How Pets Located Works

Search our database of lost and found cats, lost and found dogs, parrots and other missing pets

Pets Located provides a forum for owners of missing pets (cats, dogs, parrots, rabbits or any other pet) to post detailed listings of their pet and the last known location. It also provides the finders of lost animals (individuals and Animal Welfare organisations) with the facility to post detailed information of animals they have found (free of charge).

Pets Located is an independent service that uses the best available technology to match the information on each posting to any similar ones on the database. This is done 24 hours a day, seven days a week on an automated basis - so, unlike other 'Lost Pet' websites, it does not rely on someone manually checking a listing. Every time a 'lost' or 'found' pet is added to our database, it will automatically be checked against existing entries.

Our unique matching service automatically emails owners with potential matches for them to review.

Why Use Pets Located?

If you have lost a pet, you are not just paying for an online presence - Pets Located continually searches its listings and automatically matches details of relevant pets which have been registered as missing to pets which have been logged as found. This search takes place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and continues until the 1st year anniversary date of your initial missing-pet posting.

If you have not voluntarily removed your posting before the 1st year anniversary the posting will expire and you will be offered the opportunity to renew your listing by email. The renewal notice will be sent to the initial email address that you registered with Pets Located.

Pets Located was created to provide an easy to use and efficient system for reuniting missing pets with their owners and to ensure that searching continues for up to a year after the initial date you register that your pet is missing.

Consider these key benefits

Register details of your lost dog, cat, parrot or other pet with Pets Located

Pets Located continually searches for your missing pet, 24 hours a day, for 1 year from the initial posting date
Free instant email notifications of potential matches
Fresh, active database, new postings daily
The Pets Located web site is fast, reliable and easy to use
Secure communication for owners/finders through the website's Messaging System - no personal details are ever given to the other party
Matches are based on key features including distance and are graded according to strength of match
The Pets Located web site is FREE for finders of lost animals to create a posting
The Pets Located web site makes only a small one-off charge of £10.00+VAT for an owner posting details of their missing pet, which is valid for 12 months
You may be able to claim the cost of your Pets Located posting back from your pet insurance company (dependant on the terms and conditions of your particular policy)
The Pets Located web site is search-engine optimised to ensure maximum exposure for your missing pet listing
All lost and found registrations are immediately posted to Twitter, Facebook and other websites via RSS Feeds. The details are not only seen by Animal Welfare organisations in your area, but are also regularly retweeted by our followers
Pets Located brings together lost and found pets in one place, enabling local authority dog wardens, vets, animal rescue centres, animal charities and members of the public to access one port of information to maximise the opportunity of reuniting a pet and its owner
As soon as a registration is complete, you can print free, ready-to-use posters from within your account

For more details and information, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page

To register details of a missing pet, click here

To register details of a pet you have found, free of charge, click here

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Photo courtesy of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo