Six years ago, Amanda Hulebak and her husband lost two of their beloved dogs, Tessa and Ray. Someone opened the backyard gate of the committed dog rescuers’ Hockley, Texas home and let them out.
For a year, Hulebak searched tirelessly for Tessa and Ray, but she eventually gave up, thinking she was never going to see them again.
In late November, Hulebak received an unexpected phone call from the Missouri Animal Center. They had a dog with a microchip containing her contact information. It was Tessa, who had run away after being adopted out by another shelter.
Ray, on the other hand, was euthanized for reasons Hulebak doesn’t understand. She traced his microchip to another shelter, where he’d been adopted and returned before his life was tragically ended.
Hulebak questions why the dogs’ microchips weren’t scanned when they were first taken to shelters, but she knows she can’t change the past and wants to take a proactive approach to prevent other pet parents from going through similar situations.
Watch this video to enjoy Hulebak and Tessa’s tearful reunion and to hear, in her own words, how she hopes to work toward ensuring the traceability of microchipped pets.
So sad that poor dog was killed by a careless shelter who were too lazy to check for s chip. Shame on you, you worthless murderers. Do your work and wake up, or get out of the Shelter business
I would NEVER do a job that requires me to euthanize animals.. especially for no valid reason, I have zero respect for those people who work in ” shelters ” and kill animals like that…
Shame on you. Time to change mentality and evolve.
great news as to Tessa but a great shame Ray did not live to enjoy the reunion, its also a great shame that unlike the “UK” microchipping is not a legal requirement in the “USA” as if it were, the chances of Ray being checked would most definitely greatly improved, where by saving his life !!
I agree with Jaime. Ray was euthanized purely because of his breed, I have no doubt about that. So happy Tessa is home safe though.
This is ludicrous! Why have your dog chipped if the shelters don’t scan them?! That poor family should sue for the loss of the dog because of the failure of that shelter! My heart goes out to them.
Jamie ! microchipping is “NOT A LEGAL” requirement in many USA states, so many shelters do not bother to even check for them ! & euthanasia is far more common there than here,
Making the chance of suing the shelter almost impossible to win,
Very touching to see them reunited but sad what had happened also.
Happy one was found but sad that the other was euthanised!!!
So glad that at least one dog made it back home but because procedures weren’t followed at the shelters the other dog wasn’t checked for a chip he lost his life. TOO BAD AND SO VERY SAD.
RIP POOR RAY and I hope that because of you chips will automatically be checked every time in all shelters now as procedure.
So sad for both dogs. Why weren’t the chips scanned years ago? What is the purpose of the microchip if it is not going to be scanned. So sorry for Ray. Happy for Tessa even though it took her six years to find her way back home.
This is totally unacceptable though. Pet owners take their pets to get Microchipped in the hope of under any circumstances if the pet get lost, this Microchip will be the way to find & relocate them back with their owners. So WHY THIS POOR DOG WAS EUTHANIZED WHEN THE OWNERS IDENTITY HE WAS STILL CARRYING WITH HIM?
Those organizations who did euthanized the innocent soul is NOT QUALIFIED TO BE AN ANIMAL SHELTER by any means. The person who was incharge that place is obviously NOT QUALIFIED TO BE A VETERINARIAN OR THE ANIMAL SHELTER GUARDIAN EITHER.
These people are there simply to Get their PAY CHEQUE at the end of the day…
I am very glad they have been reunited. But why euthenise a dog if it is micro chipped? It. Doesn’t make sense!
The point of a chip is to identify, rescue, return to loving people — the Shelter is in the business of KNOWING this, YET they dropped the ball — my heart breaks for Ray, the other sweetie pie who should NEVER have been killed YET, the idiots at the Shelter, again, dropped the ball — it’s the Staff’s depraved indifference to the animals they’re hired to care for and protect and to the humans who love them — thankfully, you got Tessa — keep in mind, some member of the Staff at the Shelter are loving, caring humans who NEVER drop the ball — let’s appreciate them for a job well done — as for the others who do not know what in the hell they’re doing, I say this — get into another line of work, where animals are NOT involved.
I am so sad. The dogs should of been scanned fast. The other dot should of not been euthanized. The owner should of been contacted by the animal shelter fast. Cats an dogs are chipped for a reason. Ok! Darn! The dog was missing for many years. Wow! I am so glad the dog is back with his original owner! Good!
I am so sad. The dogs should of been scanned fast. The other dot should of not been euthanized. The owner should of been contacted by the animal shelter fast. Cats an dogs are chipped for a reason. Ok! Darn! The dog was missing for many years. Wow! I am so glad the dog is back with his original owner! Good!
I am so sad. The dogs should of been scanned fast. The other dot should of not been euthanized. The owner should of been contacted by the animal shelter fast. Cats an dogs are chipped for a reason. Ok! Darn! The dog was missing for many years. Wow! I am so glad the dog is back with his original owner! Good!
wHY CHIP THEM?
Such a sad story. We have had cats that have disappeared and never known what has happened to them. A horrible feeling that lasts forever.
I don’t like mircrochips for a number of reasons, and it seems that in most cases, in addition to being a health hazard (chips have been found to travel around in the body, as the body seeks to eliminate the foreign object, they’ve also been connected with cancer and hemorrhage), they seldom are used to reunite animals with their people, or bringing those who abuse and abandon animals to justice. (I found a dog with a note on his collar, and upon discovering he had a chip, I tried to find out who the original owners were. The chip company would not share that information.)
Microchipping pets is actually a public form of experimentation. They invented the chips, so they had to have experimental subjects to put them in, but the aspirations for it go much further, and the goal is to acclimate people to the idea of receiving microchip implants. A few companies have started microchipping employees.
Australians now using super-human microchip technology …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3757396/Australians-using...
WOW!!!!! These chips help more pets get back to their owners than your conspiracy theory allows for. Please people chip your pets. I work with rescues and the ones that get home have chips.