Knowledge Base

Tips to Help You Find Your Lost Pet: 

• If your pet is wearing ID with your phone number on it, make sure you are available to answer your phone.
• Search the neighborhood surrounding your home as your pet may not have traveled far.
• Ask your neighbors, postal carriers, and delivery drivers if they have seen an animal matching your pet's description.
• Visit the Washoe County Regional Animal Services (WCRAS) as soon as possible.
• Washoe County Animal Services Officers pick up many lost pets every day and they may have already picked up yours.
• When you visit our facility, tour the entire shelter and look through the lost and found binders located in the front office.
• Check out the TV monitors located in the front lobby that show all of the found pets.
• Complete a lost pet report  and include a picture as well as any additional information.
• Visit our website for a complete listing of impounded animals.
• Pictures of animals are uploaded to the site every half hour.
• Note: the website only shows live animals, you must call or come in to the shelter to hear of animals picked up DOA (dead on arrival).
• If your pet is microchipped, register the microchip number with WCRAS.
• This is a free service and allows WCRAS staff to contact you faster if your pet is found.
• If your pet is registered and/or licensed with WCRAS, call and confirm that your information is current and inform us of any additional contact phone numbers.
• Continue checking with WCRAS daily by either coming into the shelter, going online, or calling (775)353-8900 for individual assistance.
• Make "Lost Pet" flyers with a picture of your pet and post them around your neighborhood and bulletin boards in the local grocery stores and feed stores.
• Include your pets name, the date and area you are missing your pet from.
• Make tabs at the bottom of your sign with your name and phone number in between cut dotted lines.
• Check with local Veterinarians to see if someone has brought in a found pet.
• Advertise in the lost pet section of your local newspapers and check the found pets column.
• There are many sites on the internet you can check.
• Just type in "Lost Pets" or "Missing Pets" on your favorite search engine.
• Many people advertise lost and found pets on Craigslist.com, Facebook, Lost and Found Pets of Northern Nevada, etc. 

Whatever you do, don't give up!

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