Suffolk County announces new Misplaced Pet Network to reunite proprietors with missing animals

CENTRAL ISLIP, Suffolk County (WABC) — Suffolk County introduced a new Misplaced Pet Community Tuesday in an hard work to reunite proprietors with their beloved lacking animals.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, Jr., was joined by City of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter and Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross to announce the new system.

It will provide taking part homeowners with a printed pet identification card and enrolled pets will be added to a databases made to aid rapidly locate lacking animals.

“As Suffolk County Sheriff, my precedence is retaining citizens harmless, and that extends to the 4-legged customers of our communities,” Toulon stated. “The Sheriff’s Dropped Pet Network will support Deputy Sheriffs and other municipal partners swiftly and safely and securely identify residents’ missing animals by utilizing an ID-pushed database. I glimpse forward to embarking on this new plan that will ideally return extra pet dogs and cats back to their loving households.”

The American Humane Modern society estimates that each yr, about 10 million pets are missing in the United States, and tragically, only 15 % of puppies and 2 per cent of cats in shelters devoid of microchips are reunited with their homeowners.

Till now, Suffolk County has lacked one central system for folks to report lacking animals and spread the news throughout the important channels. Suffolk pet proprietors can now shield their animals from going missing by registering for the Sheriff’s Shed Pet Network to receive a free bodily identification card and be extra to the Sheriff’s pet databases.

If a registered pet is described lacking, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Place of work will mail an notify and share figuring out details with Deputy Sheriffs and neighborhood municipalities. Any enrolled animals that go missing will also be posted on a designated website and on the Sheriff’s social media pages.

“This is an additional worthwhile instrument that can help pet house owners when locating a missing pet,” Carpenter reported. “We commend Sheriff Toulon for producing this worthwhile method, and look forward to its achievements.”

In order to participate, residents will have to have to fill out a short kind and supply a apparent photograph of their pet. The data collected will involve breed, handle, get hold of info, and any healthcare wants.

The info will be stored in a secure database, which will assistance the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Business inform the ideal stakeholders if a pet goes lacking. Every single pet is assigned a special amount (on the pet ID card) that will hyperlink to the database so the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office can promptly disseminate correct pinpointing information and facts about the missing pet and support to quickly and safely and securely return the animal to its owner.

Soon after enrolling, inhabitants can pick up a actual physical duplicate of the ID card at the Sheriff’s Civil Enforcement Bureau at 360 Yaphank Ave. For far more facts on how to enroll or to check out missing pets, take a look at SuffolkSheriff.com.

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