LOST AND FOUND SERVICE OVERVIEW :

Let prevention come first! We want to care and protect our pets. That's why it's important to keep a collar and identification tags with your name, a local contact number, and an out-of-town friend's or relative's number on your dog or cat at all times.

However, if your pet becomes lost and you live within the greater Carthage and surrounding county areas you can call, email, or visit the CHS shelter to see if your pet has been brought in by a helpful neighbor or Animal Control Officer.

•  Phone: 417-358-6402

•  Shelter Manager Email: humane@suddenlinkmail.com

•  Shelter Address: 13860 Dog Kennel Lane , Carthage, MO 64836

Microchip Technology

Another way to help prevent such loss is using a new technology that offers another tool to help reunite lost pets and their people.

Microchips can be implanted just under the skin of dogs and cats. Veterinary, animal control, animal shelter, and local humane society professionals can then use handheld scanners-just like those used in market checkout lines-to "read" the chips implanted in animals found wandering unsupervised. The microchip provides a unique code for the pet that can then be matched against an identification database. Microchips are made to work throughout the lifetime of a pet-a chip typically lasts at least 25 years. They don't ever need replacing and can't be lost. For more information on microchipping and many other ways to protect your pet, visit www.petsforlife.org .