Kern County Animal Services officials (Bakersfield, California) and the consumer group Better Business Bureau (BBB) say ...

Posting on social media is a great way to alert a wide range of people about a lost pet. Unfortunately, that same publicity can put you at risk for scams. Con artists comb social posts to find targets ...

My dog died on a Wednesday. I came home from work, and the house was the same—keys on the hook, shoes by the door, mail on the counter—but the silence was different. No tags jingling. No paws on the ...

The Fourth of July might be your favorite summer holiday, but for dogs, it's often the scariest night of the year. Across the country, shelters see a huge uptick in lost pets between July 4 and July 6 ...

(MIRROR INDY) — In the past eight months, people surrendered over 1,200 pets to the city’s animal shelter. Indianapolis Animal Care Services, IndyHumane and other animal welfare organizations want to ...

Petco Love Lost describes itself as a free national database that uses photo-matching to search thousands of shelter listings and community reports for possible matches. According to Petco Love Lost, ...

Losing a beloved pet can be just as emotionally devastating as losing a human loved one — and for some people, the grief can become clinically significant. In a new study published in PLOS One on ...

A lost pet is something every pet owner fears. Some pets are escape artists, bolting out the door every chance they get. Others let their curiosity get the best of them and wander out into the world ...

That’s a common refrain in my household because our two felines, Maple and Juniper, can venture outside through a flap in the backdoor. Like many other London house cats, they’re free to come and go, ...