Lost & Found Pets

If you are looking for your lost pet, please be sure to visit the Orange County Animal Services shelter in person.

Posters are a simple yet effective tool to alert your neighborhood about a lost or found pet. Check out the “Lost Pet To-Do List” for more tips.

• Visit our shelter.
• Place a lost/found report by calling 407-836-3111.
• Visit our website to see if your pet is a guest at our shelter.
• Post flyers in your neighborhood.
• Place a classified advertisement in the newspaper.
• Talk to your postal delivery person, they are familiar with pets in the neighborhood.
• Post on the Orange County Lost and Found Pet Forum.

The Orange County Animal Services Lost & Found Pet Forum is a place for people to connect if they have lost or found a pet.  Here you can place a description and photo of a missing pet, give details on the location where it was lost or found, and reunite missing pets with their owners.

To register, take these simple steps:

1. Click register on the forum’s home page.
2. Read over the user terms and accept.
3. Enter your desired username, password and email address.
4. Enter your personal information (not required).
5. Select your forum preferences (not required).
6. Click Register.
7. You should receive confirmation that your submission was successfully registered.
8. Check your email to activate your account (it may be in your spam folder).
9. Follow the link that you received via email.
10. Go ahead and post.

This forum is an internet tool to aid in locating a missing pet, it is not a substitute for looking for your pet in person.

For the safety of you and your pet, here are some things to remember when arranging to pick up your lost animal:

• Meet in a public area (fire station, veterinarian's office).
• Do not send money to a stranger that claims they have your pet.
• Be wary of pet recovery services, most are scams.
• Ask the person who is claiming to have your pet to describe the pet thoroughly before you offer any information.
• Never go alone to pick up your pet; tell someone where you are going.
• Bring proof of ownership (medical records, photos, etc.)
• Never agree to pay a reward until you have your pet in hand.
• If someone has your pet but demands money and won't return your pet without being paid, call the police.

One of the best ways to ensure a lost pet is reunited with its owner is through microchipping.

Microchips are small implants (approximately the size of a grain of rice) that use a unique number to identify a registered pet. Any shelter or veterinary office can scan an animal to check for a microchip.

Animal Services offers affordable microchipping for just $15!

Don’t forget to register your pet’s microchip—it’s the fastest way to be reunited.

Orange County Animal Services
Pet Rescue & Adoption Center
2769 Conroy Road
Orlando, FL 32839-2162

Email: AnimalServices@ocfl.net
Phone: 407-836-3111

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