LOST PET:
The Beatrice Humane Society provides stray intake services for Beatrice and Gage County. If your pet has gone missing, we're here to help you return Fido or Fluffy to your family. Call or come by the shelter to file a lost pet report (bring a photo if you have it) or walk through and search animals recently brought to BHS.
All Stray Dogs are scanned for a microchip and posted as found on our Beatrice Humane Society Facebook Page. If not reclaimed within 72 hours, they are re-scanned for a microchip and prepared for adoption including medical and behavioral assessments, spay and neuter surgeries, etc. At that point they are listed on our website as available for adoption.
All Stray Cats are scanned for a microchip and complete a 72 hour stray hold during which owners can walk through our stray kennels to identify their pet. If not reclaimed within 72 hours, they are re-scanned for a microchip and prepared for adoption including medical and behavioral assessments, spay and neuter surgeries, etc. At that point they are listed on our website as available for adoption.
How to make sure your pet gets home once it is lost:
Contact all shelters and rescues in your area and file a lost report (shelter@beatricehumanesociety.org (402)228-9100). Visit those shelters, as sometimes colors, breeds and genders are wrong, collars and tags go missing, and animals travel long distances before being found. Our recommendation is to keep rechecking with our organization every 3 days until your pet is found as that is our stray hold period as required by the city of Beatrice and Gage county.
Update information on your microchip by calling the microchip company, update information with your veterinarian and the county if the information with the license is outdated.
Spread the word! File a report with Petco Love Lost! Their database uses facial recognition technology to help reunite found pets with their owners. You can share the Lost Pet profile to your local social media pages. Petco Love Lost also gives you the ability to make flyers to post too.
Create a flier with your contact information, a recent photo of your pet, the last known location and any possible leads on directions that they were headed, any important medical information and anything else that can distinguish your pet. Deliver copies of those fliers to your neighbors, gas stations, vet clinics, post office delivery employees, food delivery people, and local animal shelters. If you're able to, (check your local laws) post fliers on light posts at frequent intersections, dog parks, and near walking trails.
Create a social media post with the same info as the flier and share it far and wide, using community sale groups (including Beatrice Neighborhood Watch and other community watch pages), asking local vets, shelters and animal establishments to share your post and generally making sure you are reaching as many people as possible.
If you're missing an indoor cat, leave the door or window that they escaped out of open, they often sneak back in at night and when things are quiet. leave clothing that smells like you outside. Check any hiding places, basements, garages, sheds, bushes, window wells, etc, they are likely hunkered down hiding if it was recent that they got out.
Outdoor or Indoor/Outdoor Cats: If your cat is an outdoor or indoor/outdoor cat, you still should still follow the recommendations listed above, however you should expand your search radius to at least several miles from where it went missing. Typically they don't come home because they are unable to due to possible injury or being trapped.
Don't wait! Don't assume he/she has been stolen! Most lost dogs are able to be recovered within a mile of home inside the first 24 hours.
Keep looking, most pets are found quickly after being reported as missing, but some can be reunited weeks or months later if these steps are followed.
