Lost a Pet?

Found a Pet?

STEP 1: Contact Authorities

By contacting local authorities your lost or found pet will be put "on the books" and if contacted can connect pet and owner!

~ Stevens County Dispatch: (509) 684-2555

~ Colville Animal Control : (509) 684-3131 M-F 8-1 pm.

~The Chewelah Vet: (509) 935-6424

Provide them with:

~YOUR NAME ( Owner/Finder )

~AREA pet was lost/found in (Include nearest town)

~CONTACT number

~AGE of pet ( any health issues )

~PHOTO of pet if applicable

~DATE your pet was lost/found

~ANY I.D. or micro chip, collar color, harness, etc.

STEP 2: Scan the found pet for a microchip!

You can scan a found pet at any vet clinic for free.

Where else you can scan for a chip -

~Becky Washington in Chewelah, Wa.

~Louise Helbling in Hunters, WA

~Mayor Stefany Smith in Springdale, Wa.

~Sharon Stumpf in Bluecreek, Wa.

STEP 3: Outreach

Here is what you can do to spread the word you have a Lost or Found pet!

~ CALL THE RADIO STATION:

Party Line : KCVL/KCRK Radio Colville, Washington (509) 684-5031

E-mail: partyline@kcvl.com ~ 8:30 - 9:30 AM ~ Wed -Sat.

~ CALL YOUR MAIL CARRIER with a photo and contact number ( your mail carrier is the BEST way to have “eyes on the ground!” ~ They see everything in the area you are missing your pet, and may just not know “your” is missing when they see him/her.

~ PUT UP SIGNAGE IN THE AREA;( keep it SIMPLE and readable from the road ) POSTERS can never be underestimated!

Use the "5+5+55 MPH Rule" method of creating posters (five words that can be read in 5 seconds by drivers going 55 MPH)

~CALL LOCAL VETS IN THE AREA your pet went missing and check for a micro chip if the pet is a FOUND PET :

Colville Vet : (509) 684-2102

Chewelah vet : (509) 935-6424

Echo Ridge vet: (509) 684-6062

~CALL LOCAL RESCUES IN THE AREA

Colville Valley Animal Sanctuary: (509) 684-1475

Stevens County Animal Outreach (Us): (509) 596-1323

~ CALL SPOKANE COUNTY SHELTERS:

- Spokane Humane Society - (509) 467-5235

- Scraps - (509) 477-2532

- IMPOUND LINK : ( Check Hourly ) :

www.spokanecounty.org/2933/Impounded-Animals

Or : www.spokanecounty.org/573/Find-Your-Lost-Pet

Or : www.facebook.com/Spokane-Area-Shelter-Animal.../...

- Pets held "off-site", at someones home :

www.spokanecounty.org/588/Lost-Found-List...

- Off-Site form for reporting a lost or found pet:

www.spokanecounty.org/594/Report-a-Found-Pet

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- Check Craigslist (hourly)

- Moved? Check your old home.

- Talk to your neighbors and leave flyers with them.

- Walk and call them. A pet rarely strays

further than 2 miles. A pet in heat however can go miles so,

- Leave article of "dirty laundry" for scenting at the last KNOWN missing location ~ Most dogs have an incredible sense of smell! Also, water (NO food)

- IF you have lost a CAT :

IF an INDOOR CAT gets outside and lost, put their litter box outside. They can smell it from up to a mile away and find their way home.

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GREAT INFO WHEN YOU LOSE A PET!

www.3retrievers.com/

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PEND ORIELLE COUNTY LOST /FOUND PETS:

~ Newport City Hall at (509) 447-5611
~ Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office: (509) 447-1980

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TRAPPING CATS please contact : ( they have live TRAPS )

- STEVENS COUNTY CAT CARE (509) 935-MEOW (6369)

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TRACKING YOUR LOST PET with his tracking dog :

Jesse Cole Upegui