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A Tiny Microchip Could be a Lifesaver if You Lose Your Dog

The technical term is radio frequency identification – RFID for short – but you know it as a microchip: a compact computer chip, about the size of a grain of rice, that contains an ID number. In a painless procedure, the chip is injected by a vet under an animal’s skin.

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