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Lost & Found

What To Do If You Lose a Dog or Cat

  • Take a reasonable area around where the pet was lost, and conduct a complete door-knock and letter-boxing describing your pet and giving a phone number for contact.
  • You and your neighbours (next door both sides, over the road, behind, around your block) should search sheds, garages, buildings, reserves, parks, schoolyards, beaches, rivers, creeks.

    • For cats: inside ceilings should be investigated, also building works, trees, etc.
    • For "entire" male dogs (not desexed) inquire about bitches in the area that are, or have recently been, "in season" or "on heat".
      http://www.lostdogs.com.au/       
      http://www.rspcavic.org/

  • Show your neighbours a recent colour photo, as not everyone is familiar with all breeds and marking colours
  • To report a lost animal online use eServices.  If you prefer you can call ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713 and ask for Animal Management.
  • If near a municipal boundary, contact adjacent councils: City of Melbourne, Bayside, Glen Eira, & Stonnington
  • Call & visit animal pounds or shelters

    See the Animal Registration page for details about life-long animal ID tags and Microchipping which both increase your chances of getting your pet back.

     

    Animal Shelters in Melbourne Area

    If you have lost a pet or found a lost animal you should contact and visit animal shelters in the Melbourne area (listed below).

  • Australian Animal Protection Society
    Corner Chapel & Homeleigh Roads, Keysborough
    Telephone (03) 9798 8044 / (03) 9798 8415

    Blue Cross Animal Society
    Lot 9 Homestead Road, Wonga Park
    Telephone (03) 9722 1265

    Cat Protection Society
    200 Elder Street, Greensborough
    Telephone (03) 9434 7155 / (03) 9434 7255

    Geelong Animal Welfare Society
    Drysdale Road, Moolap
    Telephone (03) 5248 2091
    Emergency ambulance, phone (03) 5221 5122
    Website: http://www.gaws.org.au/

    Lord Smith Animal Hospital
    24 Villiers Street, North Melbourne
    Telephone (03) 9328 3021 / (03) 9328 3128 / (03) 9328 3589
    Fax (03) 9329 5347

    Lost Dogs Home & Cat Shelter
    2 Gracie Street, North Melbourne
    Telephone (03) 9329 2755
    Lost & Found - 24 hour service (03) 9329 9493
    After-hours emergency ambulance  (03) 9625 5000 Pager #35945
    Fax: (03) 9326 5293
    Website:  http://www.lostdogs.com.au/ - You can check for lost or found animals, and submit your lost or found animals. There is also a Free Pet Registration ID tag service to help you get your pooch or moggie back.

    Peninsula Animal Aid
    Corner Smiths Road & Robinson Lane, Pearcedale
    Telephone (03) 5978 6706 / (03) 5978 6811

    RSPCA
    Corner Burwood Highway & Middleborough Road, East Burwood
    Telephone (03) 9224 2222. After-hours emergency, (03) 9888 9822.  Website:  http://www.rspcavic.org/

    Save A Dog Scheme (SADS)
    Save-A-Dog is an entirely non-profit Organisation, which exists to save dogs of good temperament from being killed when their time has expired at dog pounds and animal shelters.
    293 Tooronga Road, Malvern (Melways Ref 59:E5)
    Telephone: (03) 9885 1188 or Mobile: 0418 389 810
    Website:  http://www.saveadog.org.au/

    Victorian Animal Aid Trust (VAAT)
    35 Killara Rd, Coldstream 3770
    Telephone (03) 9739 0300

    To report a lost animal online use eServices.  If you prefer you can call ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713 and ask for Animal Management.