Animal Services provides Lost and Found services to the public. If Lost and Found personnel are unavailable when you visit the shelter, the Front Desk personnel will be happy to assist you.

You may call 311 to report your lost dog.

In the unfortunate event that you do not find your dog before its rabies vaccination and / or County tag renewal, please close your pet's account.

If you lose your dog:

• Come to the shelter every day to see if your pet is here, as our shelter receives over 100 dogs and cats daily.  Dogs over 6 months of age are held for 5 days as per County Ordinance. Walk through the door on the east side of the lobby marked Adoptions and Lost and Found. Look through Rooms D, E, F, H, I, J, K and in the kennels behind those rooms.
• If you do not see your dog in any of these locations, ask an employee to escort you to the following restricted areas. It is very important that you look for your pet in these four areas daily:
  • B ward
  • C ward
  • Surgery Recovery (if dog has been missing more than 5 days)
  • West Wing (all of it)
• See pictures of pets on the bulletin board titled "Found" and "Stray Pets in Medical Foster Care" located in the lobby.
• If your pet is not at the shelter, ask the front counter personnel to show you the “daily deceased pet log.” (It’s difficult, but it will give you closure.)
• Check the shelter’s website for photos of your pet every day and register your pet's breed with Pet Harbor. 
  

If you lose your cat:

• Walk through the door on the east side of the lobby marked Adoptions and Lost and Found.
• Cats and kittens are in Rooms L, M and O.  Please look in these rooms.
• If you do not see your cat in either of these wards, ask an employee to escort you to the Cat Receiving area.
  

Please note there is a redemption fee for lost pets found by Animal Services. Review the fee schedule for applicable fees. Owners must bring their pet's rabies certificate to pick up their pet. If the rabies certificate is not available, the pet will not be released until the rabies shot is obtained.

Before leaving the shelter:

• Leave 3 'Lost Pet' color flyers with your contact information and the description and color photo of your lost pet with the Lost and Found office in the lobby. These will be placed throughout the shelter. Do not depend on the flyers. It is your responsibility to visit the shelter and website daily.  It is highly recommended that you search other lost and found websites, such as Craig's List, The Miami Heard Pet Classified sections, www.lostpets.com, www.pets911.com, www.dogdetective.com, www.petfinder.com/classifiedhop.html and more. Also, check all local animal shelters.
  

If you find a stray dog:

• Stray dogs can be brought to the Miami-Dade Animal Services Shelter, located at 7401 NW 74th Street, Miami, FL 33166. 
• To place a found pet ad, you may contact The Miami Herald Newspaper at 305-350-2222 or Fax: 305-995-8110. "Found Pet" ads are free. There is a fee to place Lost Pet ads.
•  Miami Herald Online - 305-376-5110 Visit www.herald.com or www.herald.com/classifieds. Click on Place an Ad, then click on Pets (Adoption/Sale) and finally select Total Online Package Basic. Online ads are free.
• El Nuevo Herald (Spanish Language) newspaper, call 305-350-2345.

This information is available in PDF format in Spanish and Creole for easy printing.