Have you recovered a lost pet? Share your story with the Lost Pet Research Database and help improve recovery efforts for pets everywhere. These surveys are for pets that were lost and have since been found, regardless of outcome. If your pet is still missing, this survey isn’t the right fit. We’re gathering data to […]
When a dog or cat is missing for months or even years, the most effective search methods are not necessarily the same as those used in the first few days or weeks. This is especially true when there are few to no confirmed sightings of the missing pet. The goal of this research project is
The Lost Pet Research Blog is home to my current research articles. Most of these articles are based on research studies published in the scientific literature. A few articles are summaries of my own research such as the Cat Homing Behavior Survey. These articles go back as early as 2011 and some could probably be updated
The articles listed here are all published in peer reviewed scientific journals. For a discussion of published lost pet research studies, visit the Lost Pet Research Blog.View full bibliography with abstracts and notes here.BibliographyHuang, L., M. Coradini, J. Rand, J. Morton, K. Albrecht, B. Wasson, and D. Robertson. 2018. Search methods used to locate missing
For a bibliography of lost pet research studies, visit this page. For a discussion of existing lost pet statistics studies, see the Lost Pet Research Blog.Why we need more lost pet statistics researchAt this time there are very few published studies related directly to lost pet recovery. The existing studies also have a number of
Start here for an overview of existing and future lost pet research projects. This year I’m planning to focus on lost pet research projects and blog articles. At this point I have way too many ideas and I want to see what YOU are most interested in learning about. I’m also hoping to gauge interest in