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 Pets
Dogs Finding Dogs…and Cats, Too!
This weekend, National Geographic Wild will be releasing a show called “Dogs Finding Dogs.” It features a group who offer a service of search dogs tracking the scent of lost dogs. As glad as I am to see a show about lost pet recovery on TV, there are an increasing number of groups training dogs to …
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 search for lost pets. During my early research into lost pet behaviors, it was …
MARN GIFT CERTIFICATES: The Perfect Gift
GIFT CERTIFICATES (the perfect gift that keeps giving!) Tired of searching for The Perfect Gift? How many of your gifts promptly found their place in the closet corner or deep in a drawer? It will never happen with our Missing Animal Response Network gift certificates! Give that animal …
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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 recovery …
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