L.O.S.T Animal Companions

Help Us Find L.O.S.T. Animals

If you've ever lost your companion animal, even for a short time, you know how frightening it can be. The Wisconsin Humane Society has launched L.O.S.T. (Locate Our Stray Today) as a service for those who have lost animals and for people who want to help animals to find their way home.
L.O.S.T. is a web-based neighborhood animal watch program designed to bring neighbors together to reunite animals with their families as quickly as possible.

If you live in the Milwaukee Metro area, we would like to invite you to volunteer to be on the lookout for lost animals in your area. Click here to join your neighborhood watch.

To see a listing of animals that are lost and listed on our service, click here . If you find one of the animals in our alert service, we ask that you contain the animal and email us at lost@wihumane.org immediately, so we can contact the owner.

Find Your L.O.S.T. Animal

If you have lost your companion animal, click here to complete a L.O.S.T.
report. There is no fee for this service.

When an animal is lost, the Wisconsin Humane Society will send an alert, within 24 hours, to anyone in your area who has signed up to participate in the L.O.S.T. program.

This service does not take the place of reporting and looking for your animal at your local animal control facility. They are the experts and in most communities they have trained personnel and vehicles to pick up and keep your animal safe.

In Milwaukee County, be sure to report that your animal is missing to Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control as soon as possible. MADACC is responsible for picking up and holding stray animals. Visiting their facility is the best way to find out if your animal is there. They are located at 3839 W. Burnham Street in West Milwaukee. You can also go to their website at www.madacc.com or call them at 414-649-8640.

In Ozaukee County, call the Ozaukee Humane Society at 262-377-7580 or email info@ozaukeehumane.org to report that your animal is missing. To see a list of lost and stray animals staying at the Ozaukee Humane Society, click here.

In Waukesha County, the Humane Animal Welfare Society and Elmbrook Humane Society takes in strays depending on location. Click on their names to visit their website for more information.

In Washington County, the Washington County Humane Society works with stray animals.

Racine County residents should contact Countryside Humane Society to report their animal missing.

For other city and county humane services, go to Petfinder.com to look for an agency in your community.

There are things that you can do right away to improve your chances of finding your animal. For information on what you can do NOW to find your lost companion animal, click here.