Missouri Lost & Found Paws was founded on August 31, 2011. In October 2011, Tina and I were celebrating 250 members in our Greater St Louis Missouri Lost & Found Paws group. As I compiled our 2019 accomplishments this evening, I became overcome with emotions. Tina Roe, I cannot even begin to tell you how…
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Congratulations Calverton Park Police Department
When momentum starts to build, so does the excitement! In 2018, Missouri Lost & Found Paws started reaching out proactively to police departments in the St Louis metro area. We identified police departments who were posting found pets to their Facebook page. Our thought was that if these departments were willing to do such a…
Congratulations Brentwood Police Department
When momentum starts to build, so does the excitement! In 2018, Missouri Lost & Found Paws started reaching out proactively to police departments in the St Louis metro area. We identified police departments who were posting found pets to their Facebook page. Our thought was that if these departments were willing to do such a…
Safety first and foremost
Our Missouri Lost & Found Paws team wants to remind you to always leverage the Safe Zone meeting spots located throughout our communities. These are great places to meet up with strangers, people you don’t know otherwise. With emotions that can run high when one has a lost pet, or one is about to meet…
How to get a still image of an active pet
We at Missouri Lost & Found Paws want to share a tip that we have found helpful with our own pets. Let’s face it, some pets are movers and shakers. They have places to go, people to see. Naturally when we try to snap a photo, they often want to keep things moving. Try using…
Sometimes, you are placed in the right place at the right time
I took this afternoon off from work as I have a busy weekend ahead. Just as I left work, a friend called to tell me about a very healthy looking cat who was deceased in St Peter’s off of McClay, between Jungerman and Hackman. I told her I would head there on my way home…
Don’t. Just don’t.
As many of you know, our team posts lost and found pets that have been sent to our statewide page, Missouri Lost & Found Paws, via private message, via our personal accounts, emails, nextdoor.com, text etc. On a number of occasions we have received follow up inquiries asking whether has found its home. Sadly we…
Social Media Etiquette
We at Missouri Lost & Found Paws would like to remind our followers of a few things. 🐾Social media is a powerful tool which has served us well to help pets and owners. 🐾Some people stay connected to social media all day long. This is typically because their lifestyle accomodates this. For some, when they…
How many do you have?
As a pet owner, we do our best to be at home when the weather turns for the worse. But what about the situations when something unexpected happens? Help first responders by letting them know you have pets in the home. Here is a FREE tool from the ASPCA to help let people know about…
A Missouri Lost & Found Paws Fiesta
Come on out to La Chata on June 29th between 5 and 9 pm. You will start your evening out with enjoying authentic Mexican cuisine. La Chata is donating proceeds from every sale (including liquor sales) to Missouri Lost & Found Paws. Enjoy your dinner while listening to beautiful medleys live on the piano. Enjoy…
Fifth Annual Awareness Campaign
Fourth of July is fast approaching quickly. Did you know that this holiday leads to one of the biggest rises in lost pets every year? The sound of firecrackers can be startling! Starting at the end of June, Missouri Lost & Found Paws, and all of its regional groups will begin seeing a serious uptick…
Smudge is home after six months!
The bond with a pet is very special. Pet owners often feel shattered when their pet goes missing. We would like to share another special reunion from this week. Smudge had captured the heart of his mom. He was decompressing in her quarantine room when some of the feral kitties she takes care of decided…