I Lost My Pet: Now What?

As your beloved cat or dog strays from home, it may be an awful experience for both of you. Below, Pet Friends Meet lists tips we hope you’ll find helpful to find your pet.

Call animal control agencies and shelters in your area

File a lost pet report with all shelters inside a sixty-mile radius of your house and go to the closest shelters on a daily basis, if you can.

Search your neighborhood

Drive or walk through your community several times every day. Ask letter carriers, neighbors, and delivery people if they’ve seen your pet. Hand a recent photo of your pet out, as well as details on how it’s possible to be reached if your dog or cat is found.

Advertise

Place notices at community centers, grocery stores, vet offices, pet supply stores, traffic intersections, and additional locations. In addition, place ads with radio stations and in newspapers. Include your pet's age, sex, breed, weight, color and any unique markings.

Browse the internet

These websites might have the ability to help you out:

·       Missing Pet Partnership

·       Lost Pet USA

·       Lost Dogs of America

·       Fido Finder

·       Craigslist

·       Center for Lost Pets

Be wary of any pet-recovery scams

While speaking with a stranger who states to have found your dog or cat, ask her/him to thoroughly describe your pet before offering any details. If he doesn’t include the special identifying characteristic you left out of your ads, he might not actually have your pet.

Do not give up the search

Animals who’ve been lost for months were reunited with their pet owners.

A pet—even an inside pet—has a better opportunity of being returned if he always uses a collar and ID tag with your address, name, and phone number. Ask the local veterinarian or animal shelter if permanent techniques of ID (like microchips) are available in your locality.

Get your Pet ID tag here.

Author of article:

Kristen Brady