Even if your pet is microchipped and registered, their data is only as secure as the company they’re registered with—and sometimes microchip companies close.
Save This Life was a Texas-based pet-identification-and-recovery system launched by Christian “Chance” White in 2012.
For years, pet caretakers took to social media to complain about the company’s poor customer service, claiming that products were not arriving in a timely manner and that calls for assistance sometimes went unanswered and unreturned.
Then, in January 2025, the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) removed Save This Life from its pool of companies that can be searched through its online Microchip Registry Lookup tool. Soon after, social media posts and various outlets began to relay that the company had gone dark.
According to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts website, the business registration or certificate for Save This Life “was ended as a result of a tax forfeiture or an administrative forfeiture by Texas Secretary of State.”
Save This Life never directly notified customers that it had ceased operations.
Our email to Save This Life went unanswered, and calls did not go through. The database has been wiped, so if a cat’s or a dog’s chip gets scanned, no information about their person will show up. This has left caretakers scrambling to secure new registration or unable to reconnect with lost pets.
If this has happened to you, you should contact your vet as soon as possible to get the Save This Life microchip removed and a new microchip implanted and registered. Thankfully, due to this sudden foreclosure, there are multiple microchip registries that are accepting Save This Life’s former clients for discounted rates or for free.
