Patty M.
3 years ago
Suggestions if you have lost or found a pet:
1) If you have found a pet, please have the dog/cat scanned for a microchip. Any vet will scan (free of charge). Including the emergency vet (open 24 hours). Lafayette Vet Care Center.
If your lost pet is microchipped, contact the microchip company right away.
2) Put a BIG sign in the area where you found the dog/cat, or in your front yard, if you've taken in or if you have lost a pet, in case someone is driving around looking for their lost pet or for the owner of a pet they found.
3) Put fliers all around the area and at vet's offices, for a pet you've lost or for a pet you've found.
4) Post on and check the posts already on Lafayette, Louisiana-Lost Dogs, Cats, and Pets (https://www.facebook.com/LostPetsLafayetteLA/) and similar FB pages in your area.
Be sure to check other posts on the page, to see if someone is looking for a pet you've found, or if someone has posted about a pet they found, that you lost. On some pages, this is under "Visitor's posts".
5) Get the Nextdoor app, and post on it.
6) Be sure to make your Facebook posts PUBLIC so people can comment and share.
7) Include your CONTACT INFORMATION in your posts (your phone number). It doesn't do any good without contact information. We are not all "friends" on FB and cannot contact the finder/owner.
8) Include EXACTLY where the pet was found or lost. City, street name and specific area of the city or parish.
9) GO TO the animal shelter and look for your pet or hang a flier about a found pet. Don't call - the front office staff cannot help you. Go there, and bring a flier with the pet's photo and your phone number.
10) The Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Center's website is here (https://old.lafayettela.gov/lascc/pages/default?fbclid=IwAR1WgegM9tpjspKdBOFFR-u8Ya8vPgHU-Wzd9Chyx0_q9e2cinTw8ct_7Ig). But it's better to go there and speak with someone and see the animals there.
11) You can look at the Current Inventory at the Lafayette Shelter, to see if your lost pet is there, but sometimes the photos are not great - it's really better to GO THERE. (Click on CURRENT INVENTORY in the menu on the left side of the page.)
Thank you!
