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| Lost and Found Pets |
If you found a dog or cat...
- Check for a tag:
- Call owner and confirm the animal is her/his pet.
- If the animal has a state-issued rabies tag, call the vet clinic (if listed) or go to http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/rabies/control.html, which will give the finder the proper year & tag type and the organization to whom the tag was sold. The finder can call the number listed and ask the veterinarian hospital or animal control for the contact information. As an alternative the finder can call their local animal control, as they keep lists, too.
- Put a tag with her/his contact information on the animal so that the dog/cat does not get lost again.
- Check for a microchip: Chatham County Animal Shelter and most vets can check for microchips.
- Notify Chatham County Animal Control:
The Chatham County Animal Control Ordinance requires that anyone who finds a stray animal must notify animal control within 72 hours (CCAS telephone number is 919-542-7203). Animal control will post a "found" notice on a bulletin board at the shelter with the animal's description, where and when the animal was found, and the date of posting. If the animal is not reclaimed after 5 days, she/he may be adopted or transferred to a rescue group (if there is room and the animal temperment tests successfully).
- Also Notify Orange County Animal Shelter: Especially if the animal was found within wandering distance of the Orange County line: 919-967-7383.
- NOTE: The ordinance does not require anyone who finds a stray animal to take the animal to the shelter, only to notify the shelter. It is simply a matter of notification.
- Check lost and found ads in local newspapers and on the Chatham Chatlist. The Chatlist address is: chatlist@bellsouth.net.
- Place a Found Ad: Most papers do it for free for up to 5 days. Withhold some identifying information to help in determining whether a caller is the actual owner.
- Place flyers and posters in the area and in local Vet clinics: Include a picture of the animal if possible. Laminate flyers/posters or place them in plastic sleeves.
- Call local Vet clinics: Ask if anyone has reported a lost animal.
- Go to the CARE website (www.chathamanimalrescue.org): Check out Animal Lost and Found resources under Information/Favorite Articles and Web Sites.
- Send a recent picture of the animal: Send to the CARE respondent so that she can distribute it among the CARE volunteers, in case one of them might have seen the animal or might know the owner.
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