Lost & Found Pets

An appointment is required to turn in every lost pet brought to The Animal Foundation.

​​​​​​​If you find a lost pet, please hold onto the animal and look for the owner before bringing them to the shelter.

To reclaim your lost pet at The Animal Foundation, come to the shelter immediately. No appointment is necessary.

Schedule an Appointment

Lost a pet? 

• What to Do if You've Lost a Dog
• What to Do if You've Lost a Cat

Found a pet? 

• What to Do if You've Found a Dog
• What to Do if You've Found a Kitten or Cat

Lost and stray pets picked up by City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, or Clark County Animal Protection Services are brought to The Animal Foundation’s Lied Animal Shelter. The Animal Foundation also accepts stray and lost pets brought in by members of the community. If you have lost a pet in the City of Henderson, please contact the Henderson Animal Shelter.

If you lose your pet, visit our Lost & Found online database immediately. Our website is updated regularly. If you see your pet on our website, please come to the shelter immediately to reclaim your animal.

Didn’t find your pet online? To increase your chances of finding your pet, register your lost animal immediately with both Petco Love Lost and PetHarbor.

Register Your Lost Pet Using the Petco Love Lost App

Did you know 1 in 3 pets will go missing in their lifetime? We're partnering with Petco Love Lost to help pets reunite with their families. Petco Love Lost is a free, easy-to-use national resource, using patented pet facial recognition technology to make it easier than ever to find possible matches for lost and found pets. Join us, and let's unite to reunite at petcolovelost.org

Register Your Lost Pet at PetHarbor

You’ll receive a daily email when pets fitting your animal’s description are registered as “found” by members of the community. Please continue to check the Lost and Found section of our website daily as well.

Register a Found Pet

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What You Need to Know About the 72-Hour Legal Hold

Lost pets brought to The Animal Foundation are under the jurisdiction of City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas, or Clark County Animal Protection Services for 72 hours, then the animals are released to The Animal Foundation for adoption.

This means lost pets are held for 72 hours, unless claimed sooner by their owners.

Owners of pets with identification will be contacted via phone and/or email. After the 72-hour hold, animals will be evaluated and may no longer be available to reclaim.

Stray cats with no identification brought to The Animal Foundation from the jurisdictions of the City of Las Vegas and Clark County are exempt from the 72-hour legal hold and may be evaluated for adoption upon intake. In most cases, community cats are also excluded from the legal hold requirement and may be evaluated immediately.

Claiming Your Lost Pet

Our Lost and Found department is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am - 7 pm. To claim your lost pet at The Animal Foundation, come to the shelter immediately. You must bring:

*If your pet’s rabies vaccination is not current, we will administer the vaccination and you will be charged upon departure.

**All jurisdictions (City of Las Vegas, City of North Las Vegas and Clark County) enforce a mandatory spay/neuter ordinance. All animals at the shelter will be spayed/neutered before departure unless you provide a current and valid breeders and fanciers license upon reclamation.

Reclamation Fees

Each jurisdiction requires residents to pay impound fees for lost animals housed at our Las Vegas animal shelter during their stay. Fees are set and charged by each jurisdiction, not The Animal Foundation (Determine your jurisdiction). 

Fees listed above apply to canine and feline reclamation only. For information on claiming other animals, please email our Lost & Found department at lostandfound@animalfoundation.com.

You can contact your jurisdiction’s Animal Protection Services office at the number below: