Lost Animals

If you have lost a pet check our Lost Animal Register. We regularly update our Lost Animal Register.

If your pet is not listed on the Lost Animal Register, please contact

Wyndham City Pound

253 - 255 Old Geelong Rd, Hoppers Crossing (behind the Council Depot, next to Mitre 10)
Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm (or by appointment only 4 - 4.30pm)
Phone: 9742 0958

You can also contact the Lost Dogs Home or your local vet.

The Lost Dogs Home

2 Gracie Street, North Melbourne.
Phone : 9329 2755
For further information visit Lost Dogs Home

Found a Lost Animal

If you have found a lost cat or dog, you are required to hand the animal over to an authorised officer or vet as soon as reasonably possible of finding it. This is not only a legal requirement, but it will give the animal the best possible chance of being reunited with its owners and minimising stress to the owners and the animal.

Business Hours (8am-5pm) 9742 0777:

If you have found the animal during business hours and it is safe to do so, you can take the animal directly to the Wyndham Council Pound located at 241-253 Old Geelong Rd Hoppers Crossing or to a local vet clinic.
Alternately, you can call the Wyndham Council on 9742 0777 and a Ranger will come out and collect it from you directly.
If a dog is acting aggressively and it is unsafe to contain the dog, contact the Wyndham Council ASAP.
If a cat is being aggressive and you are unable to contain it, please contact the Wyndham Council to arrange a cat trap or get advice.

After hours 9742 0777:

If you have found a lost pet afterhours, public holidays or weekends, contain the animal if it is safe to do so and contact the Wyndham Council and follow the prompts.
If a dog is acting aggressively and it is unsafe to contain the dog, contact the Wyndham Council and follow the prompts.
Please note, Rangers will not collect cat’s afterhours.
If you have located an injured pet, please call Council ASAP or if possible take to the closest vet clinic.
If you have located an injured animal, please call Council ASAP or if possible take to the closest vet clinic. Please Note: Uvet is a 24 hour emergency vet clinic located at 250 Princes Hwy Werribee.
If you have found a lost cat or dog, you are required to hand the animal over to an authorised officer or vet as soon as reasonably possible of finding it. This is not only a legal requirement, but it will give the animal the best possible chance of being reunited with its owners and minimising stress to the owners and the animal.