Found a pet
Found a dog or a cat?
Thank you for helping. Here's how to get them home, step by step, with a tag or without one.
With a tag
Tap the tag with your phone
No app needed: the pet's page opens in the browser.
Hold your phone to the tag, or scan the QR code on its back with the camera.
The pet's page opens: their name, a photo and the owner's note.
Call the owner or send a message. If you agree, send them where you are, too.
If the tag only has a phone number, call it.
Without a tag
No tag? Here's the order
Safety first
Approach slowly and don't chase them. If they're hurt, take them to a vet right away.
Look at the collar
It may have a name or a phone number on it.
Take them to a vet
A vet can read the microchip and find the owner in the Central Register. Microchips are required for dogs and cats.
Call your local service
Call the municipal animal service or the shelter. Owners often call them first.
Say that you found them
Post a photo, the place and the time you found them in local groups.
Community
Tell your neighbours you found them
The city's page shows who is being looked for, and with a free profile you post who you found: where, what they look like, where they are now. Owners from the city get an alert.
When the owner gets in touch
Make sure it's really the owner
- Ask for a photo of the pet, or a detail only the owner would know.
- Meet where there are people around, or at a vet's.
- Don't hand the pet over until you're sure. Until then, give them water and keep them somewhere calm.
Do you have a pet too?
Give them a free profile: a name, a photo and how to reach you. With a tag, whoever finds them reaches you at once.
Create a free profile