Lost dogs have fueled the overpopulation crisis in US animal shelters

Ziggy has been at an animal shelter for more than 300 days after he was found lost on the street. At the root of it all are lost dogs that don’t make it back home, according to Beal. “Think of the pets you find not as strays, but as lost pets that someone is looking for,” Beal said. How to help a lost pet find their way back home in your local communityAccording to a recent study, most lost pets are found within one mile of home. Our database works by image recognition technology, because there are a lot of lost pets, especially in big cities,” said Kogut.