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We want to help you find your missing pet. There are many places to post missing pet information, so please be diligent and check out all the resources.
If your pet becomes lost, we suggest the following:
Call LFACC at (859) 255-9033 to file a "Lost Pet Report."
Please understand that we cannot identify your pet over the phone or by email; you must identify it in person.
Visit the LFACC Shelter at 1600 Old Frankfort Pike and look for your pet during shelter hours to see if your animal was brought in by a good citizen or rescued by an Animal Control Officer. Bring a photo of your pet with you and description of your lost animal.
Distribute flyers in your neighborhood and surrounding areas, place an ad in the local newspaper, etc.
If your pet is at LFACC:
Please bring proof of current rabies vaccination and city license when you come to pick up your pet. Fines and other fees can be paid with Cash, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. We can no longer accept checks as a form of payment.
OTHER HELPFUL TIPS
For most indoor-only or timid cats, think like a cat and look at every hiding spot possible in your neighborhood. Lost cats will remain hidden and quiet, and, perhaps, inside the house.
Call your veterinarian and other vet offices nearby to inform them that your pet is missing.
Ask family, friends, and neighbors to help you search for your pet as soon as you realize your pet is missing. Be sure to check around your yard and under your deck.
Walk, bike, drive, or jog through your neighborhood every day and more than once to find your missing pet.
Place clothing, toys, litter box, and other items familiar to your pet outside in your yard where he/she might smell them.
Put signs in appropriate places around the neighborhood or in areas where your pet was last seen.Include photo and description of your pet, your phone number, and when your pet disappeared. Print a Lost Pet Flyer.
Ask your mailperson, newspaper delivery person, and anyone who travels throughout your area regularly on business to look out for your pet.
Pets (like dogs) can wander far very quickly and some (like cats) may just be right under your nose; however, give flyers with a color photograph and description of your pet to places within 30 miles of your home. Visit or contact these places as much as possible while searching for your pet.
Visit surrounding county shelters or animal care and control offices.
Check “Found Pet” ads in local newspapers every day.
If permitted post your flyers in businesses in your area – examples: Vet hospitals/clinics, groceries, gas stations, Laundromats, etc.
Important Tip: For your neighborhood posters and newspaper ads, leave out one identifying feature in your pet’s description, such as a splotch or color on the nose or a surgery scan. This protects you from pet-recovery scams and is a sure-proof way of verifying that someone definitely found your pet.
Check Petfinder.com where you can look through a national database or even post a
picture and report of a lost or found pet.
When necessary, remember to update your microchip and license information too!
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