If you have found a pet you can:
Keep the pet and place a found report on our PetLynx AnimalTRACS™
Recovery System
Arrange to drop a dog or cat off at the appropriate
animal shelter, or;
Request that Animal Control officer from the appropriate
Municipality recover the dog or cat.
For concerns regarding stray or nuisance dogs
or cats in the Municipalities of:
The City of Greater Sudbury,
The Town of Espanola,
The Town of Massey,
or stray or nuisance dogs, in the Municipalities
of:
The Town of Nairn-Hyman,
The Township of Baldwin (McKerrow),
The Town of Webbwood,
The Town of Walford,
The Town of Spanish,
CALL:
(705) 673-DOGS (3647).
8:30 AM - 6 PM, 7 days a week*
*Closed on Statuatory Holidays!
If you have found a dog or cat in any of the Municipalities
above that you cannot care for you can call to arrange to drop it
off at the animal shelter during office hours or call to request
a pick up.
If you need the animal picked up it is best if
you call early in the day to make the arrangements. We ask that
you take steps to confine the dog or cat until the animal control
officer arrives, and that you immediately call the shelter in the
event the owners claim the animal or the animal is no longer in
your possession for whatever reason.
After Hours and Statuatory
Holidays:
For concerns regarding injured dogs or cats,
or situations where a dog or cat are a threat to public safety
in the municipalities listed above;
Call: (705) 673-DOGS (3647) and
press 1 for emergencies.
Lost and found reports may be placed anytime by anyone
on our PetLynx AnimalTRACS™ Recovery System.
 Click
here to place a found report
All stray dog or cats bought to the
shelter, or recovered by our Animal Control Officers regardless
of their condition are entered into the PetLynx AnimalTRACS™
Recovery System as soon as possible, if not before, their recovery.
Click
here to place a lost animal report
For stray or nuisance dogs in other Municipalities:
Markstay-Warren, call: (705) 853-4536,
French River; call: (705) 898-2294,
Parry Sound; call: (705) 746-2413.
For other municipalities consult the BLUE PAGES
in your local telephone directory!
Concerns about stray or nuisance dogs in unorganized
areas may be addressed by
the Ontario Provincial Police
Click here
for the OPP's web site
1-888-310-1122
1-888-310-1133 (TTY)
Concerns about stray dogs or cats in unorganized
areas may be addressed by the Ontario Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Lost and found reports for these areas may be placed
anytime by anyone on our PetLynx AnimalTRACS™ Recovery System.
Click
here to place a found report
Click
here to place a lost animal report
If you have found a pet and are prepared to care for it there are
a few things you should know:
If a person finds an animal and in good faith
keeps the animal until the owners come forward, you must contact
the authorities in your area to report finding the animal.
Click
here to place a found report
Animal Control is a municipal responsibility,
so if your Municipality is not listed above, consult the blue pages
in your local telephone directory.
If you are ultimately willing provide the animal
with a good home, there is no offence in possessing the animal,
and you become the owners by the fact that you possess it.
However if the rightful owner
ever comes forward they could compel you to relinquish the pet,
assuming it could be proven they are the rightful owners.
Remember as the owners or possessors of any animal
you are responsible for it. This means you can be held
liable if it damages persons or property, and found negligent if
you fail to provide proper care, including veterinary attention
when required.
While you may be able to recover expenses from
an owner if one ever comes forward, there are no legal protections
for this. Most animal control agencies (including this one) can
only provide care for animals in their possession.
Once you decide to keep the pet and you are satisfied
that no one is looking for it you should have the animal spayed
or neutered and the law requires that you register the pet with
your municipality and bring it to a veterinarian for a rabies vaccination.
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