| One third of all pets are
lost at least once in their life. Animal Services is committed to
reuniting all lost pets with their owners. If you have lost your
pet, please visit our lost pet photo page to see if they have been
found.
If your pet is not posted, we ask
that you give us a call at 905.683.7575 and provide us with the
following information:
- Name, Age, and Breed of dog.
- Location, Date and time last seen.
- Distinguishing features (collar,
microchip, tag, tattoo, etc…).
We also suggest that you do the
following:
- Check around your home and
neighbourhood. Ask friends and neighbours if they have seen your
pet and if so, when and where?
- Place notices, preferably with a
picture of the missing pet near the location it was lost, at
local pet stores and other businesses in the area.
- Visit all local animal
centres,
veterinary clinics and humane societies.
- Place advertisements in the Lost
and Found sections of the local newspapers.
- Check back with us on a regular
basis as we impound new animals each day.
If you find your missing pet, please
let us know so that we may remove them from our records as a missing
animal.
Found Pets
If you have found a stray dog or cat
please call us at 905.683.7575. We will check our lost animal
reports to see if someone has reported the animal missing. If the
animal is wearing a City of Pickering licence tag we will be able to
check our database to determine the owner of the animal.
If we cannot find the owner of the
animal, arrangements can be made to have an Animal Services staff
stop by to pick up the animal. Once the animal is in our possession,
Animal Services staff will do the following:
- Scan for a microchip (microchip
companies).
- Re-check our lost animal reports
to see if we have a potential owner.
- If no potential owner is found,
Animal Service staff will transport the animal to the Animal shelter where it will be housed for the remainder of its stray
period.
- Within 24 hours of impoundment, an
animal photo will be posted on our Lost Animal Site.
Impounded animals are housed at the
Pickering Animal Services Shelter, located at 15 Reesor Rd (north
west of the Metro Zoo between Finch and Steeles.
Animals may be picked up between
the following hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am -12:00 pm and 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturdays from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Please call 905.683.7575 for impound
fees and further information
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