Every day pets go missing …. in an instant and unexpectedly. The numbers are staggering.
Some are lost, others stolen. If the owner and pet are lucky, they are reunited quickly. Others may take days, months or even years. Sadly, the fate of some may never be known.
If you are fortunate enough not to know first-hand how easily it can happen, or how frantic and heartbreaking it can be to find a lost pet, your involvement in U2R will not only assist others in need … it will work to build a strong and interactive community that can be “at the ready” to assist you or loved ones should there ever be a need.
How do they go missing?
Despite owner vigilance, it can happen in an instant. A gate left or blown open, a dog “spooked” during a walk and able to pull loose, a cat sneaking out a door left ajar. Some go missing while traveling with their owner and have the misfortune of being in an accident where they find themselves catapulted loose. And, we know well about those that are tragically separated as a result of emergency evacuations and the like. No owner who has lost a pet is likely to tell you they expected it would happen.
What can happen to them?
They can end up at the local shelter, a State away, or across the country! Some may never have the chance to be reunited as they are rehomed by their finders, sometimes thinking they are doing the right thing. Yet the efforts to assist are diverse and disconnected.
Improving the odds
U2R is ready to serve as a “community of efforts to help reunite lost pets”!
What if YOUR pet, was found wandering …
assumed to be a stray?
What are the chances you would be reunited?
We’re working to improve the odds … together!
But we need your help to grow a connected community by joining Unite 2 Reunite (U2R).
(Yes cats too! In fact, because so many of them are NOT microchipped or tagged they are less likely to get reunited. Plus with so many feral cat colonies, making it harder to discern a cat that is a pet from a feral.)
WE NEED YOUR HELP
More CAN be done to increase reunions of lost pets with their owners, from individuals who find stray pets doing all they can to locate the owner to improving Return to Owners rates in shelters.
If you’ve never lost your pet, or don’t think it could ever happen, learn more about how quickly it can happen. Check out our blog and other resources we provide to gain insight which we hope will encourage you to join our initiative.
The Power and Value of the U2R Community
Working to overcome the “bucket effect”
Much like when a centralized effort for missing children was founded, we can only do justice to lost pets by doing our share, but doing it in an integrated manner. Some strides have been made with new platforms, yet one solely integrated platform still does not exist. We still need the POWER OF ONE.
Lost Dogs of America has an all volunteer and dedicated team of “Matchmakers” monitoring posts trying to “make a match” of lost and found pets, and providing one central database, along with a valuable and free volunteer-based “dead-end” microchip research service.
Expanding the vision further … with U2R!
By creating our U2R community, we are looking to create an atmosphere of collaboration and embracing our shared desire to help reunite more lost pets.
Not replacing great local efforts.
We recognize and applaud the fantastic local lost and found facebook pages and efforts are still invaluable. However, posting, sharing, and growing HeLPingLostPets.com is essential. HeLP is created by someone from the rescue community who is dedicated to provide this central registry nationwide, that goes beyond individual posts, provides filtered searches over the long term, and offers a volunteer “Matchmakers” network behind-the-scenes searching for matches ALL FOR FREE.
Check out our Q & A page, or get started below to join us.
Do Your Share to help reunite lost pets … Join the U2R community.
JOIN NOW!
Proud Partner – Pet Related Businesses
Non-Profits, Rescues,
Lost Pet Related Organizations & Efforts:
We’d love to have you join us too!
Email us so we can discuss the best ways we can do so!
All members are vital to the success of Unite 2 Reunite.
The U2R community initiative will galvanize companies, efforts, and individuals to support those pet owners who need and deserve a UNITED effort.
We believe that while all efforts serve an important role, that coordinating with a free and national database with the fervent vision of integrating ALL lost and found pets, from shelters, rescues, and individuals can we counter what we call the “bucket effect”.
A huge SHOUT OUT to the scores of volunteers who dedicate themselves everyday to reunite lost pets with their owners. We hope you will consider collaborating as well!
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US as we work to build a vibrant community that works collaboratively and that UNITE 2 REUNITE!
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