Welcome to our Lost and Found section of our website.

Lost and Found Pets of Wollongong and Illawarra

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To ensure that your pet's details get up quickly, I have made this a public blog, and have modified a "Guest book" template" for this purpose.  If you don't wish to have your phone number made public, then ensure you don't fill out this part of the submit form, and call us directly with your contact details.

As many people also have FB on their smartphones, I also have a facebook site so you can update your pet's details, and watch there for any updates!

This lost/found site is only temporary for the Summer School Holidays December/January 2012 for the Illawarra area.

We will be monitoring this page (sort of) daily, so do not hesitate to let us know via this site if your pet has come home, or if you have found the owners of the pet.
  

If you have lost your pet:

1. Please make sure you have your pet's microchip details handy.  
2. Contact ALL of the vets and give them AS MUCH information you can.   By placing your pet's details here, you do not need to call us directly  UNLESS we need your phone number. If that is the case, you can either go call us, or email us (see Contact Us)
3. Please ensure that your contact details on the Companion Animal Registry (NSW) is up to date (i.e all phone numbers, mobiles, addresses, alternate contacts etc).  This can be done during business hours at your local Council office (Wollongong or Shellharbour Council).
 

If you have found a pet.

1. Please take it to your local Council to have it scanned for a microchip.
2. Many vets (like us), are only too happy to scan the pet for a microchip, but we are not required to do so by law.
3. Please be aware that it is against the Companion Animals Act 1998 for vets to allow uninjured strays to stay at the vet clinic.  This is not to say that we will not provide emergency shelter, food and water to those pets. But, it does mean that at the end of our closing, we are required by law to transfer all UNINJURED pets to the COUNCIL.  I did not write the law, but must abide by it.

4. We will, when we can, help you find the original owner.  But, be aware that when people are missing their pet, they ALWAYS contact or visit the RSPCA, so really, this is often the BEST chance your found buddy has of finding their missing family carer!

 

And thanks for being a Good Samaritan.  We all appreciate it.