Lost or found pets

It is important that you report a lost companion animal immediately. Contact your local police department as soon as possible to file a lost pet report and determine which facility animal control officers would take your pet. Minnesota law requires animals be held only for FIVE days.

In addition to contacting the police, you may contact Animal Humane Society. We’ll enter your pet’s information into our computerized lost and found retrieval system. This free service allows us to accept reports of both lost and found animals and easily search for a possible match on several separate parameters. Please note we do not have data on animals that have been impounded at other agencies, shelters or animal control facilities.

Be prepared with the following when reporting your lost pet

• Breed
• Last known location
• Pet's-physical weight and size
• Animal's gender and age 
• Coat color and length 
• Distinguishing markings
• Any collar information

 Helpful tips for locating your lost pet

• Check your neighborhood thoroughly. Talk to your neighbors and post notices throughout the neighborhood.
• Visit your local animal control and animal welfare organizations at lease once every five days to view the strays in the impound areas.
• Place an ad in your local newspaper's Lost and Found section and check the found ads daily.

Please review our surrender procedures if you wish to surrender an animal at any of Animal Humane Society’s five locations.

If you have found a stray companion animal or wildlife

Stray companion animals must be brought to your local animal control agency or animal welfare organization immediately. For the system to work best, you need to get the animal in a place where it can be found.

Wildlife can be brought to Animal Humane Society’s Golden Valley facility. We have a trained team who can care for and rehabilitate injured or orphaned wildlife.

Do not attempt to capture an injured or unapproachable animal—domestic or wild. Call your local animal control or police department. They are equipped to handle animals in those situations.

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