Scanned a chip?

What is this?

A free chip index by SANORIYAT: it turns a chip number into a cat registered with us and relays your message to the owner. It is not an official registry, and we neither sell nor implant chips — we are simply where the number resolves.

• What is a microchip number?
  A 15-digit number stored in a small transponder implanted under the cat's skin, to the ISO 11784/11785 standard. The chip has no GPS and no battery — it is read with a scanner at clinics and shelters and returns one number, nothing else.
• I found a cat — how do I get its chip number?
  Any veterinary clinic or rescue group has a scanner; the scan is usually free and takes seconds. Ask them to read the number, then enter it here.
• It's my own cat — where do I find its chip number?
  In order: the vaccination booklet (chips ship with a barcode sticker the vet applies at implant time) · the import or health certificate if the cat was imported, where the number is required · the pedigree certificate for a registered cat · the breeder or shop you got her from. If none of those turn it up, any veterinary clinic can scan her in seconds — and plenty of owners of imported cats discover she was chipped all along.
• My cat has no chip — what now?
  Implanting is routine: a single injection under the skin between the shoulders, no anaesthetic, over in seconds. SANORIYAT does not sell chips, implant them, or recommend a provider — once it is done, come back and register the number with us for free.
• Will I see the owner's details?
  No, and you cannot. If the chip is registered with us we show the cat's photo, name and city only, plus a button that relays your message to the owner — who alone decides whether to reply. SANORIYAT is built so it cannot reveal the owner even if it wanted to.

A published study (Lord et al., JAVMA 2009) found microchipped cats were returned 38.5% of the time versus 1.8% unchipped. That is external research, cited as theirs — not a promise from SANORIYAT.