Lost Your Pet?
Losing a member of your pet family is a very stressful and upsetting event. We've compiled a few steps and tips to get your best friend home as safely and quickly as possible.
TIPS:
Start searching right away! Search the neighborhood surrounding your home.
Ask your neighbors, postal carriers, and delivery drivers if they have seen them and shoot them a picture of your pet if you have one.
Check in with Washoe County Regional Animal Services (WCRAS), the only lost and found pet facility in all of Washoe County. Complete a Lost Animal Report online, by phone or in person. Verify your current contact information and that a photo of your pet is updated with WCRAS.
Scour the Internet. Here are some popular sites used for Lost and Found Pets.
- Facebook - Lost and Found pets of Northern Nevada
- Facebook - Reno/Sparks Lost and Found Pet
- Facebook - Lost and Found pets of Nevada
- Facebook - Lost/Found Pets in Carson City/Gardnerville/Dayton/VC/Reno Area
- Nextdoor App
- PawBoost
- Petco Love Lost
- Craigslist
Call your microchip company and make sure your information is updated. WCRAS may be able to assist you with this information if the microchip number is known.
- Post flyers throughout your neighborhood, local grocery stores, bulletin board and community areas.
- Continue checking with WCRAS.The lost and found web page is updated every 30 minutes.
- If your pet has been missing for more than 5 days, please check here.
- When you find your pet, notify all places you placed a lost report and take down all posters.
- Whatever you do, don't give up!
- Lastly, nobody wants to think about the possibility that their pet may be deceased. We do have a description of deceased animal and general areas picked up that are kept for 30 days here.