1. Click here to go to the lost and found page of pets911.com.  This is a great site that organizes lost and found pets
by zip code for easy searching.  You can post and search for lost and found pets IMMEDIATELY!!   (The Marion County
Humane Society forwards all pets911 postings from our area to our E-LERT community.  Click here to find out how to
become a member of our community.  You will receive lost and found reports so that you can watch your own
neighborhoods for lost pets.)

2. Place ads with all local radio and newspapers.  Visit or call (304-367-2500) the Times West Virginian and post a classified
ad.  Check out the lost and found section of the Times: Click here to go to the Times West Virginian Classifieds, then click on
"Lost and Found (040)"

3.  Make flyers to hand out in your neighborhood (or near the area where the pet was lost or found).  Placing them in
plastic page protectors keeps them readable for a longer time.  Ask permission to post your signs on neighbors' lampposts,
trees or in area commercial establishments.  Remember to post some signs at kids' eye level - sometimes they are more
aware of what is happening in the neighborhood than adults.  (Kids can make your flyers easily by clicking on
www.kindnews.org then click on "flyer maker" in the lower left hand corner.)  Include the following information on your
flyer: breed, sex, size of animal, length of hair, wearing a collar? what color?, fur color, where was the pet lost/found,your
contact information - phone number, email.  Include a picture of the pet if possible.

4.  DON'T GIVE UP TOO SOON!  We've had pets reunited with their families months after they were missing.  KEEP
ADVERTISING until your pet is found.  

5. Call the Marion County Humane Society (304-366-5391).  See if someone brought your lost animal to us or if they've
reported the animal you found missing.  You can also  see the animals at our shelter online by going to our page on
petfinder.com.

6. Call Animal Control and leave your description.   (694-1200 or 694-1300).  Watch the classifieds section of the Times
West Virginian where Animal Control lists animals they have picked up.  Check this column daily.  (Click here to go to the
Times West Virginian Classifieds, then click on "Lost and Found")  Animals who are not claimed may be put to sleep.  Make
an appointment to see their animals.  

7.  Visit local shelters frequently.  Click here for directions to the Marion County Humane Society.

8.  Call all local veterinarians to see if your pet has been injured.

(If you are reporting an animal you have found, consider leaving off an identifiable mark on the animal so that you can confirm that a caller is, in
fact, the owner and not someone trying to obtain an animal to use for inhumane purposes)
What can you do to help reunite lost pets and their
worried families?
Report your pet to Pets 911 here or see below:
The links below will redirect you to Pets911.  You will have to enter our URL in your address bar or use your back button
to return to the MCHS pages:
  • Remember to update your information with Pets911 every 90 DAYS!
The Marion County Humane Society, Fairmont, WV
P.O. Box 905, Fairmont WV
A No-Kill Shelter
The links below will redirect you to Pets911.  You will have to enter our URL in your address bar or use your back button
to return to the MCHS pages: