Lost Cat Tip - In a 2009 preliminary study of cats specifically panicked by fireworks, 90% of the cats were located within a 1 block radius of their homes (most were hiding on neighbor's property). In the 2017 Missing Cat Study (posted on MARN's web site), of the 1,200 missing cats that were lost …
Lost Pet Behaviors
Missing Cat Study
WHY THE MISSING CAT STUDY WAS DEVELOPED "By MARN Director Kat Albrecht" My background in search-and-rescue work began in 1989 when I set out to train my dog to find lost people and ultimately switched over (in 1997) to searching for lost pets. During my early research into lost pet behaviors, it …
Kitty Litter Myth
Many web sites (and even some pet detectives) recommend that if your cat is lost that you spread cat litter, cat feces, or scent articles of the cat owner around the home that the cat is missing from. The concept is that your cat ran away or is out of the area and by putting something with your …
Paper Collars: IS THIS YOUR COMMUNITY CAT?
I love a good mystery. And when one of my (Missing Animal Response) students told me that a super friendly cat had showed up repeatedly outside his apartment and asked me what he should do, I suggested a paper collar. My student already knew that we did NOT recommend taking the cat to the …
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To REWARD or NOT to reward…That is the Question
I can't believe that it has been 3 years since I've blogged. My absence has not been due to a lack of lost pet recovery content but rather due to a lack of TIME. However, the explosion in Facebook lost pet recovery teams as well as increased interest by animal shelters to develop lost pet …
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Lost Pet Recovery Training
Here are 5 reasons why anyone involved with dogs or cats should be trained in Lost Pet Recovery: 1. Each year, millions of dogs and cats become lost. Knowing what to do should a dog or cat escape could mean the difference between life and death for that animal. 2. The only thing worse that …
Grace for Gracie
Catching a skittish, displaced cat is usually a straightforward operation. After several days, an indoor-only cat that has escaped outside will typically be hungry enough to enter a humane trap baited with yummy cat food. But once in a while, a cat comes along who simply will not show interest in …
