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ABuys helps you find your lost pets. This is a free public service of ABuys.
Hosting www.MyPetsLost.com
Owner . Animal Shelter . O=Owner Required Field .S=Shelter Required
O S Pet Type: Dog, Cat, Bird, etc.
O S Male . Female . Unknown . . . Enter Security Word
O S Major Single Color
O S Secondary Color: or other possible color
O S E-mail Address (This is how you will be notified)
O S Phone (Optional If Owner) Required If Animal Shelter
O S Zip Code WHERE LOST (Your Zip if you are a Shelter)
O S Any Valid Zip Code In The Nearest Adjoining State (owners)
Optional Description (breed, size, etc.)
Optional Picture. Under 500,000 bytes (500k) gif or jpg
Shelters: A picture now can save many phone calls later...
Note: Without a valid e-mail address you will not be able to edit or remove a listing.
How Does This Work? . . . .
  • Your privacy is guarded. E-mail addresses are never given to anyone.
  • Registration is not necessary.
  • Owners and Animal Shelters enter the quick, simple pet profile.
  • Shelters can save most information and need only select pet type and color.
  • ABuys / MyPetsLost.com checks for matches and sends you an e-mail automatically.
    • When a match is found, immediately the owner is sent an e-mail with the phone number of the animal shelter that found the pet. Your personal information is never divulged to anyone. Only the animal shelter's phone number is revealed and then only to the pet owner reporting the loss. To help guard against a pet "falling through the cracks," all pets of the type (Dog, Cat, etc.) and first three digits of a zip code match between the owner and animal shelter, and any close color match (Gray will match Gray, Black, White), (Red will match Red and Brown), (Calico will match Black, Brown, White), etc. will trigger an e-mail to the owner.
  • It is the owner's responsibility to call the animal shelter in response to the e-mail.
  • Listings expire after 60 days but may be removed earlier or renewed as often as you like.
  • You may remove or edit any listing matching your e-mail address.
    • Match Logic
    You may notice immediately that breed is not used. We do not want a mix or misinterpretation of breed to hamper finding your pet. We would rather send out extra e-mail then to have a pet fall through the cracks because an owner saw a pet color as golden and an animal shelter saw it is tan, or yellow. Therefore we match all similar colors. Likewise we ask owners to provide a zip code from their nearest neighboring state. This is not needed if you live in the center of your state but it is very important if you live near a state line. We match all e-mail between owners and animal shelters if the first three digits of either zip code match. This will notify you of a similar pet matching anywhere in the state. We do not ask for pet names because if the pet is tagged the shelter will have your contact information already. If you live in a small state such as Rhode Island, or a District like DC, you may enter your pet more then once and use zip codes from several surrounding states. Likewise, if you loose your pet on vacation, enter the zip code or codes of the state or states you believe your pet may be in.
    Increasing Your Odds Of Success
    Use the Animal Shelter Search Tool to find shelters in the state or states in which you believe your pet is lost and call them. Tell them your pet is listed on MyPetsLost.com. Ask them to use MyPetsLost.com to enter pets they find so that you will be matched with your pet.
    ABuys Provides This MyPetsLost.com Service Free
    ABuys is a free public service website dedicated to helping our fellow Americans. We want to help you. Follow the guidelines above to help make us as effective as possible in our quest to assist you. We wish you success.