{"id":19,"date":"2017-01-14T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=19"},"modified":"2017-05-12T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T16:09:35","slug":"i-found-a-lost-pet-what-should-i-do","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/faq-items\/i-found-a-lost-pet-what-should-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"I found a lost pet &#8211; what should I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the animal has a collar, check for tags that might have identification and owner contact information. Rabies tags can be traced throught the veterinarian&#8217;s office that gave the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>You might try taking the animal on a walk around the neighborhood to see if the owner is out looking for their pet.<\/p>\n<p>You can take the animal to a veterinarian or an animal shelter and have it scanned for a microchip.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the animal shelters (Columbus Animal Shelter &#8211; 812.376.2505 and Bartholomew County Humane Society &#8211; 812.372.6063) &#8211; and provide a description of the pet and see if someone has reported it missing.<\/p>\n<p>If no ID exists, you are unable to locate the owner and you live within the Columbus city limits,\u00a0contact the Columbus Animal Shelter at (812) 376-2505. You can either bring the animal in, or we can come and pick up the animal. If you live outside the city limits, contact County Animal Control \u00a0at (812) 372-1935.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the animal has a collar, check for tags that might have identification and owner contact information. Rabies tags can be traced throught the veterinarian&#8217;s office that gave the vaccine. You might try taking the animal on a walk around the neighborhood to see if the owner is out looking for their pet. You can  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[2,3],"class_list":["post-19","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-animal-care","faq_category-general-questions"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/animal-care-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}