Lost or found pets

[palanist]

https://www.facebook.com/Lost-and-Found-...865008066/

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Your link is for Pune, India.

"Only fear real things, such as minds full of delusions." -Last Aphorisms

[terracore]

I think they know that. But I don't think they know this isn't puneweb.org

[viviansuet]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/540677702751378/

[Carey]

To get back to Hawaii County, the HI Humane Society has this page:
http://www.rchihs.org/RP_LostFound.asp

If you have LOST your pet:
http://www.hihs.org/services/lost-a-pet

& if you FIND an animal:
http://www.hihs.org/services/found-a-lost-animal

Would be nice if there was a easier way to add pets...but I am sure...in this county...this is probably the best way to maintain the list... without inappropriate posts!

ADD: For those that do not want to bring a pet to the Humanes society, they have OPTIONS for those that would like to reunite a pet, but keep them if the owner is not looking for the pet - from their found section of their website:

"Unable to bring the animal to us?

Call the shelter and leave a description of the pet for our Found Pet Book. Pictures are very helpful as many animals have similar descriptions and owners
may describe their pets differently. Our staff can compare the found report with our lost reports for a possible match. We keep lost and found reports for
30 days.

Have the pet scanned for a microchip at your local veterinary clinic. Often pets without external ID have microchips enabling identification of their owners - and this is the fastest way to guarantee a reunion with their owners.
Other ways to help

In addition to filing a found report, put a found pet post on Facebook and Craigslist; check lost ads as well. You can post the found pet on the Hawaii Island
Humane Society’s Facebook page and others such as Hawai'i Island Pets Lost & Found. Describe the animal, note any distinctive markings and provide details about when and where they were found and how you can be reached."

It is unfortunate that they are swamped with more animals that they can handle, but the truth is that most pet owners will contact the Humane Society if they have lost a pet

[Lodestone]

We made the mistake of turning in a lost dog to the Keaau Humane Society last year. He was in bad shape with a torn ear, some odd scars, and was badly underweight, but had a wonderful disposition. We almost adopted him, but already have three dogs due to similar scenarios. And, of course, there was the chance that his owners were looking for him, and that he might need immediate medical attention.

A pleasant young man showed up the next morning and took him away, assuring us that he would almost certainly be adopted. I repeatedly told him that WE would adopt him if no one else would and he kept assuring us that we would be allowed to adopt him IF HE WAS FOUND SUITABLE FOR ADOPTION (that should have been my clue), and that they would call to let us know. Three days passed, no call. So, I called, and "their computers were down". Growing suspicious after a couple of more such calls, I visited the shelter. The front desk was immediately evasive and said they "could not comment about the fate of found dogs". Uh-oh. Sure enough, he was "gone" according to the guy clean up the cages, as soon as I started to describe is injuries and condition. I felt terrible, mostly because I coxed him in off the street. He trusted me, now he's dead. I talked the situation over with the front desk, and asked them why they didn't contact me when I had said I would adopt him. They got very defensive and had more computer problems, but assured me they would call when the computers were up (they didn't, of course). I told them that in the future, I would not bring a found dog into them. They told me the it was against the law to do that. Nice.

If I had done a little research, I would have known he never had a chance... http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...-last-year

Doing the math from that article, they put down around 2500 dogs a year.

Most mainland shelters now get nearly 100% of dogs adopted, often by trucking them from areas with oversupply (mostly rural areas) to cities where people adopt lots of dogs from shelters. Obviously, that is not an option here. I don't fault the shelters here for doing what they have to do; the numbers of strays they have to deal with are appalling. Little wonder they don't act very "humane" there.

Anyway, as always, please get your dogs and cats neutered. And if you like a dog you find, don't let the Humane Society get their mitts on him.

[Tink]

"Private" adoptions are another solution. If you find a stray, and can not keep him, but know of someone in the neighborhood that could use a companion, then do so! There are plenty of elderly that would love a pet to dote on, even if you have to subsidize their food and care. Everybody needs love.

Community begins with Aloha

[shave_ice]

Lodestone,

The exact same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. A dog was hanging outside my fence. He was in rough shape, but was the sweetest and got along with my dog. He needed immediate medical attention and it was clear that he had been on his own for awhile. I took him to the Humane Society thinking it was the right thing to do and gave them my number to call me if no one claimed him. They said he needed to be checked for heart worm first, and then they would call me. After a couple days of no call, I called them and they told me he still hadn't been tested yet. Then I went down there to check up and he wasn't even there. I felt so bad.

[Lodestone]

Shave Ice;

Yeah, I forgot... I got the "testing for heartworm" song-and-dance too. The galling thing is that we both made it clear that we would adopt them if need be. All they needed to do was make a phone call. Who is running this place, Cruella de Vil?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruella_de_Vil

[Carey]

there are few options when the amount of animals coming in far exceed those going out
AND there are many on island that will bring in THEIR sick/injured animal to the Humane Society here & give the "I found this animal, if no one claims it I will be willing to adopt it", to get out of expensive vet bills.... so when a kind hearted person says the same thing, how should they test to decide which is real???