Lost and found pets in Henry County, GA

If your dog or cat went missing anywhere in Henry County, including McDonough, Stockbridge, Hampton and Locust Grove, this page has the shelter, the phone numbers and the order to do things in. Everything here comes from the county’s own published information.

Do these today

1. Contact Henry County Animal Care & Control. Henry County posts impounded animals on 24PetConnect. Search by your ZIP and choose Henry County Animal Care & Control.
2. Check the shelter in person, often. Henry County does not publish a stray hold period online. Call and ask. Walk the kennels yourself every couple of days. Staff may not match your description to the animal in front of them.
3. Watch the online list daily. 24PetConnect (filter for Henry County Animal Care & Control). Online listings can lag behind intake by a day or more.
4. Search close to home first. In a national ASPCA-backed survey, about half of recovered dogs were found by searching the neighborhood, and most recovered cats came home on their own or were found nearby. Walk your streets, look under decks and in garages, and talk to everyone you pass.
5. Post everywhere free. File a report on Petco Love Lost (many metro shelters photo-match against it), post on Nextdoor, and share in local lost-pet Facebook groups.
6. Get the word to neighbors who aren’t looking. Flyers at eye level on main roads near McDonough still work. A targeted neighborhood alert reaches the people who never check lost-pet groups.

Henry County shelter and animal control

Some details for Henry County are not published on the county’s own site. Call before you drive over.

Other shelters and rescues to check

• Henry County Humane Society

Private shelters and rescues may take in strays that never reach county animal services. Call them too.

Found a pet in Henry County?

Check for a tag, then take the animal to any vet or to Henry County Animal Care & Control to scan for a microchip. Scanning is free. Report the animal to the county at (770) 288-7387, post a found pet report, and add it to Petco Love Lost. Before you hand a pet over, ask the person to describe something you left out of your post. Our guide to lost pet scams covers the common tricks.