But she never asked permission. Police had a mystery on their hands, until the woman came forward and identified the ashes. Course officials are sympathetic to the grieving woman and her golf-loving partner. Before long, adopted cats and dogs in Los Angeles will come complete with microchips. The L-A City Council is expected to approve a plan today that includes implanting the chips into pets adopted from animal shelters.
Council members hope if the pets get lost, they can be traced back to their owners.
The goal is to reduce the number of dogs and cats put to sleep when the owners cannot be found. The chips would work much like bar coding on merchandise. The animals could be scanned to show the owner's name and address. The chips are about the size of a grain of rice. A commission dealing with the reinterment of the remains of Russia's last imperial family will complete its work in two weeks to let President Boris Yeltsin decide the time and place of burial, the Kremlin said.