In as part of one of the tasks of the "Homeless Animal Care Program and prevention of animal homelessness in the Municipality of the City of Ełk in 2023." adopted by the Ełk City Council, dogs and cats having their owners and Free-living cats will be marked with a chip.

Reader to read the chip number has almost every veterinarian, Ełk Guard Urban and employees of shelters for homeless animals. The chip is a number consisting of a string  fifteen-digit numbers that will be entered into a publicly accessible database on the website SAFE-ANIMAL. This number contains contact details that will help you contact us to deal with the owner of the animal. Chipping free-living cats is aimed at monitoring the size of their population.

Treatment microchip implantation will be performed by a veterinarian at the Outpatient Clinic Psokot Ewa Balun Veterinary School, which is located at 9a Adama Mickiewicza Street curl. U5 in Ełk. The microchip is placed in a sterile applicator and injected it is under the skin. The procedure takes only a few seconds, and the animal does not react more than during a regular injection.