09/30/2026
New Microchip Stations Give Lost Cherokee County Pets a Better Chance of Getting Home
Cherokee County, GA:
A lost dog or cat could have a better chance of making it back home thanks to three new microchip scanning stations now available around Cherokee County.
Cherokee County officially opened the stations Friday, giving residents a way to check a found or wandering pet for a microchip without immediately having to take the animal to an animal shelter.
The stations are located at:
Cherokee County Animal Shelter Intake Building
131 Chattin Drive, Canton
Cherokee Veterans Park
7345 Cu***ng Highway, Canton
Patriots Park
1485 Kellogg Creek Road, Woodstock
Each station includes instructions explaining how to scan an animal and what steps to take if a microchip is detected, as well as guidance for situations where no chip is found.
The idea began about two years ago when Cherokee County Animal Control officers Nichalas Liddle and Meghan Davis proposed creating public scanning locations.
Their goal was straightforward: help more lost pets get back to their families before they ever have to enter the shelter system.
The effort comes as Cherokee County Animal Control continues to handle a significant number of stray animal calls. Over the past three years, the division has averaged more than 800 stray calls annually.
Davis said the new stations could help reunite animals with their owners more quickly while also reducing the number of stray animals arriving at the shelter.
For pet owners, the stations offer another option when a wandering dog or cat suddenly appears in the neighborhood.
And for someone who finds a lost pet, a quick microchip scan could provide the information needed to turn a stressful search into a reunion.
Cherokee County also plans to make the program available for community support. In the future, businesses and residents will have the opportunity to sponsor their own microchip scanning station.
For a county handling hundreds of stray calls each year, the hope is that a small scan can make a big difference: getting lost pets home faster and keeping more of them out of the shelter.
