Lost or Found an Animal?
Please get your pet microchipped, register the chip and keep your details up to date.Microchipping is the best way to ensure you can be reunited with your missing pet.
If you have LOST your cat, contact the following:
- Register them as missing on sites such as AnimalSearchUK, PetsLocated, National Pet Register, PawBoost
- Battersea Cats and Dogs Home
- Your microchip company so they can flag your pet as missing
- Cats protection
- Your local vets
- Neighbours, postman, milkman etc
- Other local rescues
- Put posters up in your local area - this really does help!
- Spread the contents of your cats litter tray, and/or your hoover bag around the garden as they may pick up their scent from far away
- Email a photo and details to us and we’ll share them on our social media sites (rehoming@rspcawimbledonandsutton.org.uk)
- Place an ad on local community forums such as NextDoor
If you have FOUND an injured stray cat:
- Call our National cruelty line on 0300 1234 999
- If possible, take to your nearest vet or animal hospital
If you have FOUND a healthy stray cat:
- We are inundated with calls for help with healthy stray cats. These cats are not always strays and take up valuable resources and space in our animal centers when with some effort, they could be returned home or ferals left in situ. This link will explain things in more detail
- Please consider the need for our assistance first before contacting us, we have to prioritise those most in need
- If you would like help neutering a healthy stray cat, please see the C4 neutering scheme website for more details
Lost or found a dog?
If you have lost your pet we hope the following contact list of people and organisations will help you get reunited with your pet.
Please get your pet microchipped & keep your chip details up to date. Since 2016 it is now compulsary for your dog to be microchipped.
If you have LOST your dog, contact the following:
- Register them as missing on AnimalSearchUK, PetsLocated, National Pet Register, PawBoost
- Your local council / dog warden as they are responsible for stray dogs (Wandsworth) or (Merton) or (Sutton)
- Put posters up in your local area - this really does help!
- Battersea Cats and Dogs Home
- Your microchip company so they can flag your pet as missing
- Your local vets
- Neighbours, postman, milkman etc
- Email a photo & details to us & we'll share them on our social media sites (rehoming@rspcawimbledonandsutton.org.uk)
If you have FOUND a healthy stray dog:
- Contact your local council / dog warden as they are responsible for stray dogs (Wandsworth) or (Merton)
- Contact your local police
If you have FOUND an injured stray dog:
Unfortunately, we don't have enough resources to pick up healthy strays unless it's an emergency. Your councils dog warden must be contacted. Please see our advice page on handling a stray dog.
- Call our National Cruelty Line on 0300 1234 999
- If possible, take to your nearest vet or animal hospital
Lost or found another animal?
If you find an animal other than a cat or dog, see the advice pages on the main website for further advice.