Lost & Found Pets

Lost pets

If you are looking for a lost pet:

• Check Petharbor regularly.
• Place a "Lost" ad on Nextdoor, Craigslist, and similar community sites.
• Check other local animal shelters like Oakland Animal Services and Contra Costa County Animal Services.
• Make up flyers, preferably featuring a photo of the pet, with as accurate a description of the pet as possible.
• Tell your neighbors of your pet is missing.
• If the pet is a cat, be certain to look in crawl spaces of buildings, garages, storage sheds.  Cats often get locked into places where they've gone to explore or hide, so call for the cat during a time of day when a response from the cat will be heard.
• Don't wait around for someone else to find your pet and report it to you. You must look for yourself.
• Unneutered cats and dogs can roam for miles, so the search will have to cover a broader area than for altered animals - another reason to have pets spayed/neutered.

If you file a lost pet report and later locate the animal, be sure to notify the shelter.

Found pets

If you find a pet: 

• Have the animal scanned for a microchip at any veterinary office. This service is available at all veterinary offices.
• Take clear photos of the animal.
• Post the animal on Nextdoor, and similar community sites.
• Create "Found" flyers through PawBoost or 24PetWatch.
• Foster the animal if you are able until the owner is located.
• Reach out to neighbors and your local community to help reunite the pet with its owner.

Email animalservices@berkeleyca.gov if you have immediate questions.