"People can talk...[but] dogs and cats, without this system, don't have a way of telling people who they are."
--Kevin Nieusma, sales manager for Destron-Fearing, which has pioneered a new technology that allows pet owners to track their animals with a hand-held scanner. The company began development of the technology after the its owner had his prize horse stolen.
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