Found pets

At Animal Humane Society, we strongly encourage you to contact and release all found stray animals to your local animal control agency or animal welfare organization as soon as possible. For the recovery process to work best, you want to get the animal to a place where its owners will look for it.

If animal control is not an option where you live, and you need to bring the animal to the Animal Humane Society, the animal will be cared for as a stray for the state-mandated number of days to give the owner a chance to locate their pet. During that time, its photo and information will be posted to the Stray Animals section of our Lost & Found Online Bulletin Board.

If you choose to temporarily keep the animal in your care:

1. Be sure to check the animal for identification. As many pets are also now microchipped, we recommend you bring the animal to a vet clinic or animal shelter to have them scanned.
2. Tell your family, friends and neighbors of your new guest and post notices around your neighborhood.
3. REPORT A FOUND PET - If your animal is not listed in the Lost Pets or Stray Animals sections, please post it's picture and information to the Found Pets Bulletin Board.
5. Post reports on other online resources such as Craigslist, Petfinder, or LostandPound.com.
6. Check your local newspaper’s classified section for lost pet reports.
7. When the owner is found, remember to remove any notices you’ve posted around your neighborhood and online.

POST THE ANIMAL'S PICTURE AND INFORMATION TO
THE FOUND PETS BULLETIN BOARD

Please note the Animal Humane Society serves Minneapolis-St. Paul and greater Minnesota and is not affiliated with the Humane Society of the United States.

VIEW THE FOUND PETS BULLETIN BOARD