Lost and Found Animals

These selection of links provide information for pet owners who are searching for their lost pets and for the public who have found lost pets and want to reunite them with their owners.

I lost my dog

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I lost my cat

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I lost my small animal

I found a dog

I found a cat

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I found kittens

I found a small animal

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Lost and found pets on a map

This online tool is an interactive, visual map created by Petco Love and integrated with the Nextdoor and Ring apps to provide real-time updates and lets users and view reports of lost and found pets.

Users can report and search for lost, found, or sighted pets directly on the map. When a user zooms in on an area, it will display a photo of the pet, when the pet was lost or found, and the finder of the stray pet or the owner of a lost pet.

Report a lost or found pet on Petco

Petco Love Lost allows pet parents to upload a photo and search for their pet after the pet has gone missing. Pet facial recognition makes it faster and easier than ever to find possible matches for lost and found pets from people and shelters all across the country. You can create and distribute lost and found pet alerts to share to NextDoor, Facebook, email, and more.

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Report a lost or found pet on Pawboost

PawBoost enlists the help of local communities in neighborhoods and jurisdictions across the United States and beyond, including partnerships with local shelters, to help spread the word and match the thousands of lost and stray animals reported to PawBoost every day. Whether you've lost your pet or found somebody else's, PawBoost is here to help.

Beware of latest lost pet phone scam

July 10, 2026

Sacramento residents are urged to be aware of a distressing scam targeting pet owners. Scammers have been responding to lost dog postings by contacting the pet owners and falsely claiming that their lost pets are in the care of the Front Street Animal Shelter. The scammers will ask for payment in order get their dogs back.

In addition, the scam may appear to be very convincing, as scammers have been utilizing caller ID spoofing, making it appear as if the calls are coming from the legitimate phone numbers associated with Front Street Animal Shelter. This deceptive technique may mislead pet owners into thinking that they are receiving a genuine call from the shelter.

The Front Street Animal Shelter will never call pet owners to request money or any financial information over the phone.

If you receive one of these calls, do NOT provide your personal or financial information. Hang up immediately and report it to the Front Street Animal Shelter by dialing 311 or 916-808-7387.

Lost2Found Texting Service

Subscribe to Lost2Found, our free automated texting service to help you find your missing pet or to help you find the owner of a pet that you've found.

Text STRAY to 833-511-0426 to receive our proven tips to get them home as well as website links to fill out a lost report or found report and to view pets online in the Sacramento-area shelters.
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