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protect your pet from pet theft

PROTECT YOUR PET FROM PET THEFT

In just a few seconds, your dog or cat could be stolen from your yard or dragged off of your front porch - only to be sold to research laboratories, used in a dog fighting ring as bait or a fighter, or flipped for profit. In fact, in the time it takes you to read this sentence, someone could have stolen your pet.

Since many pet thefts go unreported, it's impossible to know exactly how many animals are taken, but, historically, an estimated two million pets are stolen in the United States each year.

 

PET THEFT AWARENESS DAY

Observed annually on February 14th, Valentine's Day, which sees a considerable uptick in pet thefts, LCA first created National Pet Theft Awareness Day in 1988 to raise awareness for the issues of pet theft and to educate the public about how to keep their companion animals safe from thieves.

 

COMMON REASONS FOR PET THEFT

 

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR PET IS STOLEN OR MISSING

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP PROTECT YOUR PETS

 

LEARN ABOUT CLASS B ANIMAL DEALERS.