Missing and Found Pets

Missing a pet is a traumatic event; sometimes overwhelming. Even finding a pet can be stressful. Where do you start? Who do you call? Where do you look? This page is designed to help with that search.The following are links that help in the search of missing and found pets. They help with getting the word that you have lost/found a pet, help you design posters, and help by contacting other groups and faxing notices to hospitals and shelters. 

If you have found a pet, the first and easiest thing to do after checking for tags is check to see if has been microchipped. Most local shelters and veterinary hospitals are equipped with a scanner to scan for a number and are able to contact the company and track the owner. One site is devoted to just looking up microchips.

Hanging signs with the pets photo in the area (such as parks, grocery stores and other local high access areas) and at shelters and veterinary hospitals is a good way to gain exposure, and placing ad in the local papers is also helpful. Calling shelters, rescue groups, and hospitals and checking back weekly is also a good. Sometimes these places become overwhelmed and it is helpful for them if you keep in contact.

MissingPet911

Missingpet911.com is a website promoting the reunification of missing pets with their families. We are dedicated to vigorously promoting and educating the community about the importance of a central database of lost and found pets. Our initial focus is Fairfield County, CT

Pet Microchip ID Lookup

A free microchip lookup ID site to help reunite owners and pets.

Home Again

HomeAgain is an advanced lost pet recovery service dedicated to the safety and well-being of your pet. Our system is best utilized when a microchip with a unique ID number is injected between the shoulder blades of your pet, which can be done by a veterinarian if your pet is not already microchipped. Once your pet is microchipped, the next step is to enroll your pet's microchip ID, description, and photo, along with your contact information, in HomeAgain's pet database, which is critical to reuniting you immediately with your lost pet once he is found.

AVID

The microchip is a tiny computer chip which has an identification number programmed into it and is encapsulated within a biocompatible material. The whole device is small enough to fit inside a hypodermic needle and can be simply injected under the skin of our pets, where it will stay for the life of the animal. This provides a permanent, positive identification which cannot be lost, altered or intentionally removed - a safe, simple and inexpensive way to protect your pet against loss or theft.

The Center for Lost Pets

The Center for Lost Pets was created by a team of dedicated specialists: shelter managers, natural disaster and safety experts, veterinarians and a variety of go-to gurus on all things pets.

Together with some of high-tech's most talented programmers, software developers and Web designers, we set out to achieve a very ambitious and worthwhile goal - to create one central location where people who have lost and found pets can connect. And all along the way, we were driven by one shared inspiration - the pets we love.

Local Contacts

Fairfield Town Clerk                                   (203) 256-3000 

                                                                
Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department   (203) 256-3191

Fairfield Animal Control/Pound                    (203) 254-4857

Westport Animal Control                            (203) 341-5075

                    
Bridgeport Animal Control                          (203) 576-7727

Stratford Animal Control                            (203) 385-4068

Easton Animal Control                               (203) 268-9172

Humane Society of America-Westport         (203) 227-4137