Athens County Dog Shelter, located on Route 13 in Chauncey, 740.593.5415. Please do not email, call or go to the shelter.
Pooch Patrol (for cats too): Listen at 2:20 am to 970 WATH, Call 593-6651 to get your pet posted. http://www.wxtq.com/
Athens Messenger: Call 740-592-6612, extension 231 or 233
Athens News: email: classified@athensnews.com, fax 592-5695 or call 594-8219
The Post: email postadvertising@ohiou.edu or Call 593-4010
The Athens County Humane Society: info@athenshumane.org or call the voicemail at 740.592.6047
Lost Pets
If you have lost a pet - post flyers all around your area (cats can cover a 2 mile radius easily, they are very effective and talk to your neighbors. Photos are important. Use few words and make phone number large so drivers can see it. Use gallon plastic bags to seal flyer if it's rainy weather. Please remove flyers once your pet is found.
Put something outside your door that smells like you, like a t-shirt you have worn; their sense of smell is strong and they may pick up your scent to lead them home.
For cats: place litter box outside door - the smell may attract them.
Give a flyer to your mail carrier and ask him/her to keep a look out for you.
Immediately call (not email) the Dog Shelter to report him missing. Ask them to call you, if a dog OR CAT of your description is brought in, remember to leave your phone numbers.
You should contact all of the vets in Athens County. Give them your phone number & tell them to call you, if a pet of your description is brought in as an injured stray. Someone in your neighborhood could use a vet in Albany or some other area nearby; so include vets you may not be familiar with.
For cats: Go out walking and calling once it gets quiet (e.g., 10:00 p.m. to 2 a.m.). Take a few steps, call, stand still & listen for him to answer, repeat these steps while walking in a spiraled out pattern from your house.
Found Pets
Do not offer information about the following either in postings or to callers;
Collar or lack of collar
Color of collar
If the pet has been neutered or not
Any distinguishing markings
Make sure to have callers give the above identifying information about the pet before allowing them to see/claim the pet.
Post flyers of pet's face (w/o distinguishing markings) with "found" and your phone number in large print at stop signs, dog parks etc. Please remember to remove them once the pet is reclaimed.
If, over time, you think the pet you have found has been abandoned
• This link offers good resources/information for trying to find the pet new home: http://www.petrescue.com/library.htm
I lost the bag in the street, in route while driving from Putnam Hall to Stimpson Avenue. My bet is that the bag was at the corner of Stewart Street and Mill, or Mill and Palmer St.
Please, if anyone found it, I would appreciate a call, or that you bring it back to the library, as they are informed.