{"id":9096,"date":"2012-12-17T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=9096"},"modified":"2012-12-17T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T23:20:25","slug":"lost-pets-tips-from-jamestown-animal-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=9096","title":{"rendered":"Lost Pets Tips From Jamestown Animal Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lost Pet Segment from <strong>The Byers Show<\/strong> on CSi 2:\u00a0 Wayne\u00a0visited with\u00a0 Jamestown Police Department&#8217;s, Animal Control Officer, Becky Johnson and Dana Wallace &#8211; James River Humane Society.\u00a0\u00a0 Click on video to listen to interview recorded December 14, 2012.\u00a0 With lost or found animals, contact the Jamestown Law Enforcement Center at 252-1000.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1tFLyQFloTY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u00a0said an accurate description of the animals color, markings size, and even gender will help authorities in locating the animal. She added that animals picked up without license tags are held at the city kennel for 24 hours, and 72 hours for licensed animals.\u00a0\u00a0 She stressed that owners looking for a lost pet should pay a personal visit to the holding facilities to check for their pet, as verbal description often\u00a0mean different things to different people.\u00a0\u00a0 Any fees and fines must be paid, by the owner before the animal is released.\u00a0 \u00a0Don&#8217;t worry,\u00a0 they can be worked out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officer Johnson said, she will scan for microchip,\u00a0 found animals, but added that the information is not always a sure way to locate the owner.\u00a0 The Humane Society shelter can microchip your pet.\u00a0\u00a0 Animals must have a current license attached to a collar. She said even if the animal is properly licensed, the tag must be present on the collar. Licenses are required for animals over three months old, and are available at the Jamestown Law Enforcement Center, with the option of one year or three year duration, before renewals.<\/p>\n<p>CSi Cable 2 will also run free notices, for a period of time, of lost or found animals. Call 252-2400 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Jamestown Police Animal Control Officer, Becky Johnson through the Jamestown Law Enforcement Center, at 252-1000.<\/p>\n<p>So you lost a pet,\u00a0 what do you do?\u00a0\u00a0 Some tips from listening to show:<\/p>\n<p>1. Contact Jamestown Police Animal Control Officer, Becky Johnson to report missing pet.<\/p>\n<p>2. Stop by all holding facilities,\u00a0 City &amp; Humane Society to see what they have &amp; give them a picture (you know, one of the hundreds you have on Facebook).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. Notify various media &#8211; CSiNewsNOW.com\/CSi TV,\u00a0 radio stations SEE BELOW<\/p>\n<p>4. Supply accurate description, markings,\u00a0 collar color (of course your pet is licensed) \u00a0and drop off picture for media to post.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of cats fit the description &#8220;brown cat&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5. Keep checking,\u00a0 revisit\u00a0\u00a0holding facility as new animals are brought in.\u00a0\u00a0 You know your pet,\u00a0 your pet knows you, better than any verbal description.<\/p>\n<p>Before your pet strays,\u00a0 make sure properly licensed, (and microchipped), wears its tags,\u00a0 you have recent pictures to aid in identification.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CSi LOST &amp; FOUND<\/strong>\u00a0will post \u201cLost Pet\u201d notices at this website and on CSi Weather 2 if appropriate.\u00a0\u00a0 We ask for the following information:<\/p>\n<p>1. Description of lost pet, breed, sex, age, etc.\u00a0 \u2013 a recent picture is preferred<\/p>\n<p>2. Your name and contact phone number.<\/p>\n<p>3. Date pet went missing and last known location\/area.<\/p>\n<p>4. Pet name, if wearing collar, tags, or other form of ID<\/p>\n<p>5. Reward if any<\/p>\n<p>6. Other information, such as can pet be approached safely.<\/p>\n<p>Once your pet has been located, we ask you let us know so the notice can be removed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CSi LOST &amp; FOUND\u00a0<\/strong>is located at Historic Franklin School.\u00a0 We can be reached Mon-Fri 8am \u2013 5pm at 252-2400.\u00a0 We handle LOST &amp; FOUND for items, phones, \u00a0and keys, but do not\u00a0physically accept pets.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We provide PET notices as a community service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lost Pet Segment from The Byers Show on CSi 2:\u00a0 Wayne\u00a0visited with\u00a0 Jamestown Police Department&#8217;s, Animal Control Officer, Becky Johnson and Dana Wallace &#8211; James River Humane Society.\u00a0\u00a0 Click on video to listen to interview recorded December 14, 2012.\u00a0 With lost or found animals, contact the Jamestown Law Enforcement Center [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9096"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9098,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096\/revisions\/9098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}