Tips for Advertising a Lost Pet
- Never put your pet’s name in the ad – that will give an unscrupulous person control
over your pet. It’s also recommended that you not put your pet’s name on his or
her ID tag for the same reason.
- Put only a partial description of your pet in the ad, so you can have callers describe
your pet to you over the phone. A scam artist will not be able to describe your
pet to you.
- For your safety, don’t put your home address in the ad. Just list your street or
the vicinity in which your pet was lost.
Additional Resources
You can post a free Internet lost/found ad or search for an animal's owner in the
Triad at Lassie Come Home
NC. The site has a "Lost Pet" poster you can download that enables you to
make flyers and posters of your own. You can phone in a lost or found pet ad to
Lassie Come Home at (336) 789-7900.
You can also place a found animal ad in the Winston-Salem Journal classifieds. Call
(336) 727-7462 to speak to a Journal Representative.