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If you have lost your pet or found someone else's lost pet, please call us IMMEDIATELY at 540-434-5270. (please do not rely on email for timely reporting of your loss). Be prepared to provide the following information when reporting your missing pet or a pet you have found:
1. Your name and the phone number where you can be reached the most quickly
2. Date the pet was last seen (or found)
3. The address where the pet was last seen
4. Pet's name
5. Age of the pet
6. A physical description of the pet. Please include anything that would make it stand out against similar pets. (special markings, etc.)
7. Is your pet a male or female?
Is he/she spayed/neutered?
8. Was he/she wearing a collar? If so, please describe it's appearance.
9. Were there tags on the collar? What type? (rabies, name/phone, etc.)
10.Is your pet micro-chipped?
STRAY HOLD REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
- Animals who are found with collars are kept for 12 days.
- Animals without collars are kept for 7 days.
- Lost pets are not necessarily put up for adoption once the 12 or 7 days has passed.
The determination to place a pet for adoption is based on an assessment of it's health and temperament at the end of the hold period.
- The Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA acts as an impoundment facility for the city and county. Any animals retrieved by animal control officers or the sheriff's department are brought to the shelter.
- Please stop by the shelter to look for your pet. Remember, you are the only one who can recognize your own pet. If you have a picture, please drop it by or email it to us at info@rhspca.org. When emailing your photo, please be sure to state whether or not you have called in a report.
- When you come to reclaim your pet, please bring your proof of rabies vaccination and city or county tags with you.
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