Lost A Pet?
**If you haven't already, check the Animals at the Shelter tab on this website for animals that have been brought to the City of Chico Animal Shelter. Do not rely on the website, make sure you visit the shelter to walk through and look for your pet.
Post your lost pet and check for found animals on our Pet Message Board.
Start Searching Early
Consider a lost pet as an emergency! Start your search as soon as you discover your pet is missing. Even if the pet has tags or a microchip, tags fall off, collars can be removed, or the finder may not take the animal to a shelter or veterinarian to be scanned for a chip.
Contact All Animal Shelters
Depending upon where you live, the animal may not go to the closest animal shelter. You may live within city limits, but if the animal crosses into an unincorporated part of the city, the animal might have been picked up and taken to the county shelter. Sometimes people who find animals take them home, where they could get loose, or after a time get turned in to a different shelter. And animals can wander further than you might expect.
Butte County Animal Control (Provides services to all unincorporated areas of Butte County)
202 Mira Loma Drive, Oroville
(530) 891-2907 or (530) 538-7409
Butte County Animal Control Website
Chico Animal Shelter (Provides services to City of Chico)
2579 Fair Street, Chico
(530) 894-5630
(You are HERE!)
Gridley/Biggs Animal Control (Provides services to Gridley/Biggs)
685 Kentucky Street, Gridley
(530) 846-4825
Northwest SPCA (Provides sheltering services to City of Oroville and Unincorporated Areas)
2787 South Fifth Ave., Oroville
(530) 533-7636
Northwest SPCA Website
Paradise Animal Control (Provides services to Town of Paradise)
925 American Way, Paradise
(530) 872-6275
Paradise Animal Control Website
Check Websites
Craigslist: www.craigslist.org Under Community, check both "Pets" and "Lost + Found". Make sure to post information about your pet, and keep checking at least once a day.
Pet Harbor: www.petharbor.com This site is used by Butte County Animal Control, NWSPCA and Paradise Animal Control. Search under several possible breeds as sometimes it is difficult for staff to know the exact breed of your pet, especially if it is not common.
Check Local Papers
Local newspapers have a Found Pet Listings, and you can place a lost pet ad in the paper as well.
Create Flyers
Use a clear color photo if you have one. Include date and area lost, any identifying marks, and a phone number where you can be reached. Distribute to animal shelters, veterinarians, feed and pet stores, and around your neighborhood. Don't forget to go door to door and ask businesses in the area in which the animal was lost if they will post a flyer for you. Grocery stores and laundromats are good locations. Click on this link to create a printable flyer: Pet Flyer
Don't give up! Search early and search often. Animals that are lost and still loose may still be close to home.
Consider a lost pet as an emergency! Start your search as soon as you discover your pet is missing. Even if the pet has tags or a microchip, tags fall off, collars can be removed, or the finder may not take the animal to a shelter or veterinarian to be scanned for a chip.
Contact All Animal Shelters
Depending upon where you live, the animal may not go to the closest animal shelter. You may live within city limits, but if the animal crosses into an unincorporated part of the city, the animal might have been picked up and taken to the county shelter. Sometimes people who find animals take them home, where they could get loose, or after a time get turned in to a different shelter. And animals can wander further than you might expect.
Butte County Animal Control (Provides services to all unincorporated areas of Butte County)
202 Mira Loma Drive, Oroville
(530) 891-2907 or (530) 538-7409
Butte County Animal Control Website
Chico Animal Shelter (Provides services to City of Chico)
2579 Fair Street, Chico
(530) 894-5630
(You are HERE!)
Gridley/Biggs Animal Control (Provides services to Gridley/Biggs)
685 Kentucky Street, Gridley
(530) 846-4825
Northwest SPCA (Provides sheltering services to City of Oroville and Unincorporated Areas)
2787 South Fifth Ave., Oroville
(530) 533-7636
Northwest SPCA Website
Paradise Animal Control (Provides services to Town of Paradise)
925 American Way, Paradise
(530) 872-6275
Paradise Animal Control Website
Check Websites
Craigslist: www.craigslist.org Under Community, check both "Pets" and "Lost + Found". Make sure to post information about your pet, and keep checking at least once a day.
Pet Harbor: www.petharbor.com This site is used by Butte County Animal Control, NWSPCA and Paradise Animal Control. Search under several possible breeds as sometimes it is difficult for staff to know the exact breed of your pet, especially if it is not common.
Check Local Papers
Local newspapers have a Found Pet Listings, and you can place a lost pet ad in the paper as well.
Create Flyers
Use a clear color photo if you have one. Include date and area lost, any identifying marks, and a phone number where you can be reached. Distribute to animal shelters, veterinarians, feed and pet stores, and around your neighborhood. Don't forget to go door to door and ask businesses in the area in which the animal was lost if they will post a flyer for you. Grocery stores and laundromats are good locations. Click on this link to create a printable flyer: Pet Flyer
Don't give up! Search early and search often. Animals that are lost and still loose may still be close to home.
