

All you need is the serial # and you can register the chip yourself. That way if someone does run the #, your info will show up too. If you don’t have the #, any vet should be able to scan them and give it to you. Or you can buy your own scanner fairly cheap. I bought a $20 ebay one to scan animals that wander up to my work/home.
I don’t know what companies are reputable, but the article lists AKC Reunite, PetLink, and 24PetWatch.
Yeah, that was definitely some clickbait.
I would hazard to say that most major features of the moon created in the last couple billion years have done so in under 10 minutes.