Birmingham Metro Lost Pet Helpful Tips
Contact the following:
- Alabama Pet Registry 205-969-2241
- Your veterinarian
- Your neighbors
Search Tips and Tactics:
- Search the surrounding areas each morning and again at dusk (very important as your pet may be too scared to venture out during the bustle of the day)
- Place an ad in the lost and found section of the newspaper and fliers throughout the neighborhood and surrounding areas.
- Put the following information on all flyers, notices, and ads: breed, color, sex, age, date lost, your name, and two phone numbers. (Add a picture if at all possible!)
- Ask Postal Workers and children in the neighborhood during your searches.
- Postal Workers are always aware of loose dogs. Children are usually very observant and enjoy being helpful.
- Contact veterinarians and animal clinics in your area.
- Be sure to visit Animal Control Facilities immediately, personally, and often!
Also provide the following details to your vet and vets in the surrounding area(s) where your pet was lost:
- Pet Species
- Date Lost/Found
- Breed(s)
- Color/Markings (including any distinguishing features)
- Gender
- Spay/Neuter Status
- Age
- Collar (color, type, & attached tags)
- Pet’s Name
- Microchipped?
- List any other forms of identification
- Any other information that would differentiate this pet from any others
- Contact Name for pet
- At least two contact phone numbers, including number type (i.e. cell, home, work)
- Area of Town and Zip Code where lost/found
- If lost, exactly where the pet was last seen & circumstances surrounding pets disappearance
Animal Control and/or Animal Shelters
Alabaster 205-664-6761
Bessemer 205-426-5586
Birmingham 205-591-6522
Calera 205-668-3500
Cleveland 205-625-6026
Columbiana 205-669-3916
Homewood 205-332-6842
Hoover 205-444-7760
Jasper 205-221-6294
Montevallo 205-665-2555
Mountain Brook 205-879-0486
Pelham 205-663-3901
Tuscaloosa 205-752-9101
Vestavia Hills 205-978-0151
County Animal Control Agencies
Blount County 205-625-6026
Jefferson County 205-591-6522
Saint Clair County 205-814-1567
Shelby County 205-669-8766
Tuscaloosa County 205-752-9101
Walker County 205-221-6294
Post online with
Friends of Cats and Dogs HERE
Alabama Pet Registry HERE
and The Greater Birmingham Humane Society HERE.
A helpful tip to keep in mind from GBHS.org
Warning! Sometimes unfriendly citizens use these types of websites to prey on people. GBHS urges you to use caution if you are contacted by someone claiming to have found your pet and asks you for a reward in exchange for the animal. This is a common con and should be reported to your local law enforcement.
