Helpful Links
Search Lost/Found Cat Web Sites
These web sites list lost & found cats, similar to Cat Finders. You can search to see if anyone has found your cat, or has lost the cat you have found. You can also add the cat's information to most of these sites.
Craig's List: Lost and Found *
Craig's List: Pets
Animal Rescue League Located in Bedford, NH, this web page has listings of cats who have been brought to the shelter as strays. Thank you, Animal Rescue League!
Lost Pet USA
NHSPCA* Also check the cats for adoption regularly at your local shelters. Visit & also check the web sites to see if your cat is one of the unclaimed "strays"!
Tabby Tracker
Petfinder list your lost cat
Petfinder search found cats (Also try the "Search for a Pet" box to see if your cat is in an animal shelter, waiting to be adopted!)
Flealess
*If it seems too overwhelming to list your cat on all of these sites, we suggest starting with Cat Finders, Craig's List L&F, and your local shelter, as these will yield the most local results.
Twitter Some animal shelters, such as Friends of Manchester Animal Shelter, post lost and found strays on Twitter. Follow your local animal shelters on Twitter, to see constant updates. You can follow Cat Finders on Twitter too!
Search Animal Shelter Adoption Websites
It is a good idea to call local animal shelters & email or bring a picture of your cat in case someone brings him/her there. We suggest searching adoption lists for every animal shelter or rescue within a 50 mile radius of your home, as someone finding your cat might bring him or her to a shelter that is most convenient for them, e.g. near where they work.
Some people advise physically going to animal shelters in your area daily to see if somebody has brought in your cat. Remember, many of the "unclaimed strays" in shelters are really cats who are lost. Here are some links for shelters and rescues:
Cats 1st
NHSPCA Adoptions
Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter/Petfinder
Cocheco Valley Human Society
Feline Friends
NH Animal Shelters A list of shelters and rescue organizations, with links to their sites
Petfinder.com This page allows you to search for "adoptable" cats by color or breed. So, for example, if you are missing an orange and white tabby cat, you would click on the breed "Domestic Shorthair, orange and white" or "Tabby". Then you can see the orange/white cats up for adoption in NH and nearby states, many of whom are lost cats. (For the most local search, type your zip code into the "Location" box at the top left before clicking on the color or breed.) Do this search often, as NH shelters are only obligated to keep strays for one week before adopting them out, and some rescues do not even keep them that long.
Siamese Cat Rescue Center has lost and stray Siamese/Siamese mix cats in foster homes throughout the Eastern US, including New Hampshire.
SAFER
WAG
Please Note: Although many "adoptable" cats are posted on shelter websites and/or Petfinder.com, there are many more animals in shelters who are not posted, due to the sometimes overwhelming numbers of cats admitted, time constraints, and/or holding periods during which the shelter holds the cat to see if anyone will claim him or her.
Likewise if the cat is injured, ill, and currently receiving medical treatment, or is considered to be "unadoptable" due to challenging behaviors, for example, if the cat appears to be feral.
If you own, or know of a shelter or rescue that should be listed here, please contact Cat Finders at cat.finders@comcast.net and we will be happy to add your link to this site.
Community Resources
If you have seen a stray cat who needs help, please consider calling a Cat Rescue Organization rather than bringing the cat to a typical shelter, especially if the cat might be feral, i.e. unsocialized to humans, very frightened, aggressive, or wild. Cat Rescues are set up to help feral cats, and the cat will have a better chance of survival with a Rescue than they would at most typical animal shelters. For more info, please see our Rescue a Cat page.
Cats 1st is a local resource for feral/stray/abandoned cats. Based in Newfields, NH, Cats 1st helps people who find stray and feral cats by providing trapping services, as well as neutering and medical help. They will also help you trap your own lost or hiding cat, or any cat you have noticed who seems lost or in need of kind assistance.They check Cat Finders website frequently, trying to match lost and found cats!
Feline Friends is a cat rescue organization based in Salem, NH. Feline Friends does not run a shelter. They provide foster homes for stray cats & then find them adoptive homes.
SAFER Seacoast Area Feline Education and Rescue has a TNR program in the Hampton area. They have cats for adoption in foster homes.
WAG (We Are Animal Guardians) is a volunteer animal rescue that places strays with foster families, awaiting adoption. You can see the cats awaiting adoption on their website. Located in Weare.
Useful Information and Search Tips
Missing Pet Partnership has a wealth of information about finding lost cats, as well as links to find pet detectives and other resources.
Pet Dectective Training Pet finding expert Kat Albrecht's free training module (complete with quiz) that provides strategies for searching for your lost cat.
Emotional Support
Dogs
Granite State Dog Recovery is an all volunteer group working in partnership with shelters, rescue groups and (ACO) animal control agencies, veterinarians and pet lovers to help reunite lost dogs with their owners in the state of NH. Cat Protection Legislation/Activist Issues
Alley Cat Allies Advocates against killing stray or feral cats. Great information about helping the feral cats in your back yard.
Cat Finders
cat.finders@comcast.net