Lafayette Animal Shelter - Free 24/7 Microchip Scanning Stations and Microchipping

Hours: Scanning stations open 24/7. Microchipping at the shelter Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm.

What it is

More help

Type of help

Emergency care

Where

Lafayette Parish

Status

Open

Checked

on the official website, November 5, 2026

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Free self-service microchip scanning stations, run by the Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center with Friends of the Lafayette Animal Shelter, so anyone who finds a pet can check it for a microchip day or night. Stations are at the shelter, Lafayette, Youngsville and Duson police departments, Spay Nation, Paws and Paw Paws, Zen Dog and Grace Presbyterian. The shelter also microchips owned pets at low cost on weekdays. Open 24 hours

Checked on the official website · November 5, 2026 What this means
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Good to know

• How to get started: Bring a found pet to any scanning station and follow the posted instructions. For microchipping your own pet, visit the shelter on a weekday.

Emergency? Call your veterinarian or the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital now, and tell them if cost is a barrier. Emergency signs and poison hotlines

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Also from this organization

• Lafayette Animal Shelter - Fix the Future Spay/Neuter Scheduling · Lafayette
• Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Center (LASCC) · Lafayette

More emergency and 24-hour vets near Lafayette

• Lafayette Veterinary Care Center (LVCC) · Lafayette · 6 mi
• Lafayette Animal Emergency Clinic (LAEC) · Lafayette · 6 mi
• Sherwood South Animal Hospital Emergency & Critical Care Center · Baton Rouge · 61 mi
• Pet Emergency Clinic (Lake Charles) · Lake Charles · 71 mi

Other help near Lafayette

• Spay/neuter SpayNation for Dogs & Cats · Lafayette · 4 mi
• Other help Acadiana Animal Aid · Carencro · 4 mi

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Sources

Lafayette Animal Shelter - Free 24/7 Microchip Scanning Stations and Microchipping official page, checked November 5, 2026.

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