Before assuming your cat is lost, check around your house with a flashlight--every corner, crevice and crawlspace imaginable.
If your cat has definitely escaped, read the booklet "How to Find your Lost Cat" to maximize your precious search time.
Take note of the list of crucial steps in the first 24 hours of a missing cat search and follow advice on the differences in how to find a lost indoor-only cat vs outdoor cat.
Check the shelters in
person
Take a color photo of your lost cat. Don't rely on lost and found pet websites, recordings or even a person on the phone. These folks are busy and make mistakes. Do it in person--or hire me to make the rounds. Check Craigslist for "Lost & Found cat" listings. Here is a template from "Get My Cat" to make a lost cat flyer: http://www.getmycat.com/lost-cat-flyer-template
Take a color photo of your lost cat. Don't rely on lost and found pet websites, recordings or even a person on the phone. These folks are busy and make mistakes. Do it in person--or hire me to make the rounds. Check Craigslist for "Lost & Found cat" listings. Here is a template from "Get My Cat" to make a lost cat flyer: http://www.getmycat.com/lost-cat-flyer-template
LOST & FOUND CATS:
SHELTERS IN AUSTIN
SHELTERS IN AUSTIN
The two main places in Austin your cat might be are:
1. CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES (for Austin, Texas lost and found pets)
http://www.austintexas.gov/page/view-lost-pets
2. Austin Humane Society
http://www.austinhumanesociety.org/feline_friend
Additional lost and found cat facilities:
1. CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES (for Austin, Texas lost and found pets)
http://www.austintexas.gov/page/view-lost-pets
2. Austin Humane Society
http://www.austinhumanesociety.org/feline_friend
Additional lost and found cat facilities:
Austin Pet Finder
http://www.austinpetfinder.org/NORTH AUSTIN:
Emergency Animal Clinic of Northwest Austin
12034 Research Boulevard, #8. 512- 331-6121 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 A.M. Monday - through Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. Saturday open at 8 a.m. re-open at 1:00 p.m. and open until Monday at 7:00 a.m.
SOUTH AUSTIN:
Emergency Animal Clinic 4434 Frontier Trail
512 899 - 0955 Fax 512 892-7811
Monday - Friday open at 6:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
the following morning. Saturday open at 1:00 p.m. and stay open until 7:am
Monday morning.
Pictures of injured animals or animals in the Rabies Observation Area are not available to the public. There is a paper posted with a description of the animals inside Rabies Observation. Descriptions of the same animal vary wildly from person to person. Don't rely on a piece of paper! Be persistent and you will get into Rabies Observation. Town Lake Animal Center Pictures Online: http://malford.ci.austin.tx.us/tlac/default.cfm
Stray, impounded and owner surrendered animals can be found in the stray building(Lost and Found) at TLAC).
Austin
Humane Society -SPCA Austin & Travis
County
124 w. Anderson Lane 512 837-7985
http://www.austinspca.com
124 w. Anderson Lane 512 837-7985
http://www.austinspca.com
BASTROP
Bastrop Humane Society (512) 303-3924
Bastrop County Animal Control (Kill Facility)
Bastrop Humane Society (512) 303-3924
Bastrop County Animal Control (Kill Facility)
589 Coolwater Drive
Bastrop, TX 78602
Telephone: (512)321-1963 Fax: (512) 303-6491
E-mail: bcacshelter@yahoo.com
BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION
Canyon Lake Animal Shelter Society, CLASS, (No-Kill Facility)
2170 Old Sattler Rd. Canyon Lake,
830/905-PETS(7387)
2170 Old Sattler Rd. Canyon Lake,
830/905-PETS(7387)
Jan McLean jmclean@gvtc.com
CEDAR PARK
Cedar Park Animal Control, (Kill Facility)
258-3149 fax 512-258-7917
www.petfinder.org/shelters/TX200.html
Cedar Park Animal Control, (Kill Facility)
258-3149 fax 512-258-7917
www.petfinder.org/shelters/TX200.html
LOST CAT SHELTER COMAL COUNTY (W of San Marcos, NW of New Braunfels)
There are two shelters in Comal County: Humane Society of New Braunfels and the City of New Braunfels Contact: Director Cheryl Krueger; Phone: (830) 629-5287
There are two shelters in Comal County: Humane Society of New Braunfels and the City of New Braunfels Contact: Director Cheryl Krueger; Phone: (830) 629-5287
ELGIN
Dreamtime Sanctuary, (No-Kill),
Dreamtime Sanctuary, (No-Kill),
(Certified Sanctuary by TAOS)
(rescues primarily farm animals)
Website under construction
Elgin Animal Shelter, (Kill-Facility)
512-285-9636 100 W. Cleveland St.
Elgin, TX 78621, Phone: 512-285-9636,
GALVESTON
Galveston County Animal Control (Kill Facility)
Galveston County Animal Control (Kill Facility)
'TEXAS CITY POUND' No web site
Pound's Hours: Monday - Friday 11-4; Saturdays:
10-1, 409-938-2282.
Address: 3414 Loop 197 N., just off Hwy 146 in
Texas City;
Private citizen that may be able to help: Laurine LAURSKLEE@aol.com
409-945-9782
GEORGETOWN
Georgetown Animal Shelter (Kill Facility)
(512) 930-3592
Georgetown Animal Shelter (Kill Facility)
(512) 930-3592
P.O. Box 409, 1107 N. College, Georgetown TX 78627
Guadalupe County Humane Society, (No-Kill Facility)
Margaret Svatek
830/372-2055 hours 10-2 Tuesday-Saturday
2484 Hwy. 46 N.
HAYS COUNTY
Thundering Paws Cat Sanctuary
http://www.thunderingpaws.org/
San Marcos Animal Control (this is a Kill Facility--go daily)
Hays county pound/animal shelter: check for lost cats from Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Kyle, Buda, and Driftwood.
Thundering Paws Cat Sanctuary
http://www.thunderingpaws.org/
San Marcos Animal Control (this is a Kill Facility--go daily)
Hays county pound/animal shelter: check for lost cats from Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Kyle, Buda, and Driftwood.
(512) 260-3602
(512) 260-7563 fax
http://www.co.hays.tx.us
http://rescueconnection.sanmarcostx.gov/RP_LostFound.asp
Wimberley Lost and Found Cats
Hays County Cats
Emily Suzanne Carter
512 560-4791
http://rescueconnection.sanmarcostx.gov/RP_LostFound.asp
Wimberley Lost and Found Cats
Hays County Cats
Emily Suzanne Carter
512 560-4791
HOUSTON
Harris County Rabies/Animal Control (Kill Facility)
281-999-8762
KYLE
PAWS Animal Shelter, (Kill-Facility)
48 Hwy 150 East, Kyle, TX 78640 (512) 268-1611 fax 512-268-0557
PAWS Animal Shelter, (Kill-Facility)
48 Hwy 150 East, Kyle, TX 78640 (512) 268-1611 fax 512-268-0557
Patti Rudick Director, paws@corridor.net
Stacy Lovell, vet tech for PAWS Shelter for Animals
staicydawn@hotmail.com
NEW WEBSITE! http://www.pawsshelter.org/
*(Wimberley animals go to PAWS in Kyle, as do animals in Buda, also some from San Marcos county (non-annexed), some lost cats from Dripping Springs, and Driftwood. Hays County is about 700 square miles and there is no government-provided shelter.
LAGO VISTA (No-Kill Facility)
240 Svoboda Lane, La Grange TX 78945,
Phone: 979/966-0021
LEANDER (3 Facilities)
Humane Society Williamson County, (Kill Facility)
(512) 260-3602
fax 260-7563
Leander Animal Control, (Kill Facility)
200 W. Willis, Leander, Tx. 78641,
Phone: (512) 528-2800
Central Texas SPCA in Leander, (No-Kill Facility)
260-7722,
contact is: Misty Dawn Compton
fax 260-7066
LOCKHART
Lockhart Animal Shelter (Kill Facility)
city metro number 376-3336,
fax 512-398-3393
city managed, Cheryl Walton
PFLUGERVILLE (Kill facility)
1600 Waterbrook Road, Pflugerville 78660.
You have to call the police department 512-251-4004
to deal with the shelter.
There is no organized lost or found list, so you
have to keep on top of things if you lose an animal in Pflugerville.
SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio Animal Control
Call (210) 207-6650 or 311
SAN MARCOS
City of San Marcos Animal Shelter (municipal) (Kill
Facility)
750 River Road, San Marcos, TX 78666
Bert Stratemann, manager,
Animal Services 512/393-8340
Friends of San Marcos Animal Shelter (No-Kill)
(512) 396-6180
fax 512-392-1206
http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/TX57.html
SEGUIN
S.A.R.A. Southern Animal Rescue Association (No-Kill Facility and sanctuary)
830-401-0280 ,
Tracy Frank Director
Guadalupe County Humane Society, (No-Kill Facility)
Margaret Svatek
830/372-2055 hours 10-2 Tuesday-Saturday
2484 Hwy. 46 N.
2003 LostPetInAustin.com
BELOW:
NORTH AUSTIN - -WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHELTERS
BELOW:
NORTH AUSTIN - -WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHELTERS
- Please-- do not give up on your search for your lost cat! Too many cats end up at shelters because people give up too soon or don't understand the right way to search as outlined in my ebook here.
Many of these lost and never found cats end up in cages, forlorn and confused because the lost cat got brave or desperate enough to approach a stranger who then assumed it was a stray and took to AAC. Below is Esa, a sweet, obviously former pet who was found in Bastrop and brought in as an assumed stray.
If your cat has been missing a while:
Never assume, and don't give up too soon!
