RESCUES cannot take a stray until the
required legal hold time has been fulfilled either with the finder or
the shelter - as the rescue would then not have legal ownership of the
dog. It is our responsibility to make sure that the owners have the
proper time to claim their animal, if in fact they are diligently
looking for it.
Can you hold the dog for a few days?
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Notify your local animal control officer and
local shelter. Be sure to file a FOUND report with both locations
and note the name of the person who took the report.
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Ask your animal control officer what steps you
must take to fulfill the legal requirements for stray dogs in your
township.
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Call your local newspaper and run a FOUND ad.
(Most papers will run a found ad for 3 days at no charge -- they
figure if you're honest enough to return something to the owner,
they can reward you with a free ad!) Keep a copy of the entire page
of the newspaper containing the ad, so you have proof of publication
and the date it was published.
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Take a picture of the dog and make up a one-page
flyer, posting it heavily in the area in which you found the dog.
Drop a copy of the flyer off to all the veterinarians in your area.
Ask your vet or shelter if they have a microchip scanner and see if
they would scan the dog for identification for you.
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If the dog isn't claimed,
read this
article on steps to take to find the dog a new home.
If you can't hold the dog for a few days
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Call your local animal control officer and have
the dog picked up and taken to the local shelter.
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Call your local newspaper and run a FOUND ad.
(Most papers will run a found ad for 3 days at no charge -- they
figure if you're honest enough to return something to the owner,
they can reward you with a free ad!) State in the ad that the dog
is at the local shelter!
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Take a picture of the dog and make up a one-page
flyer, posting it heavily in the area in which you found the dog.
Drop a copy of the flyer off to all the veterinarians in your area.
Possibly the dog is a client at that vet's office.
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Notify the closest rescue group and
tell them how old the dog is, how long he must be held at the
shelter, and give them the shelter's name and telephone number.
IF THEY HAVE ROOM AVAILABLE, they will contact the shelter and
arrange a "last resort" - that means if the dog doesn't get adopted,
the rescue will be called to pick up the dog before it is destroyed.
Bear in mind that rescues are, most times, full and can't always
take a dog.
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If you are not in our areas
surrounding Tennessee and New Jersey,
please
consult our
Rescue Locator Map
for
other beagle rescues in the U.S.
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