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Cats Lost and Found Listings and Tips

Resources offering tips for searching for lost cats, registration/pet detective agencies, and lost and found cats listings, usually listed by geographical area.
Do You Know This Cat?
Internationally-known cat Betsy is looking for her owner. Betsy was living rough on the streets of Richmond, London England when the kind lady who had been feeding her brought her into Kitten to Cats Veterinary Clinic. Betsy has been living there in comparative royalty, loved and pampered by Zeta Fresca, veterinarian and owner of the clinic, and her staff. What Betsy really wants though is her re…
My Cat Ran Away
In order to find your cat, you need to consider the possible reasons for his absence, many of them distressful. However, this is the time to set aside emotions and to rationally evaluate the possibilities, with an appropriate action for each.
All Cats Need an Identity
It does no good for a kindhearted stranger to take in your frightened, lost kitty, if he doesn't know how to locate her owner. Proper identification of cats turned in to shelters could greatly increase their odds of being returned to their rightful homes.
LoCATor Pet Tracking System
Tracking collar which emits a pulsed radio frequency signal. The signal range is 1-2 blocks in a city, and a mile in open country. A directional antenna in a hand-held receiver picks up the signal.
Lost and Found Pets
Operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, this organization also includes a listing of found cats, including the date found.
Missing Pet Partnership
Missing Pet Partnership is a national, nonprofit organization providing lost pet behavior and recovery training for animal shelters, humane societies, rescue groups and animal welfare organizations. It was co-founded by Kat Albrecht, owner of Pet Hunters International.
National Pet Recovery
Basic information on missing cats, along with a registry (coming back soon) and a 32-page manual for finding your lost cat or other pet.
Pet Hunters International
The pilot program of the National Center for Missing Pets, with search teams initially in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area. Their case histories are well worth reading. Founder Kat Albrecht is well-respected for her expertise in locating missing pets.
PetSearch (UK)
A free service helping to reunite lost cats and other animals with their owners in the U.K., complete with an online photo file. Also has a North Aberdeenshire registry.
Stolen Pets
From Last Chance for Animals, an advocacy group fighting organized pet theft activities in the U.S.
USDA Missing Pet Network
A listing of member sites of the Missing Pet Network, organized by alphabet. Click on the letter listing for your state to access the list.

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