Lost, Found & Abandoned Cats


GO TO > Report Lost/Stray Cat Alert Form


No Tags = Trouble

For all intensive purposes, any cat running around outdoors without a tag or collar falls into the "lost" category. Here we address four scenarios:

  1. Your indoor cat escapes.
  2. Your outdoor cat has been gone way too long.
  3. Stray cat with no tag or collar suddenly begins living in/under structures on your property.
  4. Stray cat placed under "citizen's arrest" (trapped) by concerned or angered people.

Indoor Cat Escapes or Outdoor Cat Gone Too Long

If your cat has taken off without first grabbing its ID:

  • Check with neighbours; show pictures and provide your contact info.
  • Check our Facebook Page to see if it has been impounded at the shelter. If not, complete the form below to be notified the second it arrives at our shelter.
  • Make a lost cat post on the Revelstoke Community Facebook Page (or ask a friend if you don't use Facebook). Ask your friends (including us) to share it on our Facebook Page.
  • Place an ad in The Stoke List. Since ads get buried fast, make sure to repost every 2 days to keep it fresh in the minds of StokeListers.
  • Post a lost cat poster around town. Tracey at Your Office & Art Centre gives 50% all lost pet poster printing.
  • Log-in to your BC Pets Registry Account (12 months included with adopted pets) and change your cats microchip status to LOST. This way, alarms go off as soon as it is scanned.
  • Go to the Revelstoke Pet Store and buy a collar and name tag to put on your cat the minute you have your little pal back in your arms.

Stray Cat Party on Your Property

Pregnant females are most inclined to begin squatting without an invitation. If you suspect a cat who's now calling your shed home is abandoned, it needs to be brought to the shelter to be checked out before potentially disappearing with its litter. Cats can begin having kittens at 4 months (safely at 6 months) so this is how we prevent stray cat populations from spiralling out of control.

Use the form to contact RDHS about the situation (don't contact the City as they only deal with dogs). With trapping, the RDHS has no jurisdiction over private property. While we can can lend you a trap, you'll need to do the actual trapping. Working together is how we control the pet population.


Citizen's Arrest of Terrorist Cat

If you're fed up with a cat pooping in your yard, chomping on plants in your garden, or other high crimes and misdemeanours, take a picture (if you can) and canvas your neighbours FIRST. It's every pet owner's responsibility to control their own animals.

If you decide to catch a cat, you may call Bylaw at 250-837-2911 to complain, but don't expect them to come pick it up and bring it to the shelter. You're going to have to do that yourself (RDHS does not pick up animals trapped on private property).

Here's the best scenario for that cat in your trap:

  • Take a picture. Leave a fresh bowl of water for Le terroriste while you canvas the neighbourhood looking for the owners.
  • If no luck, time, or desire, call 250-837-8578 to arrange for an RDHS volunteer to meet you at the shelter.
  • If a volunteer can't get there immediately, keep your little prisoner's water bowl topped up until your appointment. Drive slowly.
  • Complete form and upload photo. If you do, we can begin advertising the lost cat immediately on the RDHS and Revelstoke Community Facebook pages.