Welcome

One of the biggest problems in pet rescue is the correct identification of animals and where they were found. Pets can travel long distances before being found, complicating the search being undertaken by an already upset owner. It is also possible that a missing pet will be picked up by a well meaning passer-by and taken to another area, again making the owners search difficult as their pet may not be in the local pound, but in one further afield.

DogLost.com.au has been created to assist lost and found pets all over Australia to be reunited with their fretting owners. The website is run by volunteers who have devoted their time and energy to bring to you a complete service for searching for, listing, and hopefully locating your lost or found pet. 

We do stress that this service should not replace conventional searching methods, rather it should be used as an additional option for locating your lost pet, or for locating the home of a pet you've found.

It is essential, if you have lost a pet that you still contact and visit as many dog pounds as you can during your search. Pound staff are human, and do sometimes incorrectly identify dogs, so please don’t just phone pounds - visit them in person to see if you can identify your pet as part of your search routine.

If you have found a pet, we stress that you must report this to your local pound - it will assist the fretting owner in their search, but please also list the pet you found in our database, including the details of the pound the missing pet has been taken to.

In the future we hope to have pounds and rescue organisations using this database to list strays that are handed in or picked up by authorities, making it that little bit easier to search and find for your lost friends.