached 2 images, the Bruce_and_Kirstie image was taken when Bruce was about 12 but Bruce_1 is more recent, he's about 15 in that one. I hope they are okay.... so here it is and we would like to thank Bev very much for her help :-).

Bruce, our 16 and half year old Border Collie cross, decided to go on an adventure last Monday and it wasn't until 7:30 pm at night, after we returned home from work, that we realised he had gone. Kirstie, our daughter, said that she had seen him in the yard at about 4 pm so we hoped that he hadn't gone too far. But, we were concerned because we now live in the Surrey, England and being winter over here it gets dark at around 6 pm. The temperature was close to zero, we have a river behind us and many ditches full of water in the wooded common in front of us. Beyond that, was a major road.