Cheap as chips pet microchipping will be available at Yankalilla and Hackham next month.

Chipblitz will offer $10 microchipping at the Yankalilla Council Office on Saturday 25 July.

To participate, print out and fill in the registration form available at the Chipblitz website (one form per pet) and attend with $10 cash (per pet) to pay on the day.

Yankalilla Council Office is located at 1 Charles Street, Yankalilla.

Another Chipblitz day will be held at Hackham Football Club changerooms on Saturday 22 August. The club is located on the corner of Doctors and States roads, Hackham.

Microchipping is the insertion of a permanent electronic identification device into an animal. Each microchip has a unique number which provides permanent identification and lifetime registration for your pet with Global Micro Animal Registry. 

The South Australian Government made microchipping for pets compulsory in 2018.

Close to 41,000 South Australian pets have been microchipped through the Chipblitz program since November 2015.