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Look Closest to Home First.
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Set up a Temporary Outdoor Pet Comfort Station
Leave fresh food and water outside on a porch or in a sheltered area close to your home. Also set up a large cardboard box lined with an old towel or other item that smells familiar to your pet. If your lost pet should return while you are asleep or away from home, food and shelter may save its life. This is also an incentive for it to stay close by. Check the box and food supply regularly during quiet evening and early morning hours.
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Look for Cats at Night
The best time to look for a lost cat is in the dark — between dusk and dawn — when streets are quiet. A lost and hiding cat will come out in the dark to look for food. Take a flashlight with you and search under parked cars, in yards and under bushes as well as in alleys.
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Ask for Help
Call the veterinarians in your area.
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Offer A Reward
People respond best if a reward is offered. Offer what you can afford - it’s not the size as much as the idea that seems to motivate.
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Post “LOST” Signs
Place signs accurately describing your pet in grocery stores, on street posts, in laudromats.
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Notify Humane Agencies
Visit all local animal shelters to look for your lost pet.
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Place Ads in Newspapers
Place an ad in the newspaper and check the “Found Pets” section daily.
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Post Descriptions Online
Search the Internet for online rescue sites where you can post information about your lost pet.
Search the “Found” listing on these websites.
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Visit the Lost and Found Section of our Website
Search our Lost and Found section on a daily basis — someone may have found your missing pet and posted its information on The Toronto Humane Society website, or it may have been brought in to our shelter as a stray.
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Your Pet Needs You
The important thing to remember is that your pet needs you. It can’t tell you where it is — you are responsible for its safety and rescue. So please don’t give up after a day or two. We recommend that you keep looking for as long as two months if necessary.
