Lost & Found Assistance

LOST PET

  • Act quickly!

  • Call the Winston-Salem Journal at (336) 727-7425 and place a lost ad.

  • Post and distribute flyers and pictures at vets’ offices, with neighbors, and at local adoption agencies.

  • If you are offering a reward, never give money until you have your pet back in your possession.

  • Immediately and regularly visit Forsyth County Animal Control located at 5570 Sturmer Park Circle, Winston-Salem, NC. For directions and hours of operation, call (336) 703-2478. Remember:  Animals not claimed within a maximum of three days may be euthanized. 

  • Visit the Animal Control website and click on “Lost and Found.” You may search for your pet, post pictures of your pet, and read additional tips.

  • And check the stray-hold list daily.

  • Check daily with PawBoost.

  • Most local TV stations have a public online bulletin board where you can post lost pets.

  • Check on Craigslist.

  • Helpful information and resources are available at Mission Reunite under “Recovery Tips.”

  • CATS ONLY: Visit www.catsinthebag.org. If the missing pet is an indoor-only cat, it will be helpful to set humane traps near your home; contact AARF.

FOUND A PET

  • Have the pet scanned for a microchip at a vet’s office. There’s usually no charge for this service. 

  • Register the pet with Forsyth County Animal Control and click on “Lost and Found,” or call (336) 703-2478, and register with PawBoost, a free lost/found service. 

  • Call the Winston-Salem Journal at (336) 727-7425, and place a free found ad.  

  • Provide some identifying marks on the animal so that the owner would recognize their pet, leaving out some details, such as a unusual marking, the color of the collar, etc., that only the owner would know.

  • Most local TV stations have an online bulletin board where lost & found pets can be listed.

  • Post and distribute flyers and pictures at vets’ offices, with neighbors, and at local adoption agencies.

  • BE WARY of people too eager to either claim a pet, or to take in a pet if the owner is not found. 

  • If the owner of the pet is not found, see below for options on “Placing a Pet for Adoption.”