The RMWB has set a deadline of July 14 for pet owners to come in and retrieve their animals. Many pets were rescued after the wildfire evacuations according to a press release issued by the municipality, and some are still in the care and custody of the RMWB’s Municipal Law Enforcement Animal Care and Control Branch. Anyone who is still missing a pet can go to the animal control in-care gallery on the municipality’s website and look through the animals who haven’t been claimed yet to see if their pet is in custody. To claim a pet the owner should use the ACU file number as a reference when they call 780-788-4200. This file number is displayed in the in care gallery beneath the photo of the animal.
Any pet owners who do not claim their animals from the RMWB by the July 14 deadline should consider them abandoned, and these animals will be transferred to various rescue group adoption programs after the deadline in an effort to find them a good home. Some residents may not have come back to Fort McMurray yet, others who have returned may not be aware that their pet is in custody at the municipality. If you are looking for your family pet and you have not already looked through the animals in the gallery on the municipal website then this should be your next step, otherwise you could end up losing the animal for good. Any abandoned animals will be cared for until a permanent home can be found for them.