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My pet has run away. What can I do?

If your pet has run away, you should contact Tierheim Leipzig and the Veterinary Office.

Here are the contact details:

Tierheim Leipzig

            Tierheim Leipzig-Breitenfeld
            Gustaf-Adolf-Allee 35
            04158 Leipzig-Breitenfeld

            Phone: 0341 9117154
            Fax: 0341 4622903
            Email: info@tierheim-leipzig
            www.tierheim-leipzig.de

Veterinäramt Leipzig (Veterinary Office Leipzig)

            Veterinär- und Lebensmittelaufsichtsamt
            Theodor-Heuss-Straße 43
            04328 Leipzig

            Phone: 0341 123 3791
            Fax: 0341 123 3795
            Email: veterinaeramt@leipzig.de

Outside of the varying opening times of these two institutions, which you can find on their respective websites, it is best to contact the ‘amtstierärztlicher Bereitschaftsdienst’ (official veterinary on-call service).

You can contact them either via the

            Polizeidirektion Leipzig (Leipzig Police Headquarters)

                        Phone: 0341 966 0

            or

            the ‘Integrierte Rettungsleitstelle’ (Integrated Emergency Control Centre)

                        Phone: 0341 555004 4000

Alternatively, you can also try the Notdienst der Leipziger Tierpraxen (Leipzig Veterinary Practices Emergency Service):

            Phone: 0341 94679466

Ideally, your pet is chipped and registered with Tasso. If it is found, the chip’s data can be scanned and the hopefully honest finders can contact you.

If you still haven’t had the chance to chip and register your pet, give the Tierheim and Veterinary Office your contact details along with as detailed a description as possible, or ideally a photo, and tell them when and where your furry friend is thought to have escaped.

You should also post a missing pet notice. In Leipzig, you can do that here, for example. You should also hang photos of your missing pet around the area where it disappeared. Please note the regulations on putting up such posters in the respective neighbourhood. You can also place a missing pet notice with the Tiermeldezentrale.

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