Pets with ID and/or properly and currently registered microchips are MUCH more likely to be returned to their owners.  Please provide your pet an embroidered collar with its name and your phone number, an ID tag with the same information, or a microchip that you keep updated with your current address and phone number.

Please don’t wait and assume they’ll come home. The longer they’re gone, the less likely you are to find them.

LOOK for your pet, on foot, by bike, by car.  Search the areas most familiar to your pet first.  

Immediately notify neighbors that your pet is missing, and ask them to keep your pet safe, and let you know if they find it.

Make flyers (color, with a photo are best) and post around your neighborhood, and in places where they can be seen by lots of people (like a local club, convenience store, gas station, fast food restaurant, City Hall, etc.)

Place a “lost pet” ad in the newspaper.

Call local veterinarians and ask if they’ve seen your pet.   Ask if they will post one of your flyers to help locate the animal.

Contact Leavenworth Animal Control (913-682-0268). No matter where the animal was lost, there’s still a chance it will end up at the only shelter in the county. Send an email to sbiotti@firstcity.org and cdressler@firstcity.org to let them know your pet is lost.  Send or take them your flyer.

VISIT Leavenworth Animal Control (1720 S. Second Street, Leavenworth) and look for yourself to see if your pet is there. The person on the phone cannot see the animals when you call, and may not know about every animal in the shelter at any given moment.

Contact the Sheriff’s Department (913-682-5724) and let them know you are looking for your animal. They do not routinely pick up strays, but do respond to some animal calls.

If you are on the fringes of Leavenworth County, be sure to also contact veterinarians, shelters and law enforcment/animal control in KCK, Atchison, DeSoto, Valley Falls, Lawrence, etc. as animals don’t recognize county lines!

Finally, email LCHS a flyer or at least a description and your contact information, so that we can be aware of the pet you are looking for. If we hear about someone finding it, we will surely let you know.