Address
561 The City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868 Map
Animal Control
Services 24/7
Call Center Hours
8:00am-5:00pm daily
(714) 935-6848
(949) 249-5160 5:00pm-8:00am nightly
(714) 935-7158
Animal Care Center Hours
10am-5pm Daily
10am-7pm Wed
(closed holidays)
Care Center Front Gate
Receiving hours 7am-11pm
Stray animals accepted
Owner surrender animals accepted
Animals redeemed with current license
Search
your property and neighborhood thoroughly.
Cats and small dogs can get into tiny spaces. Look
behind, under, and inside your appliances and
furniture. Check your roof, attic and trees for cats.
Leave a written description of your lost pet and your
phone number with neighbors, your local postman,
paperboy, parents waiting at school bus stops, and
school crossing guards.
Call local veterinarian offices and visit all
local Animal
Control, humane societies, and animal shelters,
in your area.
Find out if any animal that resembles your pet was
injured and brought in for treatment, if so visit
the office in person. Leave a picture of your pet
and your phone number at every office and shelter.
Check the shelters every day or two, in person.
Post flyers in the vicinity of where your pet
was lost.
Post at as many local businesses as possible.
Include a picture or description of your pet and
your telephone number. Withhold some distinctive
characteristics. It may be necessary to verify if
someone has actually found your pet. DON'T INCLUDE
YOUR NAME OR ADDRESS ON THE FLYER! Finally, if
offering a reward, don't state the amount.
Place an ad in your local newspaper including
the Sunday edition. It's also a good idea to place
ads in mass mailer type of publications that you may
have in your area.
Check the newspaper "found" ads daily.
Also check regularly in any other local
publications.
Find out if your pet has been a casualty on the
road.
This is a sorrowful but necessary task. Call around
and find out which agency retrieves dead animals
from the roadside in your area. Ask if they have
found your pet's body.
Words of warning:
NEVER respond to a "found" pet contact
alone. Take someone with you and arrange to meet in
a public place. Don't invite the person to your home.
Be on the alert for money scams. Use the identifying
information you have withheld about your pet. If the
person who claims to have found your pet cannot
describe these features to you, it's possible they
don't have your pet!
Don't give up!
Pets have been known to find their way back home
after being lost for several months.
Common-sense tips to protect your pets:
Fence your yard and check it regularly for
escape routes. For the safety of both your pet
and visitors (wanted or unwanted), keep yard
gates locked.
Leash your pets at all times and don't
allow them to roam.
Keep a collar on your pet that has an ID and
CURRENT rabies tag.
Transport your pet in a carrier. Never take
your pet to the Vet or anywhere unless it is
secured.
Consider a microchip implant. Chips are a
positive and reliable identification for your
pet. Most modern shelters scan pets for the
device.
Get some good photos of your pet.
Both males and females will be less likely to
wander if they are spayed or neutered. An added
benefit is that they will live a longer,
happier, healthier life.
