Woodlands Animal Sanctuary

Reg Charity No. 1108626

LOST PETS

If your pet goes missing, tell as many people as possible as soon as possible. Talk to local shop keepers, the postman, the milkman, the window cleaner - anyone who talks to a lot of different people.
Let the local children know that you are looking for your cat.
Make up leaflets with your cat's details, and the date that she went missing, and post them through neighbours' letter boxes - ask them to check sheds, garages and other outhouses.
Also ask anyone who has had recent building work done to make sure if you have lost a cat it hasn't been trapped under floorboards etc.! Put up posters in shops, and advertise in the local papers and on local radio.
Radio Lancashire's Action Line is very good for this. Tell US ! Ring our Help line,
but please don't ring us on the first night that your cat is missing -
most cats come back within 24 hours, and nothing will be gained by notifying us immediately - it would be extremely unlikely that anyone would have reported it as found in such a short period of time.
Notify all the vets in your town AND in surrounding areas -
people in cars who see a wounded animal are more likely to take it to
their own vet than to the nearest one.

You can contact www.animalsearchuk.com to register your lost or found pet free of charge.

If you find your pet, please remember to let us know on 01704 823293
or email enquiries@animalsanctuary.org.uk

FOUND PETS

Many of us have suffered those days of anxiety and frantic searching
when a pet goes missing, and that awful feeling when absolutely no trace of them can be found even weeks later.
It is such a relief when they walk back in the door or someone finds them for us.
This is why we are asking you for any help with sightings of pets which have appeared in the area which don't appear to belong to anyone. We might just be able to match them up with a distraught owner.
BUT if you find a cat, make sure that it is a stray, and unless it is obviously starving (i.e. very skinny), don't feed it the first time you see it.
It may have a home to go back to, and you don't want to tempt a scrounging cat away from a perfectly good home. Talk to neighbours, children and local trades people about the lost pet. Notify us and be ready to give as full a description as possible.
If possible please make arrangements to take the pet to your nearest vet or rescue centre
to check for a microchip, this service should be free of charge.
Don't forget to ring back if the pet is reunited with its owner