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MEDIA STATEMENT - DATE: 7/08/2006

Lost pets find home with help of new website

Lost pooches and pets will have a better chance of being reunited with their owners with the launch of a new national website this week.

The website, DogLost.com.au, has been set up to encourage pounds to cross-check animals to reduce the staggering number of beloved pets that are put down each day.

Pet owners from all areas of Australia can list a lost or found pet on the website, using DogLost as a complementary method for reuniting pets with their owners.

DogLost.com.au founder Kylie Mervin says the volunteer-run website will be an easy-to-access resource for both the public and rescue groups.

“This is the first Australian database created where people can list and search for their pet by council/shire” Ms Mervin said.

Ms Mervin hopes to get all pounds and rescue groups using the database by the end of the year.

For further information go to www.doglost.com.au