We have partnered with Petco Love Lost to help you easily search the national lost and found database and create a searchable/shareable alert for your missing pet. Click below to upload a picture of your pet or search by location.
SCAM ALERT!
If you receive a call claiming to be in possession of an injured lost pet, and they are asking for payment info for emergency care: THIS IS A SCAM! ​​
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If a suspicious call is received, call our emergency line 423-624-5302 and following the prompts for an animal emergency or coming to the shelter during business hours. Contact local authorities immediately if you receive a call you suspect of being a scam.
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HES will never call from a private number. If a vet office or specific animal shelter is mentioned, search online for the clinic phone number and call directly.​
KEEP IN MIND: Temporary phone numbers can be obtained and caller ID will display any name the scammer enters.
Contact an animal control agency in your area.
Humane Educational Society serves unincorporated Hamilton County, Soddy Daisy, Collegedale, and Walden. If you live in one of these areas, you are welcome to come to Humane Educational Society and look for your pet during our open hours.
If you live in one of the following areas, contact the appropriate agency to make a lost report and search their kennels:
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City of Chattanooga: McKamey Animal Center at (423) 305-6500
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Town of Signal Mountain: Signal Mountain Police Department at (423) 886-2123
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Town of Lookout Mountain: Lookout Mountain Police Department at (423) 821-3151
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City of East Ridge: East Ridge Animal Services at (423) 664-0271
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City of Red Bank: McKamey Animal Center at (423) 305-6500
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City of Lakesite: McKamey Animal Center at (423) 305-6500
If you don't live in Hamilton County, please consult this list of agencies at SPCATN.org to find an organization near you.
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Search your neighborhood
Lost pets are often disoriented and stressed, and will look for somewhere to hide. Search your neighborhood, call the pets name, and crinkle/shake a familiar treat container. Ask your neighbors if they have seen your pet, and ask for their permission to search their property. Look under cars, porches and bushes. Some animals tend to hide during the day or high traffic times, so search later in the day. Don't give up! Keep looking!
Post flyers and file reports
Post flyers with a good photo and a bold, clear headline along with your contact information, a description of the pet (with breed, size, sex, age, and distuingishing features), and where the pet was lost. PetFBI has a free online printable flyer maker. Post the flyers everywhere with high visibility near where the pet was lost and give them to all of your neighbors. Contact all of the shelters in your area and file reports with each one.
Post online and get social
Post a good photo of your pet with all of the flyer information on social media and local websites. Here are a few local websites that you can view and post lost/found reports:
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WDEF Channel 12 Luther's Lost Pets. You can also call (423) 321-6277.
Facebook as a resource
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Like and share a photo on your personal Facebook as well as ALL the following pages:
