I read this news story tonight and thought it might be of interest to this community.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/microchip-data-doubt-for-tens-of-thousands-of-pets/104921828
tl;dr: one of the companies that registers pet microchip details in Australia has gone silent and stopped paying their web hosting bill. The data is still accessible but it seems very likely it will go offline soon. When this happens, the microchip details of tens of thousands of pets will become inaccessible so that if they are found, there will be no way to contact their owners.
What would it take to mirror this data? Is there any way to recreate a functional database so that people at vet offices and animal shelters etc. can still look up the microchip details of pets with this kind of chip?