Em N.
1 year ago
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
If you have lost or found a pet, or have a pet related issue (a sighting), here’s some helpful tips:
1. Pawboost & NextDoor & Craigslist (under pets). Pawboost allows you to create a flier. Inform your neighbors, landlord, HOA, or apartment manager (if it makes sense to do so).
2. Post on the main Facebook group pages first and foremost:
“All San Jose Lost & Found Animals”; “Lost & Found Pets of Santa Clara County”.
3. If it makes sense, also post to:
“Berryessa Friends & Neighbors “; “All Milpitas, Northeast San Jose Alviso Lost & Found Animals”; “Alum Rock Foothills”, “Lost and Found Pets: North San Jose”; “Willow Glen Animal Neighbors”; “Lost And Found Pets South San Jose”; “Lost & Found Pets…East San Jose: Meadowfair,LeVay,OB Whaley, Silver Creek”; “Cambrian Park Animal Neighbors”; “PET COMMUNITY IN SAN JOSE (LOST&FOUND)”; “Lost & Found
Pets…San Jose:Cambrian/Willow Glen Area”; “LOST AND FOUND PETS in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Saratoga & Campbell”; “Lost and Found Pets of South County (Gilroy, San Marin, Morgan Hill)”
*Only post to “Northside Neighborhood San Jose” if your pet is in that area.*
4. Go list them as MISSING or FOUND at San Jose Animal Care, and County of Santa Clara Animal Services.
5. Check for your missing pet at San Jose Animal Care Center and the Santa Clara County Shelter, and look on their websites in-between visits. Also please understand that a photo of your pet might look a bit different if they have been lost for bIt (dirtier, hair longer, thinner, or without their collar). Please note animal holds are only for 3-days!
6. For lost cats, get a humane trap, set at sundown and never leave it un-attended. Bait it with boneless KFC or crushed up sardines. Try to reach out a person seasoned in trapping to help. Ask neighbors to check sheds, garages, under decks, bushes and under cars. Put your dirty T-shirt, PJs, Workout top (low on a hanger on a bush so they can smell you.
7. Always chip your pet and keep the chip number saved where your can find it. Call your chip company and report as missing. If you move, update your chip. In addition, get a breakaway collar with an ID tag on your pet
