Petco Love Lost is a database that helps owners of missing pets using image-recognition technology Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

LYNDHURST — Firefly the cat was missing almost a year when she turned up at the shelter. Her owner had just about given up on ever seeing her again. Thankfully, she was microchipped, and it wasn't ...

The Fourth of July might be your favorite summer holiday, but for dogs, it's often the scariest night of the year. Across the country, shelters see a huge uptick in lost pets between July 4 and July 6 ...

A friend recently shared how overwhelming it was to lose (and thankfully find) their pet, with no idea how to reach the nearly 4 million people living in Los Angeles. This -- and the slew of national ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- After months of heartbreak, Sweetie, a 13-year-old dog, is back home with her family who never stopped searching. Found 33 miles away, she is one of ...

A new tool called “Petco Love Lost” is now available through the City of Amarillo Animal Management & Welfare website under the animal search tool/ lost & found/ specific location. Assisted by AI, the ...

The AI facial recognition software helps identify lost and found pets posted on social media. Pet owners can upload photos of ...

Ash-har Quraishi is a consumer correspondent based in Chicago. He is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of local, national, international and investigative reporting experience.

In response to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, local pet company Cleo&Hooman has introduced a lost and found pet database to help reunite displaced pets with their families. The database ...

Michelle posted on social media about how she was reunited with her tiny dog, Lola, five years after she went missing.