Found Animals

[DelridgeResident]

Whenever I read about found animals it always seems like the finder assumes that the animal is abandoned. Why is that the case? When I worked at a humane society in Colorado 75% of the stray dogs brought in were reclaimed by their owners. It looks like in Seattle in 2010 50% were reclaimed. I know my dog can be smarter than me and has gotten out on a number of occasions. Just because she is out doesn’t mean I don’t want her anymore. I am just curious.

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[hammerhead]

Well sadly in Seattle area, most “lost” dogs are pit or pit mixes. For the part the “humans” don’t want them back, hence they were “lost or abandoned”. Pit/mixes are sooo hard to adopt out and home owners insurance won’t allow pits/mixes and hell an apartment place won’t allow them.

Actually in certain parts of Colorado is it ILLEGAL to own a pits any more.

Lets not go down the road of cats….

My pup just dug a hole out of my yard, damn fool, by the grace of god he was returned.

You have a lot more faith in “humans” than I do. I ALWAYS assume the animal is abandoned. Sad but true.

FCAT

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[mehud7]

It does seem like the vast majority of dogs listed as found on the West Seattle Blog are reunited with owners. With cats it seems to be a different story. Most people who I speak with who have found a cat have been seeing it around for some time-so probably safe to assume it is abandoned. A kitten alone I will always assume abandoned. We also have many, many feral cats.

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[DelridgeResident]

I totally understand the problem with pits and breed bans make me sad. Luckily I lived in an area of Colorado that didn’t do any banning and we transferred a lot of pits in from those cities that did.

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of found dogs than cats. I personally think cat owners just have a different mind-set than dog owners, even if the person owns both.

My dog has escaped out of almost every yard she has been in. Funny, I lived on an unfenced acre and could let her out without supervision, as long as I let her inside the second she was ready. Fenced or not, if you don’t let her in right away she will go look for an adventure. She has broken boards, dug under, broken latches, and squeezed through slats. It doesn’t help that every adventure she has been on turns into even more fun by those who find her, usually young boys who play chase or walk her until I track her down or their parents track me down.

Oddly, I think working at the humane society made me have more faith in the humans. Seeing so many people so desperate to find their lost animals really sticks in your mind. We had people who came every day for weeks/months looking for their pet and I always worried that the pet was at someone’s house who assumed the animal was not owned.

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