Never Worry About A Lost Pet Again — These PawMaw Alerts Make Finding Them A Breeze

Jay Winttle
3 min readAug 24, 2020

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Pets play a special part in the life of their owners — and every owner is familiar with the stomach-churning anxiety of suddenly realizing you’ve lost your pet!

Traditional methods of searching for and locating lost pets are quickly becoming a thing of the past as online websites are offering resources that are making this task much simpler for pet owners.

So what does this mean for owners that consider walking around the neighborhood, checking yards and possible hiding places, plus distributing fliers to be a time-consuming and tiresome affair?

Traditional Pet Search
  1. Membership to a community of pet enthusiasts

The first step in joining this community is the sign up where information pertaining to your name, zip code, and email address is required. You will then become a member of a network of volunteers, rescuers, concerned citizens, and other pet enthusiasts who are always ready and willing to help spread information about lost pets and even go out to help find them.

2. Wider scope of searches

The network spreads across the country, therefore if a pet is lost, the chances of it being found are increased because of the number of people in different areas that will be on the lookout. Additionally, a database of all lost and found pets across US states is maintained. The database is updated daily and you can search for lost pets by zip code.

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3. Faster responses to search alerts

The operations of the network are kind of like an amber alert but for pets. When a pet is lost, you post an alert which includes description and all contact information for you. This alert is sent to community members through an email that can receive an almost instant response — make sure you are available or you may miss the call to find your pet!

Did you know that pets behave differently when they are lost? Yes, that’s right. Knowledge of how they behave when lost can help you plan how to go about searching for then.

Also, other articles and guidelines on how to carry out a pet search can prove to be very useful in the future. All of this information is available on these lost pet websites and it would be such a shame if everyone was not made aware of it.

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Initiatives such as these are considered innovative and timely, especially now that there is a pandemic that prevents a lot of person-to-person interactions. You can remain safe in your home and your missing pet alert can be seen by millions. This makes the process of finding your lost pet a faster one. Moreover, your lost pet alerts are free and can come with fliers if you want them.

So, when the question of there being an easier and safer way to locate a missing pet comes up, the answer will be yes — and I would have loved to know about it sooner!

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