Lost Pet

When you have lost your pet in Mashpee:

1. Search your neighborhood.  Look under decks and in sheds, basements and foundations.
2. Call Mashpee Animal Control:  (508) 539-1442
        Leave a brief description of the animal along with your name, address and phone number.
3. Call the towns holding facility for strays, The Animal Inn:  (508) 477-0990
        Ask if your pet is at the kennel.
4. Call the MSPCA:  (508) 775-0940
        Record your missing pet in their system.
5. Check the lost and found classified ads in the newspapers.
6. Place a lost pet ad in the newspapers
        Cape Cod Times:  (508) 775-1200
        Enterprise:  (508) 548-4700

Once the calls are made make flyers immediately and post throughout the neighborhood.

The flyer should include a picture of the animal and the date lost.  Include a written description of the animal.  Include the color and length of hair, distinguishing marks or scars and the age.  The street and town where it was lost should be included.  Finally, provide the phone numbers to call if the animal is seen or found.  The flyer should be provided to area animal control officers, shelters, and veterinarians in addition to the postings around the neighborhood.

We suggest putting the flyer inside a clear freezer bag before posting it outside.  This will give it some staying power through rainstorms.  Most importantly, never give up hope or stop looking.  

To help maximize the recovery strategy listed above start today.  Put a snug fitting collar and an ID tag around your pets neck.  Identification is your lost pets ticket home.