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Co-financed by the European Union
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Principality of Asturias · Regional Ministry of Rural Affairs and Agrarian Policy
LEADER · Community-led local development
Asociación para el Desarrollo Rural de la Montaña Central de Asturias
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PatitasID
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Check before you adopt

We check the format and dates of what you were given and whether a shelter is on the official register of associations, each answer with its source. The other registers will follow the legal review.

Quick check

We detect what it is as you type. Press Enter to check.

What it is

What you type stays in this page’s memory: it is not stored, not put in the web address and not sent to analytics.

  • Published rules and registers, with their source
  • No sign-up, no account
  • Nothing you type is stored
  • 33European jurisdictions, each with its coverage level
  • 120sources in the register, with how each can be queried
  • 0pieces of your data stored: neither on the server nor in the browser

Topics

What do you want to check?

You can start with one topic and add the rest later.

All checks

So that all that love reaches the animal.

People who adopt usually lead with their heart. These checks are there for that.

Step by step

How does it work?

Four steps. No sign-up, nothing you type is stored.

  1. 1Choose the countryThe jurisdiction decides which registers can be queried.
  2. 2Tell us what you knowName, tax ID, microchip, dates or IBAN — only what you have.
  3. 3We check itWith published rules and the official register of associations, each with its source. The other registers will follow the legal review.
  4. 4You decideYou see what is on record, what is not, and where to check it yourself.
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Example result

Facts, sources and dates. Nothing else.

Each row says what is on record, where it comes from and how to check it yourself. What is worth checking comes first.

  • Worth checkingRabies vaccination after the chipThe rabies vaccination predates the chip: that dose does not count for travel within the EU.Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688, Annex VII
  • Correct according to the standardIBAN formatThe IBAN check digits add up. It does not say whose name the account is in.ISO 13616 · date of the standard
  • Available after legal reviewSeller zoological centre numberWill switch on once the legal review is done.
Illustrative example: this is how the rows of a result are shown.

What PatitasID does

  • Whether a shelter or association is on the official register of associations, and the date of the data.
  • Checks formats: microchip, IBAN, tax ID and vaccination dates.
  • Shows you where to check it yourself.

What PatitasID does not do

  • No scores, no blacklists.
  • No identity checks on people.
  • No lookup of a microchip owner.
  • Nothing you type is stored.
What we check in each countryJurisdictions with their coverage level, and those coming soon.Sources and data datesPublisher, licence, data date and mode of every check.MethodologyHow PatitasID decides what it shows, what it checks, what it does not check and why there are no scores.

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Check before paying anything. It is free and we do not store what you type.

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