How to find your pet if you have lost it in Ile-de-France?

First thing to do: follow the official recommendations to start the procedure.

“If you have lost your cat, dog or ferret and it is identifiedyou can declare its loss to the National Identification File of Domestic Carnivores (I-cad).

If it is unidentified, private websites offer you the opportunity to post search announcements and advice on how to conduct your searches. »

This is what we can read on the service-public.fr website.

Which reminds us of the importance of having your animal identified when passing, if this is not the case you can request temporary identification from the I-cad. Then you must go to your local police station to report the supposed loss or theft.

These first steps will make it possible to make the link between your animal if it is found and you.

But that doesn't start research, even though it's a race against time that has begun…?

You are right. So you can call the pound, post your ad on social media and prepare posters. The SPA also recommends the site Pet Alert specialized in finding lost animals.

And otherwise, I discovered a collective of citizens who are mobilizing and can help you in Ile-de-France: Ziggy Angels.

This collective is led by Cécile and is made up of citizen volunteers who are ready to come forward for you if you have lost your pet. This can take several forms:

– Mobilize personalities on social networks to share your message and the disappearance notice

– Come to the field to help you put up posters

– Provide you with practical advice

They don't have a website, everything happens through Instagram: Ziggy Angels.

And this collective has victories under its belt?

It all started with a victory, in 2021 when Clara lost her little dog Ziggy, she made a call on social media, a group got together and found the dog in Cannes, the group remained active…

Cécile insists on the secret of what works with this group: a human chain mobilized on social networks, in the field. She also told me again about the Bayou dog that they had found thanks to a big mobilization, sometimes videos are viewed hundreds of thousands of times, and that's what helps enormously.

And then, of course, there are the associations and the media that come in support…Ziggy Angels to find out more about these guardian angels.