Animal control officers say micro-chipping your pets can help them reunite you with your pet if they ever run off.

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MORE THAN A DOZEN PUPS IN A JUST FEW HOURS. AS THE POPS OF FIREWORKS INCREASED OVERNIGH SO DID PAWSTEPS INTO ANIMAL CONTROL. YOU THINK IT WAS THE FIREWORKS SCARING HER? >> YES. WE WOULD PUT HER ON THE GROUND AND SHE WOULD JUMP BACK IN OUR HANDS. I’M SURE SHE RAN OFF. >> THI PRETTY POODLE NAMED MAY RAN STRAIGHT INTO ASHANI BLAKE’S ARMS DURING THE SHE FOUND THE FOURTH OF JULY. DOG ON 24TH AND VINE, BUT HAD NO CLUE WHERE IT CAME FRO >> I WOULD WANT SOMEBODY TO PICK UP M DOG IF I COULDN’T FIND THEM. >> THAT IS WHY MADE -- WHY MAY AND AT LEAST 14 MORE DOGS WERE TURNED INTO MILWAUKEE’S ANIMAL CONTROL OVERNIGHT. USUALLY WE DO THAT IN AN ENTIRE DAY IN THE WINTER. IT IS COMPLETELY UNHEARD OF. >> THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS TO MICROCHIP YOUR PET SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HOME IS. THAT’S WHY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER BRINING MAY TO MADACC. HER STORY OF LOSS. WHAT IS UP WITH YOU? >> BECAME A REUNION AND HOPEFULLY A LESSON, AS THE FOUNDS OF FIRECRACKERS MIGHT CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

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As pops of fireworks increased overnight, so did paws inside the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission.According to MADACC, 14 dogs were turned in during the hours following 4th of July Celebrations.Ashanti Blake brought in one of the missing animals and believes the fireworks scared the poodle away from home."Because every time it went off, she was shaking and jumping," said Blake. "So, when we went to put her down, she would jump right back in our hands. I'm sure they let her out to use the bathroom and it went off and she ran off."Blake found the black poodle near 24th and Vine but had no idea where the dog came from."If it were my dog," said Blake. "I would want somebody to bring my dog in and give me the opportunity to pick him up if I can't find him."That's why the poodle, and at least 14 other dogs were turned into Milwaukee's Animal Control overnight,"That's an enormous amount of animals," said Karen Sparapani, Executive Director of MADACC. "That's just overnight hours and we usually do that in a whole day in the winter. It's completely unheard of."According to Sparapani, the best thing pet owners can do is to micro-chip their pets and have tags with a cell phone number and address, so they know immediately where home is located.The poodle Blake brought in was micro-chipped, and picked up by her rightful owner within the hour.