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Missing Pet Center
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Tips For Finding Your Missing/Lost Pet

    Only someone who has lost a pet can truly understand the heartbreak the pet's guardian experiences when their pet has disappeared.  In most cases, prevention is the best cure.  Be sure your pet is wearing a collar with the appropriate license and an identifying name tag.  Another option is having a digital microchip embedded in your pet's ear.  This service can be provided by veterinarians everywhere and the cost is affordable.  It is also possible to insert a device yourself. The procedure for implanting the chip is relatively painless for the pet and barely leaves a scar.  Most shelters have the necessary scanner to scan the pet for the chip.  The chip can be invaluable when ownership of the dog is in doubt, because the chip will have the pet's owner's contact info on it.  The chip is also a valuable back up way to identify a pet whose collar has come off.

    Other precautions should be taken to prevent pet loss and theft.  Be sure your yard is securely fenced, so the dog cannot get under, over, around, or through the fence.  Many dogs are lost due to a dog's natural instinct to wander. It is best to  inspect the fence thoroughy, and keeping it in good repair.  Be sure the gate is always latched securely, so no one can accidentally let your pet loose.  Do not leave your dog unsupervised in the yard.  In some areas, your little dog could be stolen by dog fighters who use household pets as pit bull bait.  It is also possible for dognappers to steal a valuable dog and hold it for ransom.

    Another motive for dog theft is stealing pets and selling them to unscrupulous animal testing labs.  While there are strict controls and regulations regarding where labs buy their test animals from, other U.S.D.A. laws regulate animal dealers.  Class "B" dealers are permitted to obtain "Random Source" animals and are permitted to sell them for profit to testing labs and other entities.  Disreputable Class "B" animal dealers sometimes turn to theft as a resource to obtain the animals they sell.  The best way to protect from losing your beloved pet to one of these types of animal thieves is to keep the animal with you at all times while out in public.  Dot't tie up your dog outside the store while you run inside. A thief can steal your dog as fast or faster that he can steal your car.  And by the way, never leave your dog unsupervised in the car.  It is unsafe and unhealthy for your pet.  If you wouldn't do something like that with a child, don't do it with Fido.

    Be sure to take color pictures of your pet every 6 -12 months and keep the current pictures in your pet's health/medical files.  If your pet becomes missing, you will then have a current picture to use for flyers, etc.

    To increase the chances of finding your missing pet, you must maximize the dissemination of your pet's information.   Make flyers with the pet's picture and description and post them in the area where the pet was last seen.  You should immediately put your local shelters, humane, and animal control agencies on notice that your pet is missing, by distributing flyers to each agency.

    The Internet is also a great way to publish lost pet information, because almost everyone has access to a computer these days.  In addition to posting you lost pet's information on Kerri's Missing Pet Center, you may want to utilize the following resources to maximize exposure of your pet's information.

Kerri's Missing Pet Center Listings - Free listings of lost pets in the northeastern US region!
Pet Lost & Found - Free searchable database & listings
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York pages of the Missing Pet Network!
Lost Paws - Search able Database & free listing service
AWOL Pets -  Fee based pet registry
Lost & Found Pets - Database & listing service
Pet Club of America - Assistance with finding lost pets
Pets Missing in Action - Help with missing pets
Sherlock Bones - A very helpful site with lost of tips
Missing Pet Network - Sponsored by the USDA Animal Care Office
Stolen Pets - Another very good site for pet theft prevention
Home Again Microchips - Do it yourself AKC approved Identa-chip kit!
Pet Identification -   An in depth discussion regarding microchipping
AVID - Manufacturers of veterinarian applied microchip devices
The Pet Theft Coverup - Crooked, licensed pet dealers steal pets and sell to labs!
 
 

    As a service to pet owners everywhere, Kerri's will post information regarding missing, lost, and stolen pets on this site.  Kerri's will also post notices for pets up for adoption.  If you wish to have your information posted here, please contact Kerri by using the e-mail icon below.

To view missing pet information, or info on pets needing homes, use the button below!

    The owners are searching for two Yorkshire Terriers missing since June 15, 2001, from the Binghamton, New York area.

    Teak and Zami are both seven-year-old males.  When last seen, they were unneutered and weighed about eight pounds each.  Neither dog was wearing a collar since their owner thinks they have collapsing trachea, though this would not be detectable by a veterinarian unless they were displaying the proper cough. Neither dog was tattooed or microchipped.

    Zami is black with golden tan face and paws.  Teak is steel gray with tan face and paws and has been diagnosed with pancreatitis for which he would need immediate medical attention during an episode.

Thank you very much for any information you can provide,
Nancy Roach

    Please keep this information on file.  Please let us know if you see Otis or if you have dealt with any dogs that even remotely fit his description.  I can be reached at this e-mail address:  Ronance@aol.com, or the owner, Kathy Breno can be reached at the phone numbers listed on the flyer.

Thank you very much for any information you can provide,
Nancy Roach

Incredibly Sociable Loving Cat Needs A Home She's a very small tabby cat.  We think she's about a year old, but we're not sure.  We've had her spayed, she's had all of her shots, and is negative for feline leukemia and FIV.  She was spayed a week ago.  She's currently living on our enclosed porch, but we can't keep her.  We just didn't want her to make more babies in our neighborhood.  She is very sweet, though, and is litter trained as well.  Please see the pictures attached, and call Cappy at (215-474-3742)  or email at cappyhead@yahoo.com  if you are interested in meeting Maggie Mae. Thank you! Click icon to e-mail Cappy!