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However, BBB does not verify the accuracy of information provided by third parties, and does not guarantee the accuracy of any information in Business Profiles. BBB asks third parties who publish complaints, reviews and/or responses on this website to affirm that the information provided is accurate. See also the Moses Lake Police Department Lost & Found Pets Facebook page.Īnimal Control is reported through MACC Dispatch at 50.BBB Business Profiles may not be reproduced for sales or promotional purposes.īBB Business Profiles are provided solely to assist you in exercising your own best judgment. Another resource is the Lost and Found Pets of Grant County Facebook page. You can easily report lost or found pets through our contact page or via email. Your Local Animal Shelter is Grant County Animal Outreach at the Moses Lake Animal Shelter 50 or 6725 Randolph Road NW, Moses Lake, WA 98837. Give copies of your flyer to veterinarians, groomers, trainers and pet stores and ask them to put them up. Knocking on doors and handing out copies of your flier to your neighbors and to the staff at all the local shelters is the most effective way of looking for your lost pet. Were to claim it you meant to give it up or didn’t want it and it’s free.Ĭombining these things is most effective. Advertising in the paper can also be important to establish you were actively looking for your pet in case someone Some people only look in the newspaper to locate an animal’s owner. 4) Put a lost ad in your local paper, in the papers in surrounding areas and online with social media, CraigsList or other local sites. Ask the shelters if they know of anyone doing rescue in the area, even if they don’t work with them. People who are afraid animals will be euthanized if they turn them over to the shelter might contact a rescue, and rescue people often go through local shelters looking for animals they can help place in new homes. If someone took your pet in for a few days hoping you would knock on their door and ask about it, they might later drop your pet off at the shelter that’s most convenient for them, rather than the one that’s closest.Ĭontact local rescue organizations and give them copies of your flyer. In many areas stray animals are picked up by a government agency who turns them over to a shelter. Visit all shelters within 20 miles of where your pet was lost. Sometimes it takes more than a few days for a pet to be picked up and brought to a shelter.
Local shelters keep impounded animals for 72 hours before they become adoptable. You will need to go to the shelters at least every other day. Visit the shelter, even if your pet was wearing tags when it was lost. Any animal can become dirty, matted and neglected looking very quickly and you must Your pet may not yet be listed in the records and the way you describe your pet may not be the way a shelter describes your pet. 3) Go to ALL local shelters with your flyer and look for yourself.Ĭalling Animal Control or the animal shelters on the phone is not always sufficient. If someone picks up your animal and holds it for a few days hoping you will find them just as your pet did, they will need food. Ask if you can put a copy of your flyer up in the pet food aisle. This includes gas stations, fast food restaurants, taverns and convenience and grocery stores. Ask businesses that people who live in the area are likely to use to put up a copy of your flyer. Having a current, clear picture of your pet makes it easier to recognize. 2) Handout and post flyers with your pet’s name, picture and your contact information.įlyers need to have a clear photo of the animal and a telephone number that someone will answer or that is hooked to voicemail. Knock on your neighbor’s doors and ask if anyone has seen your pet to increase the odds. Most people walk the streets around their home and call their pet. 1) Knock on doors and talk to your neighbors.
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