Animal Planet: Missing Cats
Article on preventing cats from getting lost, steps to take ahead of time to make finding them easier, and what to do if a cat does go missing.
Bird HotLine
World wide lost and found bird hotline free on the net. Plus bird questions answered, vet talk and bird stories.
Canada Strays
Dedicated to helping owners of pets lost in Canada reunite with their strays. Searchable database of lost and found pets with photos, descriptions, and contact forms. Includes FAQ, forum, email alerts, and links to related sites.
Catfinder.co.uk
Offers advice and resources for finding a lost cat. Includes contact information for UK vets and local branches of the RSPCA.
Cats in the Bag
Provides tips and resources to help owners find their missing pets, particularly indoor-only cats.
Dog Detective
Database of lost and found dogs. Offers tips for searching, poster template, and individual web pages for lost dogs. Will notify area vets and shelters of a lost dog for a fee.
GetMeHome.ca
Canadian pet registration service that facilitates finding lost pets by using their rabies vaccination tags. Online registration is available.
Help Lost Pets
Free lost and found service to help reunite pets with their owners. Based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Hudson Valley Lost and Found Pets
Free service of the Dutchess County SPCA (DCSPCA) of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York. Provides database of lost and found pets and offers tips on lost pet prevention and recovery.
Inspice
Free lost and found service for pets and other items.
Lassie Come Home--NC
Free service helping people of the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina reunite with their lost pets. Includes lost and found listings searchable by species and city, tips, and contact information for local shelters and newspapers.
Lost and Found Pets of Western North Carolina
Free service where users may post and view lost, found, and sighted pets in Western North Carolina. Also offers contact information for area shelters and veterinarians.
Lost Cats -- Brighton
List of cats (with photos where provided) lost or found in the Brighton and Hove area of England. Includes advice on finding a missing cat.
Lost Dog Wichita
Free service for posting descriptions and photos of dogs that have been lost or found in or near Wichita, Kansas.
Lost Dogs
Steps to take to locate a lost dog, catch it, return it to health, and prevent escapes in the future. Includes downloadable resources.
Lost Dogs UK
Contains the option to add a description of lost and found dogs in the United Kingdom. Also features advice on how to protect your dog and what to do if it is missing.
Lost My Cat
Searchable database with the aim of reuniting lost and found cats with their owners. Users can submit photographs and descriptions of animals. Based in the UK, but also accepts ads from other countries.
Lost Paws
Lost and found database helping to reunite owners with their animals.
Lost Pet SOS
Non-profit organization serving the entire United States offers free database for all types of lost and found animals. Includes poster templates and advice for pet owners and anyone who finds a stray.
Lostadog.com
Provides descriptions and photos of lost and found dogs. Covers Austin, Dallas, Galveston, Houston, Portland, San Diego, and San Marcos.
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Lost and Found News and Info:
A lost and found (American English and Canadian English), lost property (British English), or lost articles (also Canadian English) is an office in a large public building or area where visitors can go to retrieve lost articles that may have been found by other visitors. Frequently found at museums, amusement parks and schools, a lost and found will typically be a clearly-marked box or room in a location near the main entrance.
Some lost and found offices will try to contact the owners of any lost items if there are any personal identifiers available. Practically all will either sell, give or throw away items after a certain period has passed to clear their storage.
[edit] History
The first lost and found office was organized in Paris in 1805. Napoleon ordered his prefect of police to establish it as a central place "to collect all objects found in the streets of Paris", according to Jean-Michel Ingrandt, who was appointed the office's director in 2001. However, it was not until 1893 that Louis Lépine, then prefect of police, organized efforts to actively track down the owners of lost items.
[edit] Organization
Lost and found offices at large organizations can handle a large and varied collection of articles. Transport for London's lost property offices (which handle items lost on the city's Tube, buses and taxis) handles over 130,000 items a year, including 24,000 bags and 10,000 mobile phones. Among the more peculiar items that have been handed in include a wedding dress, ashes in an urn, a longcase clock, a kitchen sink, and several wheelchairs.
Other large organizations may lack a central lost and found office but have several offices attached to different administrative units. This is the case, for instance, at the University of Illinois, where different campus units have both distinct offices and different unofficial retention and resolution policies (rules for how long to keep items and what to do with them once that period has expired). In addition to such distributed offices, a cross-unit office might also exist; again referring to the University of Illinois, this cross-functional unit rests in the Campus Police (Division of Public Safety).
[edit] References
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.
