If you have lost your pet or found a stray, the following recommendations will help expedite the reunion process of the lost pet with his owner.

• Contact the Alabama Pet Registry: 205-969-2241
  The Alabama Pet Registry is a lost and found service that provides free advice. Follow their recommendations carefully.
  
• Put the following information on all flyers, notices, and ads: breed, color, sex, age, collar color, microchip number, area lost/found, date lost/found, your name, and two phone numbers. (A picture is always very helpful!)
• Place an ad in the lost and found section of all local newspapers.
  Found ads are usually free!
• Use On-Line Lost & Found Services
• Put up flyers in your neighborhood and all surrounding areas.
  
• Ask children in the neighborhood during your searches
  Children are usually VERY observant and enjoy being helpful.
  
• Contact your own veterinarian as well as other clinics in your area.
  If the pet was not already microchipped, ask your veterinarian about microchipping!

Special Considerations For Finding Your Lost Pet:

• When looking for your lost pet, visit Animal Care Facilities Personally, Promptly, and Often.
  Assume the responsibility for finding the lost pet yourself. It is very difficult for employees to recognize your pet because there are so many that they care for each day!
  
• Search the surrounding areas each morning and eventing.
  Call the animal by name, take some treats with you, and expand the search area each day.
  
• Offer a REWARD.
  You do not have to specify an amount and it does not have to be more than you can afford. People are more likely go out of their way when you promise a reward.

Special Considerations When Helping a Found Pet:

• Keep the animal confined in a safe place.
  Contact your local animal control agency and arrange to have the animal picked up.

The following list of animal care facilities should help you in your search for your lost pet or the owner of the found pet in your care.
 

County Animal Control Agencies
Blount County	205-625-6026
Jefferson County	205-591-6522
Saint Clair County	205-814-1567
Shelby County	205-669-8766
Tuscaloosa County	205-752-9101
Walker County	205-221-6294
Community Animal Control and/or Animal Shelters
Alabaster	205-664-6761
Bessemer	205-426-5586
Birmingham	205-591-6522
Calera	205-668-3500
Cleveland	205-625-6026
Columbiana	205-669-3916
Homewood	205-332-6842
Hoover	205-444-7760
Jasper	205-221-6294
Montevallo	205-665-2555
Mountain Brook	205-879-0486
Pelham	205-663-3901
Tuscaloosa	205-752-9101
Vestavia Hills	205-978-0151