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Reasons dogs leave:

Many dogs, even dogs that are not normally fearful at home, become terrified when lost.
Opportunistic journey - when they get the opportunity to explore.
Wanderlust - certain dogs will actively attempt to escape by climbing or digging because they want to breed
Blind panic - a situation where the dog just runs away, unaware of where they are going

Why dogs travel far:

Temperment, circumstances (fireworks, thunder), weather (dog who escapes goes further in nice weather than in extreme conditions), terrain and population density (run farther in country than in the urban city), appearance of the dog (small = friendly, big = aggressive)
Gregarious dog - friendly dogs who come to the first person who calls
Aloof dogs - will initially avoid human contact.These dogs run a great distance
Fearful dogs - higher risk to get hit by cars.Travel the furthest

There are about 172 humane societies located across the country
Shelters across Canada took in 103,000 cats and 46,000 dogs
25% to 30% of dogs are returned to their guardians compared to less than 5% of cats
In 2013, 38,000 cats and 8,000 dogs were euthanized
97% of responding shelters spay or neuter animals in their care before adoption, as a matter of policy
The CFH S encourages shelters to offer permanent identification, such as microchipping, as a method of improving the number of stray animals returned to guardians

Objective was to determine % of owned dogs and cats that were lost and what % were recovered.
15% of dog and cat owners lost their pets
Dogs are recovered 93% of the time and cats 75% of the time
Most dogs found by searching the neighbourhood and returning on their own
Dogs are more likely than cats to be lost more than once
Cats are less likely than dogs to have identification
In 2012 in the USA, there were 86.4 million cats and 78.2 million dogs
Pets are lost from their homes regularly
Members of the community view finding the owners of lost pets as an important goal, and well worth the effort

One of the most popular, and sometimes most obvious way we interact with animals on a more intimate level is through having pets
Dogs and cats are the most popular pet animals in North America, with nearly 60% of households having a dog or cat or both
le form deep emotional bonds with dogs and cats and describe them as "members of the family"
Wolves have been associated with humans since the Pleistocene period and was the first animal to be domesticated
When we speak of companion animals, we often use "he" or "she", and not "it", like we do with other animals

10 million dogs lost or stolen in the U.S. every year
One in three pets are lost in their lifetime
Non-microchipped return rate: Dogs - 22%, Cats - 2%
Microchipped return rate: Dogs - 52%, Cats - 38%
Only 58% of microchipped animals had been registered
Microchips are about the size of a grain of rice
Microchip implantation is painless
Lasts life of pet
Costs around $45 for implantation and microchip
Only 5% of cats and dogs are microchipped
A microchip stores an ID number that is matched with a set of information
The 134 kHz chip is the standard
Almost all shelters and animal clinics have scanners
Most other countries require a travelling pet to be microchipped
Material that bonds the microchip to the skin prevents the microchip from moving around
Owners of microchipped pets must make sure that their pet is registered with a registry service.

Lost pets behave differently than when they are at home
Cats become disoriented when lost
Cats hide and stay silent when lost
Our device could possibly scare them
Humane traps and digital wildlife cameras can be useful for finding cats
The threshold factor is how long it takes a cat to decide to come out
Depending on the cat, the threshold factor can be from several hours to a couple weeks
Gregarious dogs are friendly and will come to humans
Aloof dogs are wary of people, and will try to avoid them until it gets desperate
Skittish dogs will run far and are at a higher risk of being struck by cars
Humans who lose their pets tend to think that they will never see their pets again
A lost pet’s appearance can make someone think that the pet is wild/abused
Rescuers usually don’t bring pets to shelters for fear of the pet getting killed
Every pet has a different temperament and will behave differently
People usually decide to rescue dogs instead of cats
Searching for the cat is required to find a cat
Looking for someone who has your dog is required to find a dog
Most other people don’t really care about finding the pet
Our device would make it easier for the other people so they wouldn’t think the task is hard
Our device would be most effective on dogs