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What To Do If You Have Lost or Found A Pet
- Call our Lost and Found Department at 602-372-4598.
- Go to our Stray Animal map tool. The map allows our residents to actively post a location where a dog/cat was seen loose or where the animal was picked up from. Note: Once added, animals will stay on this map for a maximum of five days.
- Check out the 24PetConnect.com website. All animals we find are listed here. Keep in mind that any animals we bring in that do not have any identification (e.g. licenses or microchips), we can only keep for 72 hours as a "Stray - Hold". After that 72 hours, the animal may become available to the public.
- Keep looking. Many pets are found by residents that may not bring the animal to a shelter for several days.
- Post flyers in the neighborhood where the pet was lost. Ask schools in your area if you can post a flyer. Download our free Sample Flyer (PDF).
- Use social media, Nextdoor, Craigslist, and other free networking sources to get the word out about your pet. Consider Straydar, Lost Dogs Arizona and other Facebook groups.
- We are experiencing extremely long wait times for in-person stray intakes. Please be aware it may take up to 2 hours as we are unable to process new animals into the shelter until there is an available kennel.
- If the dog or cat is wearing Maricopa County tag, call 602-506-PETS and follow the prompts to retrieve the owner’s contact information.
- Go to our Stray Animal map tool. The map allows our residents to actively post a location where a dog/cat was seen loose or where the animal was picked up from. Note: Once added, animals will stay on this map for a maximum of five days.
- Take the animal to a local veterinarian or shelter and ask for the animal to be scanned for a microchip.
- If you can safely contain the dog, call us (602 506-PETS) and we will pick it up from your location. You can also use our online form to report a stray. Keep in mind that we cannot pick up cats.
Maricopa County Animal Care & Control partners with Petco Love Lost to make reuniting lost pets easier and free using facial recognition technology to search a national database.
Search for your lost dog or cat on Petco Love Lost: MCACC has partnered with Petco Love Lost to easily help search the national lost and found database and create a searchable/shareable alert for your missing pet. Upload a picture of your pet or searching by location. Powered by facial recognition technology, Petco Love Lost helps match found animals to reported lost pets nationwide. Visit Petco Love Lost and search now!
Lost & Found Program
Petco Love Lost
Keep your dog safe with Petco Love Lost, which makes reuniting lost pets easier and free using facial recognition technology to search a national database. Search for your lost dog or cat on Petco Love Lost: MCACC has partnered with Petco Love Lost to easily help search the national lost and found database and create a searchable/shareable alert for your missing pet. Upload a picture of your pet or searching by location. Powered by facial recognition technology, Petco Love Lost helps match found animals to reported lost pets nationwide. Visit Petco Love Lost and search now!