Nearly 10 million pets go missing each year in the United States alone—leaving families heartbroken and animals vulnerable. Thankfully, organizations like Petco Love are working to change that.
Established in 1999, Petco Love formalizes Petco’s long-standing commitment to animal welfare and has become a powerful force in reuniting lost pets with their families. Through innovative technology and a nationwide network, they simplify what can often feel like an overwhelming and emotional search process.
Petco Love offers a free, easy-to-use platform that serves as a centralized hub where pet parents, rescuers, and shelters can report, search for, and share information about lost and found pets. Their extensive database includes animals reported by individuals as well as thousands of participating shelters and rescue organizations across the country—dramatically increasing the chances of a successful reunion.
By simply uploading a photo of a lost or found pet, users tap into a smart image-matching system that helps connect missing animals with potential matches. This visibility is critical—it allows pet parents who are desperately searching to quickly identify their pets and take steps to bring them home.
For rescue organizations like Save a Sato, tools like Petco Love are invaluable. Many of the dogs we encounter may have once had families searching for them. Reporting found pets through this system ensures that every possible effort is made to reunite them before they enter the adoption process.
Reuniting pets with their families not only saves time and resources—it spares animals from unnecessary stress and helps shelters focus on pets truly in need of new homes. Every report, every photo, and every share brings us one step closer to more happy endings.
And remember, Puerto Rico: you can post on your personal page a photo of your lost pet or a found pet and tag Save A Sato (@saveasato). Make sure to select our official page—your photo post will appear in our mentions section, a place that gives great exposure to all our followers and you may get the help that you need!.
