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Some quick and easy tips to help find a lost pet, or reunite a lost pet with their family:

  • Immediately contact every Animal Control facility within a thirty mile radius.

  • Post flyers in the area the pet was lost.

  • Ask the local news paper to run a free ad.

  • Ask local radio stations to make an announcement over the air.

  • Make a post on lost and found pet pages on social media.

  • If your pet is microchipped, notify the microchip company immediately!

Have you lost a pet or found someone’s lost pet?

Unfortunately, we are unable to take in lost, stray or found pets directly from the public. All animals that are found as lost or stray must go through Animal Control for the city or area in which they were lost or found. From there the pet will be placed on a mandatory stray hold (three to five days depending on the city) to allow the owner to look for and claim their lost pet. If the pet is not claimed during the allotted amount of time and the stray hold ends, the lost pet will then be transferred to us (with the exceptions of Calexico Animal Control and Imperial County Animal Control) and will immediately be available for adoption or rescue group transfer. Contrary to popular belief, animals that are picked up by Animal Control are NOT euthanized after three days if not claimed. To find out if your pet has been picked up by Animal Control, or if you have found a lost/stray pet and need Animal Control to pick him or her up, please contact the appropriate Animal Control facility. The contact information for each facility is as follows:

Brawley: 760-344-5800, option 2
Calexico: 442-200-7366 or 760-768-1861
Calipatria: 760-351-7766
El Centro: 760-352-2113. Press 0 when the recording comes on.
Holtville: 760-356-2912
Imperial: 760-355-4327
Westmorland: 760-344-3411
*Imperial County: 442-265-2655, option 0

*Imperial County Animal Control services Heber, Seeley, Niland, Ocotillo, Salton City, Bombay Beach, Palo Verde, Winterhaven and all unincorporated areas of each city.

Please keep in mind that should you ever find a lost or stray pet and would like to know if he or she is microchipped, our team members would be more than happy to scan the pet for you during our business hours, at no cost to you!