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1.  If you have lost your pet you should immediately file a lost report with the MCHS.

You can file a lost report:

At the animal shelter: Bring in a picture if you have one available so that we can better match up your pet with the animals at the shelter.

By phone: 240.773.5960, option 4

Phone lines are open every day 10am-5pm except Wednesday

After you file the lost report, you can email a photo to mchs@mchumane.org and it will be clipped to your report.

2.  Check Pet Harbor for our database of stray animals

Some of our animals are also pictured on flickr

Check out the listings at Helping Lost Pets

3.  Visit the Animal Shelter at least every other day. Even if you have filed a report online or by phone and searched the database of stray animals, it is still necessary for you to come to the shelter at least every other day. Although we keep our eyes open, we do not have adequate staff to constantly check the kennels for pets that match your description. We can only hold strays for 6 days before we begin processing adoption applications. Additional records of found pets and d.o.a. (Dead on Arrival) animals are available at the shelter.

4.  If you have found an animal, either bring it to the shelter or, if you want to keep it in your house, file a found report with us. Many animals are reunited by matching up lost reports with found reports.

You can file a found report:

At the animal shelter: Bring in a picture. Office staff will assist you with form completion.

By phone: 240.773.5960, option 4

Phone lines are open every day 10am-5pm except Wednesday

After you file the found report, you can email a photo to mchs@mchumane.org and it will be clipped to your report.

Stray Animals at the Shelter

Stray Animals on Flickr

Important Steps To Help Find A Lost Pet

Prevention Is The Best Strategy!

Area Animal Shelters

Digital pictures of lost or found pets can be e-mailed to:

mchs@mchumane.org