The Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) announced a new initiative that will support the return of lost animals faster while diverting them from the CACC Shelter. Animal control officers (ACO) can now utilize mobile microchip scanners, donated by Best Friends Animal Society and Animal Farm Foundation, to scan lost pets in the community and return them to the corresponding home address without being processed in the city shelter. Best Friends Animal Society donated ten microchip scanners to CACC and Animal Farm Foundation donated 50 microchip scanners to the Chicago Police Department; both agencies aid in the return of lost animals. Safe Humane trained the CPD officers on how to use the scanners. There is no additional cost to the city to implement this program. In April, City Council passed an ordinance introduced by Alderman Edward Burke and Alderman Raymond Lopez that allowed CACC’s ACOs and police officers to read the ID tag or scan the animal for a microchip when safe. For more information, visit www.cityofchicago.org/cacc.