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Bill calls for dead dogs, cats on roads to be scanned for microchips

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                                Mila was struck and killed on a roadway Nov. 6. Her body ended up in a landfill. The “Mila Microchip Identification Act” would require the state Department of Transportation and Hawaii’s four counties to scan the body of a deceased dog or cat found on a roadway for a microchip and report the information to county animal authorities.

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Mila was struck and killed on a roadway Nov. 6. Her body ended up in a landfill. The “Mila Microchip Identification Act” would require the state Department of Transportation and Hawaii’s four counties to scan the body of a deceased dog or cat found on a roadway for a microchip and report the information to county animal authorities.