Searching for a Lost Pet
It’s a terrible feeling when you realise your pet has gone missing. I’ve had two such experiences. One instance was when my dog Tashi appeared to have escaped through the garden gate. We searched high and low in the neighbouring area and when I had just about given up I trekked back home with a heavy heart only to be greeted by a distant yap from upstairs. Tashi had managed to clamber upstairs and hearing my calls and realising he wasn’t allowed upstairs had kept steadfastly quiet! I was so relieved to see him I quite forgot to reprimand him for being somewhere he shouldn’t be! My second experience wasn’t as happy an outcome. My cat Tabitha went missing and was found some days later a few streets away. She had been knocked down and killed.
I think the hardest thing must be not to know what’s happened to your pet. Here are some tips on how you can give yourself the best chance of finding them:
- Get friends, family and neighbours together to search the local area. The sooner you get looking the more chance you have of finding your pet.
- Let the local vets in the area know. If your pet has been injured it may have been brought into the vets by a kind by passer.
- Put up notices around the neighbourhood with a good picture of your pet. Detail any distinguishing features, your phone number and how long the pet has been missing.
- Place a lost pet ad with the local paper. Often they will print them for free.
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