Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. is proud to announce that the Sheriff’s Lost Pet Network has reunited a lost dog with its family. With the help of the community, the Sheriff’s Pet Network located and safely returned a Wading River dog in less than 10 hours of the dog going missing.
On the morning of August 30, Parson, a 4-year old terrier mix, was reported missing in Wading River. As part of the Sheriff’s Lost Pet Network, notices were placed on the Suffolk Sheriff’s social media page with a description of the dog. In the early evening the Suffolk Sheriff’s Office received a call that the dog had been found and Parson was shortly reunited with his family.
“I am glad to see that the Sheriff’s Lost Pet Network is proving to be a success and with the help of the community we were able to locate Parson in just a few hours. It is my hope that we can continue to be the pipeline to reunite animals with their owners,” said Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr.
In May, Sheriff Toulon launched the first ever “Lost Pet Network” which provides participating owners with a printed pet identification card and adds enrolled pets to a database to help track and locate missing pets utilizing social media and Deputy Sheriffs. Since inception, hundreds of Suffolk residents have enrolled their pets and counting.
Residents can enroll for the Pet Network for free on the Sheriff’s Office’s website. The collected information about the pet is stored on a secure database which helps the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office alert the appropriate stakeholders if a pet goes missing.
For more information on how to enroll, visit www.SuffolkSheriff.com.