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What to do when you find a lost pet
Animal Care Services
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What
should I do about a stray, found or dead animal in
my yard or on the road?
Call Animal Care Services at 714-935-6848 for pick it up.
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What
about cats?
Animal Care Services will pick up a cat that has strayed onto your
property, if you have it confined. You may use a
pillowcase, a box or "have a heart" trap.
Call 714-935-6848 have the cat picked up.
Thinking and Caring Action can Save
the Life of a Stray Pet
What to do when you find a lost pet
Immediately
If an animal is wandering the streets, take him into
safety (without putting yourself in danger). It just
takes a minute for a cat or dog to be run over by a car.
Look for tags. If the animal has a tag with his owner's
phone number, make the call for the happy reunion. A dog
or cat with a license quickly can be traced by Animal
Care Services. These lucky animals have a ticket home.
Don't assume a stray dog or cat has been abandoned.
There is a good chance that the scruffy, unkempt animal
on your doorstep is lost and that a frantic family is
desperately searching for him.
Notify the Authorities
Report the lost pet to Animal Care Services. If you
take the animal to your county shelter (care center),
his chances of finding his owner or a great new home are
better than you might think. If you would like to keep
the animal, ask to adopt him when you take him to the
care center. If you qualify as an adoptive home, you
will be first in line to have him as your permanent
companion if the owner isn't located. Some centers allow
you to be a back-up adopter, so you can save the animal
if no one else adopts him.
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Put up posters with the animal's photo throughout
the neighborhood, as well as at local grocery
stores, pet stores and veterinary offices.
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Take the pet to a shelter (care center) or
veterinarian to scan for microchip identification.
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Check the "lost" ads in the paper every
day.
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Ask people in the neighborhood, including mail
carriers, meter readers, trash collectors, and
schoolchildren if they know who owns the animal.
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Look for posters and fliers that may be describing
your "found" pet.
The bottom line: A lost, frightened animal is
depending on you. Do for this creature what you would
want someone to do for your pet. |
