![]() ![]() Since the tornado, the Joplin Humane Society has implanted a microchip in every pet adopted from our shelter.” We decided our organization would never add to that problem by adopting pets into the community without a way to get home. “Pet owners in our community were not prepared for the disaster, and there was no way to help lost pets get back home. “We learned a very valuable lesson in the aftermath of the storm,” said Connie Andrews, Shelter Services Manager at the Joplin Humane Society. It could be their ticket home if they become lost or disaster strikes again.” We hope the community will learn from this tragedy and get their pet’s microchipped. “Fewer than five percent of those animals were microchipped, and it was incredibly challenging to reunite lost pets with their owners. “We rescued thousands of lost and abandoned pets after the tornado,” said Tim Rickey, a Joplin native and vice president of ASPCA Field Investigation and Response. All pets are welcome at the event and should be leashed and current on vaccinations. Pet ID tags donated by the ASPCA will be available for adopters and pet owners. All animals available for adoption have been microchipped, spayed/neutered and vaccinated. to 4 p.m., along with free microchipping for all pet owners on a first-come, first-serve basis from 11 a.m. The “Paws in the Park” adoption event is taking place from 11 a.m. ![]() The event-called “Paws in the Park”-is part of Joplin Proud, four days of events to recognize the progress made since the disaster hit and decimated a third of the community. Joplin, Mo.-The Joplin Humane Society and ASPCA ® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ®) will hold an adoption event and free microchip clinic on Saturday, May 21, in Parr Hill Park to coincide with the five-year anniversary of the 2011 Joplin tornado. ![]()
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