This week Michelle Fern chats with Debbie Lifton, President and Co-Founder of Catopia Cat Rescue.  Catopia’s mission is to save the lives of as many abandoned, injured, neglected and/or otherwise unwanted cats and kittens they possibly can. All cats and kittens are fully vetted, fed healthy diets and accommodated in a 100% foster care environment until they each find loving forever homes. They additionally help with the feral cat population through their TNR (trap, neuter, return) program and the rescue and rehabilitation of feral born kittens. Thus, allowing kittens to be adopted into loving families and ending a vicious cycle.

In the second segment Michelle talks to Miguel Rodenas from Meperdi, located in Spain.  Meperdí lets you easily find the owner of a lost pet. Its operation is very simple: it is a pendant that is annealed to the collar of the pet. The rigid material is waterproof and resistant to the attacks of the pet itself, as well as inclement weather.  When a lost pet is found, and it has a Meperdi Pendant, you just need to enter meperdi.es and place the identification number on the device to get information of the animal and its owner, so you can make a phone call and inform the owner.  One of the greatest advantages of Meperdi system is that it has an NFC chip. If you have a phone with NFC, you just have to approach the terminal to the pendant to see the pet information directly displayed. No need to enter any code, not even open the browser.  They also have a QR code to identify the pet, in case of not having a smartphone with NFC technology.

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Catopia Cat Rescue

Meperdi