| Many indoor pets will escape through the back door | | | | residential neighborhoods by landowners who report |
| when a pet owner is watering plants on the porch or | | | | stray dogs or cat on the property. These humane |
| fetching the mail from the mailbox. Pet owners that | | | | pet workers will often capture the animal and check |
| are vigilant will retrieve the pet before it wanders off | | | | the neck region to see if it is wearing an identification |
| but in most cases, the pets curiosity will cause the | | | | collar. If an address is listed on a metal pet tag |
| homeowner great heart ache because the pet gets | | | | around the neck, the animal control specialist will drive |
| lost before the pet owner can pick the animal up and | | | | to that location and return the lost pet to the owner. |
| take it back into the house. Cats love to roam | | | | Most animal control agents will help pet owners in |
| outdoors, especially if it is a sunny day. The lure of | | | | finding lost pets by keeping a watchful eye out when |
| the outdoors can make finding lost pets a very | | | | they are driving through neighborhoods. |
| difficult task if the pet owner is not prepared. | | | | Finding lost pets that have been picked up by animal |
| Many pet adoption centers have taken steps to | | | | control specialist could prove to be a very difficult |
| ensure that lost pets are returned quickly and safely. | | | | task. Some pets wander out of the neighborhood |
| Finding lost pets is easy because the pet adoption | | | | and travel to parts of town that the pet owner |
| center had a microchip installed under the skin of the | | | | would never dream of looking for their pet. Every |
| pet before it left the adoption facility. Lost pets are | | | | city and county animal control society could have |
| easy to track and locate because the tracking | | | | several types of animal shelters and care centers |
| system can pinpoint the location of the pet in | | | | that a pet could be taken to after capture. Some pet |
| seconds. The microchip tracking devices are not | | | | centers limit the occupants to a certain size and this |
| noticeable and are firmly attached to the animal. | | | | might be a factor for the pet owner to use when |
| They cannot be knocked off by branches or chewed | | | | finding lost pets. |
| because they are injected on the back of the neck | | | | It is very helpful if the pet owner has several |
| where pets cannot reach. | | | | photographs of the pet on hand when they begin |
| Other methods for finding lost pets will require a little | | | | searching for lost pets. Some photographs might give |
| leg work. Pet owners are often tasked with posting | | | | a good image of a birth mark that will jog some |
| signs on major thoroughfares close to where they | | | | people's memory. The photographs help pet owners |
| live, hoping that a passerby will call the telephone | | | | find lost pets because these pictures can be placed |
| number and tell them where the pet is located. Some | | | | on posters and spread throughout surrounding |
| city ordinances will prohibit posting on private | | | | neighborhoods very quickly if the owner has access |
| property or on private streets, but pet owners are | | | | to a copier. Those photographs could also be posted |
| sure to find property owners that are willing to let | | | | on pet recovery sites to let people know that the |
| pet owners advertise on their property when they | | | | pet is missing and where it was last seen in a certain |
| are searching for a lost pet. | | | | town. |
| Animal control specialists are often dispatched to | | | | |