Please complete the appropriate form below to share information about an pet you have lost or found.
I Lost My… (pets other than cats & dogs)
I Found Someone’s… (pets other than cats & dogs)
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Ideas for Finding Your Lost Pet
Act quickly! Minnesota law requires animals only to be held for five days.
- Post information about your lost pet here and on websites geared to reunite pets and owner like Petco Love Lost, Animal Humane Society, and Facebook pages Lost Dogs Minnesota, and Lost Cats Minnesota.
- Contact local animal shelters and animal control agencies. File a lost report with every shelter within a 60 mile radius of your home and visit the nearest shelters daily, if possible. If there is no shelter in your community, contact the local police department. Provide these agencies with an accurate description and a recent photograph of your pet. Notify the police if you believe your pet was stolen. Referral List 2020 (animal control, shelters, veterinarians, etc) Impound List 2020 (cities listed)
- Search the neighborhood, and walk or drive through your neighborhood several times each day. Ask neighbors, letter carriers, and delivery people if they have seen your pet. Hand out a recent photograph of your pet and information on how you can be reached.
- Use social media or post flyers in public places and include general information about your pet’s breed, size, age, and color but leave out an identifying characteristic that a person who finds it would be able to describe to help you confirm it is your pet.
- Be alert to pet recovery scams. When talking to a stranger who claims to have found your pet, ask them to describe the pet thoroughly before you offer any of your information. If they do not include the identifying characteristic you left out of the advertisements, they may not really have your pet.
- Don’t give up your search. Animals who have been lost for months have been reunited with their owners.
- If your animal has been taken to an impound facility, be sure to provide proof of ownership such as veterinary records, bill of sale, and/or photographs. Bring a leash, collar, or carrier. There will be a fee to get your animal back. The fee is based on the length of stay and any special medications or treatments the animal may have had.
Rio was adopted from Northwoods. Months later her owner, Andrea, notified us that she had gone missing. She stopped in a few times over the next month to see if we had heard anything.
Two months later, a stray cat arrived at Northwoods and staff recognized it as Rio! She was a few pounds lighter, had a small wound on her shoulder, but overall well and happy to get home. This is a great reminder to anyone who loses a cat…don’t give up!
A pet with identification on them has a better chance of being returned, so make sure your pet is always wearing a collar and ID tag. Ask your veterinarian about getting your pet microchipped as a secondary method of identification.