- Lost Pets
Contact our 24-hour cruelty and advice line 0300 1234 999 to provide details for the lost and found register. If someone finds your pet and contacts us, we will have the relevant information needed to try and reunite you.
Other organizations that keep records of lost and found animals are:
· Animal Search UK: 07884 316 943 or Animal Search Uk* · Cats Protection: 08702 099 099
· Dogs Trust: 020 7837 0006
· Missing Pets Bureau: 0870 1600 999
· Pet Search UK: 0121 743 4133
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For missing dogs in the Walsall borough area contact the dog warden via Walsall council on 01922 650000 and also the police. For all missing animals contact local veterinary surgeries and local animal centres. Stray dogs from the Walsall area are taken to Sunnyside Kennels in Coven, Wolverhampton who can be contacted on 01902 790618.
Your milkman and postman may also be able to look out for your pet on their rounds. Put up posters in the area with a picture of your pet, also newsagents, schools and local newspapers. You could even contact local radio stations to make an announcement about your search. To make your search easier, make sure your pet is microchipped.
- Stray Dogs
Strays
Recent legislation, the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, will place full responsibility with your local authority for dealing with stray dogs and associated stray dog services.
At the moment responsibility for the collection and holding of stray dogs rests with local authorities with a residual responsibility on the police. When either the local authority or the police accept a stray, they have to hold it until it is claimed or for seven clear days, whichever is the shorter.
Please contact your local authority to arrange for the dog warden to collect the dog on 01922 650000.
The RSPCA and other animal welfare charities cannot pick up stray dogs or accept them from people who find them and will direct those people to their local authority. In fact we can only deal with a stray dog in an absolute emergency, ie. if the dog is in imminent danger of death or severe suffering and neither the police nor local authority is able to attend.
The RSPCA continues to promote responsible dog ownership initiatives to local authorities to seek to reduce the amount of stray dogs particularly through joint micro-chipping and neutering initiatives with ourselves and other animal welfare organisations.
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Found A Stray Cat?
You need to take the following steps in order to establish whether the cat is owned and likes to roam or whether it has no owner and therefore can be found a loving new home:
· Ask around the neighbourhood to see if anyone knows who the cat belongs to.
· If the cat is judged to be tame, you can download our simple and print friendly cat collar. Instructions are provided.
· You can also download and print our A4 'Found' poster and our Lost and found - contacts list.
· Log what steps you have taken to locate an owner. As long as you can prove that all reasonable steps have been taken, and no owner is found, you can then go about finding a loving new home for the cat.
· If you decide to keep the cat, please do ensure that you carefully consider the commitment required. You must be able to provide proper care, accommodation, food and veterinary care for the rest of the cats life.
· If you are not able to keep the cat, please contact your nearest RSPCA animal centre to see if they can help you with rehoming the cat.
· If your local RSPCA animal centre is full, you may need to contact other reputable organisations. Some of these organisations are listed on a Lost and found - contacts list.
Thank you once more for visiting the RSPCA website and we do hope you are successful in locating the cat's owner