Each year, we reunite hundreds of lost pets with their owners. Volunteers ensure follow-up on lost and found pet reports, working two to three times a week in the evenings and/or on weekends.

If you lost your pet, please complete a lost pet report.

Stray animals are kept for 5 days at the Montréal S.P.C.A.. Please visit the stray animals department at least twice a week. Hours are from 8:00AM to 11:00PM, 7 days a week.

If you have lost a dog, please also check the pens outside. Ask an S.P.C.A. employee whether any stray animals have been placed in the pre-adoption area rather than the stray department due to lack of space. If they have, check the pre-adoption area also.

Please also review the yellow pages at the back of the lost pet book at the S.P.C.A. on a regular basis. These pages contain reports of animals found by kind people who plan to keep them in their home until their owner can be found.

If you lose your pet:

Your municipal pound:

• Identify the pound responsible for strays in your borough. It might not be the Montréal S.P.C.A.. Call your borough City Hall if you are not certain which is your pound. If the animal was lost near the limits of another borough, find out which is the pound for that area as well.
• Get in touch with your municipal pound as soon as possible to report the loss of your pet. Stray animals are kept only between 3 to 5 days in pounds.
• Complete a lost pet report at the Montréal S.P.C.A.. Even if we are not the municipal pound for your area, we may receive your animal.
• Visit your pound two to three times a week to view strays that have been picked up by the pound or brought in by concerned people. Your pet may arrive at the pound several days and even several weeks after having been lost. It is not unusual for an animal to be found 3 and even 6 weeks after his or her disappearance.

Your neighbourhood:

• Print flyers with a description of your animal to distribute to your neighbours and post in your neighbourhood.
• Speak with your neighbours and any other people who could be of help. Maybe they have seen or will see your pet.
• Search actively in your neighbourhood. A fearful cat is more likely to respond to your voice when things are calm and quiet, at dawn for instance.

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