This page contains links to 2 files that show details from our lost and found register. Just click here to
open or download the file on lost cats and here to open or download the file on found cats.
For queries on lost & found matters, please call Gina Lomac on 01702 202222.
Guidance on what to do if you lose or find a cat is shown below.
Lost & Found
What to do if your cat goes missing
w Check the house thoroughly – they can sometimes hide very cleverly.
w Put up posters in a circle with your home as the centre. Ask people to check sheds and garages.
w After a while, enlarge the circle.
w Phone all the local vets as they all hold a lost and found register.
w Phone Cory Environmental – they keep a note of cats brought in dead. Please note
that Cory Environmental scan cats collected after road traffic accidents, and if a
micro-chip is found, the council will try to contact the owner.
w Go out at dusk or dawn to call – that is when they are most likely to be out.
w If you live near a school, put a poster up there - children like to look out for cats.
w If you live near the railway line, ask at the nearest stations.
w If you have recently moved, put posters up around your old home and ask your previous neighbours to
keep an eye out for it. Cats often get confused when they go out
What to do if you find a cat
w Does it look thin or starving? If so, give it some food and phone the lost and found register and the
local vets. You could also take it to the vet and ask them to scan it for a microchip.
w Does it look ill? Take it to the local vet and ask them to scan it and treat it. Explain it is not your cat.
w If it looks healthy and is not very thin - Do not feed it – it will probably go home.
w If it hangs around, you can put a collar on it with a note on and that way you can ask if it someone’s
cat. You can put your address or phone number and ask them to confirm with you that it is not lost.
Keep an eye on it and see if it deteriorates – if so, it has probably got lost.
w Many cats go off exploring and most can find their way home again. Do not find a cat before it is lost.
