Lost Pet?
Report
Report your missing pet and search for a match on Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database where neighbors and shelters post found pets.
After posting on Petco Love Lost, notify Tipton Dispatch of the lost pet:
765-675-2111
Look Around
Look around the area where your pet was lost. Use Petco Love Lost to create LOST PET signs and hang them up during your search.
Reach out to family, friends and neighbors! 80% of lost pets are found within a one-mile radius of where they live. Ask family, friends, and neighbors to help you search this radius.
Network
Share your Petco Love Lost flier on social media platforms such as Facebook lost and found pet groups and Nextdoor.
Have a Ring (camera/doorbell) account? Post on the Ring Neighbors app!
If you don't have one of these platforms, ask family, friends, or neighbors for help!
Petco Love Lost uses photo-matching facial recognition technology to help reunite pets with families. Once you post a photo, Petco Love Lost goes to work searching platforms like NextDoor and Neighbors by Ring, looking for posts that include photos that may match the pet you are reporting.
If you are reporting a lost pet, you will be alerted of potential matches that come to our shelter, are posted on NextDoor or Neighbors by Ring, or are posted directly to Petco Lost Lost. It continues to search every couple of hours and will alert you via phone or email of any new potential matches.
With this technology, pets are reunited with their families more often and more quickly than ever before.
Found Pet?
Report
Report the pet you found on Petco Love Lost, along with a photo to make the pet visible to their family, who may be searching for them.
After posting on Petco Love Lost, notify Tipton Dispatch of the lost pet:
765-675-2111
Check For ID
Check for tags on the pet’s collar and look for contact information. If there are no tags, take them to a Petco, vet, or contact the shelter to scan for a microchip.
Alert the Community
Contact local vet offices to inform them that you’ve found a lost cat or dog. They may know who the pet belongs to.
80% of lost pets are found within one mile of their home! Post Found Pet flyers around the neighborhood, local library, coffee shops, etc.
Share your Petco Love Lost flyer on social media platforms, especially lost and found pet pages local to you.
Have a Ring (camera/doorbell) account?
Post on the Ring Neighbors app!
What Else Can I Do To Help?
Be a "Good Samaritan"
A “Good Samaritan”, in relation to lost pets, is a person who sees a companion animal, stops what they’re doing, and helps the animal in need. In the past, the most common way to help a lost pet was to take them to an animal shelter with the hope their owner would come and look for them. With today's technology, we no longer have to take animals to the shelter to help them get home. For healthy, friendly pets, it’s often better for them to get home without ever being taken to an animal shelter, where they may get sick and where their chances of getting home are actually lower than if they are kept within the community they came from. Most people still believe the best way to help is to take a lost animal to the shelter and drop it off. In order for this mindset to change, we need to educate our communities that there is indeed a better way.
Find a cat?
Not all cats are stray and the cat you found may not be. Some cats happily consider the outdoors their home and would not do well inside. If you have found a healthy cat in your area, they may belong to one of your neighbors who allow their cat to be an indoor/outdoor cat. If you notice a cat's left ear tip has been snipped, they are most likely a community cat that has been spayed/neutered and vaccinated. To learn more about TNVR (trap, neuter, vaccinate, return), visit the Alley Cat Allies' Community Cats page.
Find baby kittens?
LET THEM BE! Even if you find kittens by themselves, most likely, their mother is nearby. A momma cat is her kittens’ best possible caregiver, so please…Let Them Be. Allowing the momma cat to care for her kittens in their outdoor home gives them the best chance at a healthy life. Learn more about this at Alley Cat Allies.
