• Neem zo spoedig mogelijk contact op met uw AMIVEDI-meldpunt.
• Maak een vermissing zo ruim mogelijk bekend (buren, winkels, politie, asielen, enz,).
• Verspreid posters met de vermissing, signalement van het dier, datum en omgeving van de vermissing en uw telefoonnummer. Vraag of men op zolders en in schuren, bergingen e.d. wil kijken. U kunt via onze site eenvoudig zelf een poster maken.
• Indien uw dier gechipt is controleer dan of de registratie klopt.
• Wees voorzichtig met het uitloven van een beloning. Dat kan bedriegers en oplichters aantrekken. Wilt u dat risico toch nemen, vermeld dan in ieder geval niet de hoogte van de beloning!
• Bezoek meerdere keren de asielen die daarvoor in aanmerking komen en laat een foto van het dier achter.
• Is uw dier na een paar weken onverhoopt nog niet terecht, geef dan de moed niet te snel op. Blijf uw contacten met asielen en politie e.d. herhalen. Vanzelfsprekend blijft Amivedi ook alert.
• Plaats advertenties in huis aan huis bladen en op prikborden in drukbezochte winkels en scholen.
• Bij vermissing na een verhuizing: neem contact op met uw vorige buren en de nieuwe bewoners van uw vorige huis.
• Bij vermissing van katten: roep de kat als het buiten stil is.
• Honden die tijdens het wandelen zoek raken gaan vaak terug naar de plaats waar ze de eigenaar of begeleider het laatst gezien hebben. Laat daar iets achter waaraan de lucht van thuis herkend kan worden. Of zet de auto zo dicht mogelijk bij die plaats neer.

MY PET IS MISSING

The following is important when a pet has gone missing and will greatly improve the chances of you being reunited with your pet

• Contact your nearest AMIVEDI branch as soon as possible.
• Inform as many people as possible about your missing pet (neighbours, shops, police, animal shelters etc.).
• Distribute posters with a description of your pet, the date and area in which your pet was last seen, and your phone number. Ask people to look in their attics and barns, garages and outhouses. Through our website you can easily create your own poster.
• If your animal has an implanted microchip, check to make sure the registration is still up to date.
• Be careful with offering a reward. This may attract imposters and swindlers. If you do decide to offer a reward, then don’t mention the amount of the reward money!
• Visit animal shelters in your neighbourhood frequently and leave them with a picture of your pet.
• If your animal is still missing after a few weeks, don’t give up hope too soon. Remain in contact with animal shelters, police etc. Naturally, Amivedi will also stay alert.
• Place ads in newspapers and on message boards in shops and schools where there are lots of people.
• If a pet goes missing after moving: contact your old neighbours and the new residents of your old house.
• In the case of a missing cat: call the cat’s name when it is quiet outside, for example at night or at dawn.
• Dogs that go missing during their walk often go back to the spot where they last saw their owner or guide. Leave something behind which has the scent of home on it or park your car as closely as possible to that spot.

MY PET HAS A MICROCHIP, WHAT TO DO?  

When an animal has a microchip, it is very important that the registration of the chip is up to date. Through a specialized database, the owner of the animal can be traced 24 hours a day. In the Netherlands, there are various databases where you can register a microchip.
Unfortunately, after moving, changing their phone number or purchasing an animal which has already been chipped; many people forget to update the registration. This is often not noticed until the animal goes missing. Our website has many animals on it that are chipped, but the information on the chip is no longer accurate and, therefore, the owner cannot be traced.
You can easily check whether the chip registration of your pet is still up to date. You can do this on the website www.chipnummer.nl. Here you can search for a registration in the most important Dutch databases. If all is well, you will find your own contact information or the telephone number of the database/veterinarian that manages your information.

If you don’t find a registration on this website, it is important to create one as quickly as possible.

It is sensible to choose a database that is connected to an international search engine, such as the N.D.G, Stichting Chip or PetBase. This increases the chances of people also being able to check registrations from other countries.
Unfortunately it is not always possible to immediately complete the registration at these databases; therefore, through the internet you can create a registration at for example Petlook. On this website you can register a chip in just a few minutes. Later you can create a registration with a larger database.

A foreign chip can also be registered at a Dutch database.  It doesn’t matter if a registration has already been created abroad.

If your chip is registered with one of the databases but the information is not correct, it is important to contact the database concerned as quickly as possible to provide them with the correct information.

DUTCH KENNEL CLUB ‘RAAD VAN BEHEER’:
The microchips of many pedigree dogs may only be registered at the Raad van Beheer, which is not enough if an animal goes missing. Generally, the Raad van Beheer cannot be reached 24 hours a day and its registration facility is not set up to detect missing dogs. In addition, the Raad van Beheer is restricted by the Personal Data Protection Act and therefore not allowed to provide owner information to third parties. For this reason, the Raad van Beheer advises owners to also register their pets’ microchip on a database whose purpose is to trace pet owners.