As of, February 1, 2013, if you have lost your pet or found a stray, you will need to check our lost and found listing on this page. You will also need to submit any information that you have regarding your lost pet or the stray currently in your care on the Report a Lost or Found Pet portion of this page. Please be aware that any personal information you supply will be posted on the website. The HLLC will no longer accept lost and found reports at our shelter. You will also need to contact your local municipalities to report lost or found dogs. Click for a list of Municipality Contact Information (PDF).
*You will need to re-submit your lost and found reports on-line only. All previous reports on-line and at our shelter will be taken down as of February 1. Please re-submit your lost or found report to under Report a Lost or Found Pet.
Did you lose your pet?
- Contact your local municipality.
- View the list of Lost and Found pets on this page.
- Create a missing pet flyer and post it around your neighborhood
Click here for an example of a lost cat flyer
Click here for an example of a lost dog flyer - Contact other local shelters or animal welfare organizations: If your pet is picked up by a PA State Dog Warden, he/she may be taken to a shelter in a neighboring county.
No matter where you live, we recommend submitting a lost report with:
Chester County SPCA: (610) 692-6113
Animal Rescue League of Berks County: (610) 373-8830
Humane Society of Lebanon County: (717) 628-1369 - Submit a lost report under the Report a Lost or Found Pet portion of this page.
- Network for your animal. Use your Facebook and Twitter pages to let your friends know that your pet is missing. Ask your friends to share your missing pet’s picture and description on their pages.
- Check out the ASPCA’s recommendations for finding a lost pet.
Did you find a stray animal?
If You Found a Stray Dog
The Humane League of Lancaster County (HLLC) does not directly admit stray dogs into its center for the following reasons:
- Guardians who have lost their pets need a central location to find them, and that is their local municipal agency.
- Under state law, stray dogs must be held for a mandatory stray period in order to provide guardians adequate time to locate their lost pets. As a no-kill humane organization the Humane League of Lancaster County must fully utilize all available shelter space to save as many lives as possible. This is best achieved by allowing municipalities to perform the function of impounding stray dogs as is required of them by law.
If you find a stray dog, you have the following options:
- Take the dog to the local municipality or police department where you found him/her. The majority of pet owners will first contact their municipality when looking for a lost pet.
- Care for the pet at your home while you look for the owner yourself. If you take this route, be certain to:
- Call the municipalities in the area around where you found the pet. Let them know the description of the dog, the date and location where he/she was found and if s/he was wearing a collar or has any unusual markings that might make it easier for the dog to be reunited with the owner.
- Have the dog scanned for a registered microchip either by your municipality, the HLLC or your local veterinarian. If the pet is chipped, contact the microchip company and provide the chip number so the company can trace the chip back to the pet’s guardian.
- Post flyers in the neighborhood and in very public places. Place an ad in the paper and check other posted ads for lost pets who might match the description.
- Post the dog’s information on the Report a Lost or Found section on this page.
- If you choose the second option, and the dog is not reclaimed by a guardian during the requisite 48 hour holding period, and you decide not to keep the dog, then you may contact the HLLC to assess whether we can admit the pet into our care for eventual adoption placement.
Municipality Contact Information (PDF)
If You Found a Stray Cat
The community role of charitable humane organizations, such as the Humane League of Lancaster County, is to provide resources to save the lives of healthy, treatable animals, to treat animals with more compassion and understanding, and to help people become responsible pet owners. As a private, no-kill shelter, the HLLC accepts pets on a space-available basis.
Currently, State Law in PA requires that municipalities be responsible for stray dogs, however there is no law addressing responsibility for stray cats. Therefore, HLLC will accept stray cats from finders on a space available basis.
If you find a stray cat, you have the following options:
- Contact the local municipality or police department where you found him/her. The majority of pet owners will first contact their municipality when looking for a lost pet.
- Care for the cat at your home while you look for the owner yourself. If you take this route, be certain to:
- Call the municipalities in the area around where you found the pet. Let them know the description of the cat, the date and location where he/she was found and if s/he was wearing a collar or has any unusual markings that might make it easier for the cat to be reunited with the owner.
- Have the cat scanned for a registered microchip either by your municipality, the HLLC or your local veterinarian. If the pet is chipped, contact the microchip company and provide the chip number so the company can trace the chip back to the pet’s guardian.
- Post flyers in the neighborhood and in very public places, including your personal social media pages. Place an ad in the paper and check other posted ads for lost pets who might match the description.
- Post the cat’s information on the Report a Lost or Found Pet portion of the page.
- If you choose the second option, and the cat is not reclaimed by a guardian and you decide not to keep the cat, then you may contact the HLLC to assess whether we can admit the pet into our care for eventual adoption placement.
- You can make an appointment to have the cat spayed or neutered and vaccinated through our Spay/Neuter clinic. The fees are $15 per cat for the surgery, and there is no fee for Lancaster City and Lancaster Township cats thanks to a grant from PetsMart Charities. Call (717) 393-6551 ext 302 or email spayneuter@humaneleague.com
Municipality Contact Information (PDF)
Thank you so much for helping an animal in need. Please consider being an advocate for our community’s cats, and ask your county, state and local representatives to provide Animal Control Services for lost and stray cats.
ITALIAN GREYHOUND,
Trying to reach out to anyone that might have seen our dog. She is an 8 yr old rat terrier. Her name is Sweets. She is white with brown patches. She should be wearing a purple collar with tags. She went missing Thursday may 9th around 11pm on buckthorn drive in mountville pa. If anyone has seen her please let me know. My 4 year old daughter is going crazy without her.
HE HAS BIG BROWN CIRCLE ON BACK END AND ON LEFT SIDE OF HIM AND ALL OF THE EAR S ON BOTHE HAVE BROWN BLACK CIRCLE
Nemo is a 1 and a half year old blue/grey male unaltered pitbull hes a very sweet dog and has a white chest and paws he also has a small scar on the top of his head and walks with a slight limp on his left front leg that turns out alittle as if it had been broken at one point please help us find are handsome little boy 
We have lost a beagle/rat terrier mix, non-neutered male, 24 months old named Chesty.
ALL WHITE WITH BCK/BROWN CIRCLE DOT AT BACK END AND ONE ON RIGHT SIDE AND THE EYES AND EARS ON BOTH SIDES WITH A WHITE STRIPE DOWN MIDDLE..
Very old Jack Russel Terrier. Is white with brown spots. Erect Ears. Normally very spry. Normally friendly. Belongs to my Dad and he is lost without him.
13 year old Black whippet with white face/chest/toes/tail tip.
Pure-bred unneutered German Shephard. He is a very energetic 15 month old “puppy”. He is Black and Tan and approx. 3ft tall and 75 lbs. Loves people and car rides. He does jump but it is just to give kisses. 
Small black and brown chiuaua mix puppy with a white streak on her neck/back. may be shy but is very sweet.
2 year old Boston Terrier. Super friendly. Mostly black, white belly and white patch between eyes. About 15 pounds. 
Two tiny Pomeranians that are reddish brown in color - very friendly
Havanese, white with tan spots on back, and tan ears, recently groomed to a short coat with fluffy tail and head. Very friendly and outgoing, energetic. Male, not yet fixed, 9 months old. Green Collar no tags. Around 6 pounds.
My family’s male husky got out of the house on 3/27/2013. He lives on Ford Lane in Drumore, by Fishing Creek. He has gotten out before and ran around the neighborhood for a few hours before coming home, but this time it’s been over a week and he hasn’t come back yet. He is wearing a blue harness. He does have a blue Pennsylvania dog registration tag on his harness, and I believe that it expired just a few weeks ago. His name is Jacob, and if he’s in a good mood, he’ll answer to Jacob, Jake, or Jakey. He is a very friendly dog; he’s never bitten or snapped at anyone. We’re worried that someone found him, saw how friendly he is, and took him in. Please, my nephew is missing his puppy desperately. We just want our Jakey to come home. 
Black & White Border Collie. Can provide pictures. He has a green color, with shot tags. But his id tag fell off. He is a border collie mix (unknown), so he is slightly bigger than a full border collie. Tail is black & white mix. He is just about a year old, very hyper but skittish around strangers. He may run if approached.
She is very friendly, but skittish.
Golden doodle with curly, yellowish-white coat with retriever-like tail
Boxer with a brown short hair coat and white muzzle, chest, and paws.
tan with dark points Malinois Shepard 8 months old recently neutered male 
super active, hyper, pupp
Cream colored Shih-tzu with brown on his back and legs, grey on ears and around his eyes. He is very shy, but loves kids and other dogs. He was recently rescued, so is not sure of his name.
Sally is a friendly 13yr old dog. She’s likely to walk up to anyone if there’s a chance she can get a pat/stroke.
White with tan German Shorthaired Pointer
Brown & White Patched & Ticked German Shorthaired Pointer. Black & Gray Collar w/ Bones.
Black and White long haired medium sized dog. Very friendly. Well trained. age 7
George is a 8 year old Min Schnauzer that was taken from the motel 6 in Elizabethtown on N Mulberry near Ring Road. He is Gray and white and had a collar on with tags at the time. I am hoping he will get away from the man that took him and someone else will find him. He has a amall dent on his left side from an old injury.
tan and black rottweiler/lab mix. 9 months old . very playful. black collar with red stitching.
Breed: Siberian Husky
yorkie/pom mix..short brown hair w/black fluffy tail..
BLUE/GRAY FEMALE SHAR PEI.VERY SWEET.
Grey with dark grey/black ears. Maybe shihztu but I don’t really know. Lighter colored legs. Light tan on paws? Knows sit, off, down, leash walking. Lives to play with my two year old but growls at anyone too close to his bone. Does
Tan and white female pitbull
Very friendly pit bull or American bulldog mix. Dark brindle and white with blue eyes. Found wearing a black collar with no tags.
Very friendly pit bull or American bulldog mix. Dark brindle and white with blue eyes. Found wearing a black collar with no tags.
White poodle or bishon frise. Looks like she has been missing for about two weeks; very dirty and extremely thin. 
Small tan/white mixed bearing no collar
Male Pitbull with a light brown coat with white face markings, white chest and white on his paws.
Young White and Black male dog. 
Small, light brown Pug type dog, black muzzle, black ears.
Reddish/Tan Pomeranian/Chow mixed
Found 
Miniature Doberman Pincher, Female, Seem Scared, but very friendly. No collar or tags. 
Alice is a 13 yr old basset hound. She has a white face due to her age as is very slow moving. 
Black mixed Pit Bull / Lab has white spot on chest with multi colored collar dog is not neutered
Black and white female pitbull.
Very friendly, Doesn’t bark, playful, cuddly, seems to be nice with other animals
Unaltered male Lhasa Apso, brown, very friendly, quiet, and probably less than 2 years old. 
Found a sweet brown and white dog. Very friendly and loves to run. About 3-4 years old. If nobody claims him or does not want him we would love to keep him. We just want to make sure he doesn’t have good owners looking for him first. Found running in the road with no collar.
Female Beagle mix puppy. No collar or chip. Has an interesting mark on her back. Brown, black, and a little bit white. Very friendly. Definitely someone’s dog.
friendly pug
White/Brown Spaniel
Small, white, poodle mix
Playful, very loving, energetic, constantly wants attention. 
White and brown short girl. Has a stubby tail. She resmebles and bulldog mix. Is wearing a flower print collar.
Poo is a gray calico - a cross between a RagDoll and a Calico. She is eight years old, very friendly, big green eyes, a big bushy gray tail. Her front and back paws, chest, belly, and nose are white.
Female, long hair b/w tuxedo, fixed, has all claws, very friendly! Has a bald spot on her belly from getting fixed
Munchkin comes to the name “Stinky” and “Moomoo” also. She is a hunter but loves people. She is playful but mellow and loves anyone who pays attention to her. She has gray stripes with an orange tint on her face and chest. She loves the outdoors but comes home every night... She farts regularly and starts drooling if she’s purring too hard. She gets along with small dogs and is trained to go outside to potty. We miss her dearly and want her back. Anyone with any information PLEASE contact us.
Munchkin comes to the name “Stinky” and “Moomoo” also. She is a hunter but loves people. She is playful but mellow and loves anyone who pays attention to her. She has gray stripes with an orange tint on her face and chest. She loves the outdoors but comes home every night... She farts regularly and starts drooling if she’s purring too hard. She gets along with small dogs and is trained to go outside to potty. We miss her dearly and want her back. Anyone with any information PLEASE contact us.
Black and White with silky fur
domestic long hair. tortoise shell in color. spayed and chipped but not declawed.
Wally is all black male cat with a small white spot under chin. He has green eyes. He is fixed and de-clawed in the front. His tale is crooked at the end. And he has a small slit in his one ear.
Small and skinny taby cat black and gray stripes all white paws white chest likes to talk alot
Dark gray & white. Green eyes. Declawed & neutered. Very friendly & cuddly but does not enjoy being held.
Tigger is a domestic short-hair, neutered male, approximately 12 pounds. Has all claws. Coloring is tan and white with a small solid area of white on the underside of the face and chest. 
gray, long haired, neutered and declawed, male, bobtail
Angel is about 8 months old. We recently had her spade and her belly is still shaved and you can still see the incision area. She is a tortoise cat, she is white, gray and tan with green eyes. She is very friendly, loving and playful.
A seven month old kitten who weighs about ten pounds. Is grey with tiger strips and some tan shading. Cute, weird face with a bit of a smooshed up nose.
Male Black & White cat w/ a pink nose. He’s very shy and will only come to someone he knows. Lives in Columbia close to the Clock & Watch museum. If you see him please call or email the location and I will come & get him. Thank you!!
Male orange tabby- very friendly, tip of one ear cut.
Orange male cat. Neutered. About 8 years old.
Black and white “tuxedo” cat. Spayed female. Orange eyes. She has a small area on her back that is missing hair. She is very friendly and playful. While she is a small cat, she has a large, saggy white belly. 
Tigger - Long hair orange cat. No tags. 
3 yr old gray and tan (dilute tortoiseshell) small cat. Wearing collar and tag and microchipped. Has short tail, rarely meows. . Has claws x 4 paws. Skittish with being picked up but likes laps and petting. 
Peanut is a spayed female gray with white tabby. She has been declayed on her front paws and is about 3 years old. She is a fairly friendly girl, beautiful soft fur, full bodied. 
Long hair domestic cat
His name is Shadow.Male black cat with white under his neck, greenish yellow eyes. Short haired, medium size. Neutered. Shy to strangers most of the time. Scared of cars. Comes running for can food if you tap a spoon on a glass plate.
Mushu is a black and white cat. She’s shy but friendly. Only back claws. Has been missing since 4/6
Grey haired tiger cat. Very skittish at first but he is the friendliest cat if he comes to you. White spot on his face.
Black & white kitten. Mostly black with white belly and paws
Small 8? month female old black & gray/brown short-haired tabby about 10 pounds. She has a white blaze in middle of her face, white chin, throat, “bib”, chest & belly with a band of black and buff like a wide belt. Her front feet are white like ankle socks while her back feet and legs are white like over-the-knee socks. She was wearing a white flea collar with my address & phone # and little bell.
Lily is a grey calico cat with a patch of white underneath her neck. She is between 8-10 lbs and 5 years old. What makes her distinct is her legs are very short and stubby. I think she will be scared because she is an indoor cat. She does love cat treats and if you shake the bag, she should come to you.
6 yrs. somewhat pudgie , calico(white,orange,brown/black).
small tiger stripe female (Fixed) very much a lovey kitty she knows her name sometime i call her tigtig but she will answer to both 
White and grey tabby cat, very friendly, a little chubby as well.
Grey and White - White belly with white face- widow peak. Very friendly, About 13 lbs of muscle, loves to cuddle, has a titanium front paw.
Arrow looking white pattern through her head. black cat with white paws. Very distinct black mark on the left side of her face. some paws are pink some are dark
Delilah is a gray and black tiger striped Maine Coon kitten. She/he is about 10 months old. We are unsure of the cat’s gender. She is very friendly and has a little bit of white under her chin. 
Small male yellow colored tiger cat has white tip on end of tail. friendly aprox 1 year old has been neutered. point of one ear has been clipped. Likes to sit on your lap.
Large male, non-neutered, all black cat except for a large white patch on lower belly with green eyes. He tends to make a squeaky/dove noise when he breathes due to smaller nasal passages. He’s very endearing, but skittish around strangers. He also has a big puffy tail.
Aubrey is 2 years old, and is an indoor cat who ran away on 02/14/2013. She is a friendly cat, but she is shy around unfamiliar people.
Abner is still missing. He is a gray and tan tabby with white tipped paws and two missing top fang teeth. He has never been outdoors and went missing on 1/18 from 108 E Broad St in New Holland. He also has no “meow”-sounds raspy. I finally found a front view photo of him. Please call me asap if you have seen him or if you know where he is. If you took him in, I am desperate to get him back-please do not keep him. I have had him over 10 years. Please call me asap on cell 610-463-5690 or home 717-354-8447 or email lrusch2@aol.com
Orange and White cat
Medium size black and gray with some brown striped cat with a white belly and white paws. He is about 8yrs old. 
Black and grey striped, small male. Perky ears, cute face, doesn’t shed a whole lot. 
One year old neutered male. 
Abner is a very large, fat gray tabby with shades of tan and a white undercoat. He has white tipped front paws and is missing his top fang teeth. He has no “meow” but sounds like a cat with laryngitis. He is probably 12-15 years old and 15-20 lbs in weight. He knows his name. If indoors he will scratch at doors to get in a room. He also coughs a lot from hairballs. Abner has never been outside in the over 10 yrs I have had him. He is a male, neutered cat. He won’t be able to jump high or get into too small spaces due to his size. He is friendly but does not like to be held and will wiggle and fight to get down. He may swat you if you hold him down.
Very friendly male cat found in Elizabethtown. He is light orange tabby colored and appears to not have been outside very long.
Very friendly and affectionate
Small, 1 year-old orange and white female with orange eyes. Very friendly.
Young male tabby cat, orange with darker orange stripes, beautiful coat, stripes on tail, tail has white in it, found around Millersville University 
Young male tabby cat, orange with darker orange stripes, beautiful coat, stripes on tail, tail has white in it, found around Millersville University 
Young male tabby cat, orange with darker orange stripes, beautiful coat, stripes on tail, tail has white in it, found around Millersville University 
Maine Coon Cat, Long Hair, Bushy Tail, Red/Orange Hair, Loving Cat, De-Clawed Front Feet, Has an Extra Toe on Front Feet, White Paws
Black and white cat with gold eyes. Small and very friendly.
Male orange tabby, seems young but NOT kitten. Very very socialized (tame), has claws but knows not to use them on skin. Short well cared for fur. Appears to have been lost in the last week due to state of malnourishment. NOT declawed.
Adult Male Orange and white Cat. Front Claws. Very loving and friendly !!! Likes to be held.
Male white and orange cat. Very friendly. Has a green/orangish collar with squares on it.
orange and white tabby cat with a white flea collar on was found in the fivepointville area and is hanging in are back yard.
Black and white border collie age 7.
All black female cat with small white patch on chest, green eyes. Looks to be about maybe 1 year old. She has been outside my apartment since Feb. 2nd. She is very vocal and meows and cries a lot for attention. She was cautious of coming up to me at first but is now very affectionate and loves to play. 
Young orange tabby 
Orange female tabby cat. She’s small and appears to be around 1 year old. She’s very friendly and does not appear to be feral.
Male, Orange tabby. Extremely friendly. White paws, white chin. Not neutered.
This cat showed up at my door one day in January (2013). It’s very vocal and has the most pathetic meow, as if it’s crying for help. I felt so sorry for it that I started feeding it. At first it would not stay within 20 feet of me but now it lets me pet it, but is still cautious. This is a calico cat with a very unusual face (see photos). Another unusual thing about this cat is that when it sits it hold up its right paw and keeps bending it (like in my photo). Interestingly it does not limp. I think this may have been an indoor cat because it tries to come into my home. This cat has claws and is currently living outside under my shed. It shows up for breakfast and dinner and likes to hunt in the field during the day. I can’t tell if its a male or female.
Male, orange tabby. Extremely sweet and loving. Not neutered. Scabs and scars on face and body.
green parrot with black and yellow on wings her back is blue has large red/orange beak she is not very friendly with strangers
Romeo is an African Grey parrot who flew out of my arms Feb. 11 2013 around 10:00 pm. He is in the Lampeter area near Rocky Springs Bowling Alley. He could be in eves of a house, a garage, an old building. He probably would come if you put your arm out and say step up. He loves peanut butter, nuts, pizza, etc. Please phone or textt 171 669 1363 or email jensenknits@gmail.com I am pretty frantic, its so cold. He is grey with a whitish face and a bright red tail. He weighs about a pound.
