Johannesburg - We have all seen it before on our community group feeds: frantic pet owners searching for their lost pets, or good citizens trying to catch animals on the loose and take them to the nearest vet or place of safety.
Now there is an app with the sole purpose of reuniting lost pets with their owners.
Lost & Hound is free to use and requires an e-mail address or Facebook account to sign up.
People can list lost and found pets, along with pictures, and search for animals within a 30km radius of their location.
Once a user finds an animal they think maybe theirs, they can privately message the poster and organise collection.
The app is not only for private citizens but for vets and animal welfare organisations too. Often pets remain unclaimed for weeks or months, purely because owners were not looking in the right places.
The app is available for download on both the Google Play and Apple App stores.
The app allows for:
Website: https://lostandhound.co.za/
