WCHS has partnered with Petco Love to help reunite lost pets quickly and efficiently. By reporting your found pet to Petco Love Lost, you’ll help build a strong database that allows our staff to review animals currently in shelter care and identify missing pets faster.

If you found a lost dog or cat, please report it at the link below.

For more information and additional steps to take, please scroll below.

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Intake Hours

WCHS is only able to take in animals that are found in Washington County. If you found an animal in a different county, please contact that local humane society as the owner will not be looking for their animal at a different humane society.

Stray Intake Hours

Monday – 8:00am – 7:00pm
Tuesday – 8:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday – 8:00am – 8:00pm
Thursday – 8:00am – 5:00pm
Friday – 8:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday – 8:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday – Closed – contact law enforcement

Our staff is on lunch every day from 12:00pm-1:00pm

Stray After Hours

Germantown Police – (262) 253-7780
Hartford Police – (262) 673-2600
Jackson Police – (262) 677-4949
Kewaskum Police – (262) 626-2323
Slinger Police – (262) 644-6441
West Bend Police – (262) 335-5000

For all other areas, please call: Washington County Sheriff – (262) 335-4378

If you found a dog:

  • Safely contain the dog.
  • Check for collar and tags.
  • Keep dog tied in a visible location to people walking by, for at least 30 minutes.
  • Report a found dog on Petco Love Lost
  • Post on local Facebook/neighborhood pages.
  • If you are not able to hold onto the dog, depending on what time it is call, the appropriate number listed above.

If you found a Kitten:

Many times it will be best for kittens under 6 weeks old to stay where they are found. Rarely are found kittens completely abandoned by their mothers. Feral mothers will typically only come around certain times so they don’t attract predators to the kittens. For more information on caring for orphaned kittens use our helpful links:

If you found a cat

  • Safely contain the cat.
  • Check for collar and tags
  • Check the left ear for a “tip”. If the cat has a portion of the tip of the ear that is cut straight across, this cat is a community cat and has already been altered and has likely just wandered a little more than usual. This cat should be released again.
  • Report a found cat on Petco Love Lost
  • Post on local Facebook/neighborhood pages.
  • If you are not able to hold onto the cat, depending on what time it is, call the appropriate number listed above.
  • There are some municipalities in Washington County that do not contract with WCHS for stray cats. WCHS can still take in cats from these areas but a fee may apply. That fee goes directly toward the care of that cat while at WCHS.

If you found wildlife:

  • Safely contain the wildlife based on the species. A plastic tub flipped over with a brick on top, a shoebox, a 5-gallon pail with a lid, or a cat carrier are all different ways to contain wildlife.
  • WCHS and wildlife rehabilitators are not able to come out if the animal is not contained.
  • There is not a rehabilitator in Washington County for adult raccoons or deer.

If you need to call a wildlife rehabilitator, please leave a message and allow time for them to call you back. They are likely on the phone with another person, tending to a new intake, or it could be feeding time.

Wanakia Wildlife – 414-803-0388

  • Rabbits
  • Opossum
  • Squirrels
  • Wild birds, ducks, swans, geese
  • Birds of Prey
  • Wild pigeons/doves

Pineview – 262-692-9021

  • Birds of Prey
  • Reptiles
  • Coyotes
  • Fox
  • Badgers
  • Amphibians

Jolyn Kuban – 262-388-2972

  • Orphaned raccoons
  • Woodchucks