MISSING: FRANK – 14 yr old black & white male missing since Dec. 5 from corner of Lamont & Pine.
Please call 579-5952 or 578-7376 if seen.
Report a lost or found pet HERE
Found Dog (Dec 20th):
I found a stray on my porch yesterday. I live on Potato Hill Road in Sullivan Gardens.
She is a red female daschund who looks to be about 10-13 years old.
If you have lost a dog with this description or know of someone who has, please contact me.
I would love for her to be home for Christmas.
Tracie Foster
City of Kingsport
Building Div.
(423)224-2551
Lost Cat (Dec 12th).
MISSING:
FRANK – 14 yr old black & white male missing since Dec. 5 from corner of Lamont & Pine.
Please call 579-5952 or 578-7376 if seen.
Lost Dog (Dec 5th).
Please help me find our pet! White English Bulldog lost in Rivermont area near Wal-mart and Stone dr. on Dec. 3rd. Please contact 677-1679 or 384-2157
1: Knock on doors and talk to people in the neighborhood.
Most people walk the streets around their home and call their pet. People who knock on their neighbor's doors and ask if anyone has seen their pet instead of just calling are more likely to find it
2: Hand out fliers with your pet's picture on them and your phone number. Fliers need only have a clear photo of the animal and a telephone number that someone will answer or that is hooked to an answering machine.
3: Go to all the local shelters and the government agencies charged with picking up stray and lost animals and look for yourself, at least every other day.
Calling the animal control department or shelter on the phone is not very effective. Your pet may not yet be listed in the records at the front desk, and the way you describe your pet may not be the way a shelter describes your dog. Any animal may become dirty, matted and neglected looking very quickly, and You must visit the shelter, even if your pet was wearing tags when it was lost.
It's important to visit all the shelters within 20 miles of where your pet was lost. In many areas stray animals are picked up by a government agency which holds them for a period and then turns them over to a shelter. If someone took your pet in for a few days hoping you would knock on their door and ask about it, they might later drop your pet off at the shelter that's most convenient for them, rather the one that's closest. Combining these three things is most effective. Knocking on doors and handing out copies of your flier to your neighbors and to the staff at all the local shelters is the most effective way of looking for your lost pet.
What to do next...
Unfortunately, the next most successful way of finding a lost animal is through checking the with the highway departments and the shelters' dead lists. Even if your pet is wearing tags and the highway maintenance department is supposed to send a list to animal control, you should check with them directly. There are usually several departments that cover roads in your area. You'll need to check city or town, county and state roads departments, as well as the animal control agencies. Pictures or a copy of your flier should be left with each department. Again, calling is seldom successful, and actually visiting the department is the best way. You should check back once a week
Ask businesses that people who live in the area are likely to use to put up a copy of your flier. This includes gas stations, fast food restaurants, taverns and convenience and grocery stores. Ask if you can put a copy of your flier up in the pet food aisle. If someone picks up your animal and holds it for a few days hoping you will find them just as your pet did, they will need food.
Contact local rescue organizations and give them copies of your flier. People who are afraid animals will be euthanized if they turn them over to the shelter might contact a rescue, and rescue people often go through local shelters looking for animals they can help place in new homes. Ask the shelters if they know of anyone doing rescue in the area, even if they don't work with them.