Lost & Found

Animals that have arrived at our shelter as lost or stray animals appear under the 'Found Pets' section of our website. The Lost and Found pages also include lost and found reports from members of the public. When searching for your lost pet, please ensure that you call RSPCA ACT on 1300 4 77722 as well as searching our website.

RSPCA's lost and found service is provided free of charge to the ACT community.  Please help us keep this service free by clicking here to donate.

Remember, the more details you can provide us about a lost or found animal, the greater the chance we can reunite a family with their missing pet.

If you are looking for a lost animal, or would like to report a found animal, please;

Some tips on looking for a lost pet:

  • Do a thorough search of your property and surrounding neighbourhood.
  • Check with your neighbours and people that you see walking in your area. Sometimes animals can accidently be locked inside a neighbouring house, garage or garden shed.
  • Create a 'Lost' poster to display on community noticeboards in your area.
  • Distribute 'Lost' flyers to letter boxes in your neighbourhood .
  • Ring veterinary clinics, starting with your local area and work outwards.
  • When lodging a lost report, provide as much information about your pet as possible, such as: the area that your pet went missing, the breed and colour of your pet, its age, any distinguising features, whether it was wearing a collar and/or I.D. and contact numbers and names should the animal be found.
  • Advertise your pet as lost in newspapers and online. Don't forget to check 'found' reports.
  • View this checklist for searching for a lost animal
  • Click here to see an example of a 'Lost' poster
  • Please remove all posters from public property and inform all others that were aware of the search after the animal has been found, or after a reasonable amount of time has passed.

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