If you find either a dog or a cat, please help by taking the "What You Can Do" steps which follow. If you find a stray cat, also take the steps and precautions listed in the "Cat" section below.

What You Can Do

	If you find a dog, call the Animal Control Officer in your county.
	Check with the neighbors to see if it’s theirs.
	Check with the Hukari Animal Shelter located in Odell by visiting the "Stray Dogs in the Shelter" and the "Adoptable Dogs" sections of their website: www.hoodriveradoptadog.org
	Take the dog to a local veterinarian's office to see if they recognize him/her and to have them scan for a microchip.
	Post picture at vets offices and on bulletin boards around town.
	Check with the Wasco County Shelter to see if someone reported him/her missing (541-296-5189)
	List on Internet (www.gorgelink.org/classifieds.html or gorgeads.com).
	Place a free ad in local newspapers: -- Hood River News 541-386-1234 -- The Enterprise (White Salmon) 509-493-2112
	Call local radio station KIHR 541-386-1511 to have announced.

If You Want to Keep the Animal

If the owner doesn't surface, you may decide to keep the animal. If you do, you still need to report the finding to the proper Animal Control Officer in the county where you found it (see list below).

If you assume responsibility for a stray, please be sure it is fed properly, sheltered, and not allowed to roam where it may injure family pets, livestock, wildlife, or cause a traffic accident.

If a dog you find is injured, PROD is able to help you nurse it back to health with our Good Sam or Frankee’s Fund, described elsewhere on this site.

PROD will be able to provide you with financial assistance in getting a canine neutered.

Contact Your Animal Control Officer

	Hood River County: Animal Control Officer, Casey DePriest - 541-387-7037
	Skamania County: Animal Control Officer, Tina Anderson - 509-427-9490
	Wasco County: Animal Control Officer, Brad Henage - 541-296-5454
	Klickitat County: Call Klickitat County Sheriff Dept. - 509-773-4545. If within city limits of White Salmon or Bingen also call Police Dept. 509-493-2660 or 493-1177.  (Bingen has a part-time animal control officer.) If within city limits of Goldendale call 509-773-3780

Additional Notes about Klickitat County
If a stray dog is within the city limits of Bingen or White Salmon, the police will pick up the animal and house it at Alpine Veterinary Hospital.  If the Animal Control officer for Bingen is on duty that day, the canine will be picked up by him. 

If it's within the city of Goldendale the canine will be picked up by a part time Animal Control Officer and housed in their shelter.

Anywhere else in Klickitat County the sheriff will not pick up a stray dog unless it is deemed “dangerous."

The Humane Society in Vancouver will accept strays from Klickitat County (360-693-4746). All other counties can pick up the dog, if so requested.

If You Find a Stray Cat

First determine if it's friendly or feral. A feral cat is one that has either been born in the wild, or a domestic cat that has returned to the wild. One way to determine if it's friendly or feral, is if it can calmly be picked up and placed in a crate. If you need to trap it, it's probably feral.

There are no local county ordinaces covering cats, therefore an Animal Control Officer will not pick them up, whether friendly or feral.

If It's Friendly

In addition to the steps described above, here are some things to do if you find a stray cat that's friendly.

	Check with CATLINK in The Dalles 541-298-8253 or Columbia Gorge Cat Rescue in Hood River 541-386-2743, to see if they will take it.
	Check with the Wasco County Shelter in case someone reported him/her missing 541-296-5189. Can take to the Humane Society for SWWashington in Vancouver 360-693-4746.
	If the cat is injured, PROD will be able to assist with our Good Sam Fund. .
	PROD can financially help in getting the cat neutered.

If It's Feral

Here are some things to do if you find a stray cat that's not friendly.

	Be careful not to get scratched or bitten. Cats carry a lot of bacteria on their claws and teeth.
	If handling, make sure to wear heavy duty gloves.
	Call CATLINK in The Dalles at 541-298-8253 for first-hand information on capturing, or call us for a handout with advice on how to proceed. CATLINK operates a TNR (trap, neuter & return) program.
	Check with Columbia Gorge Cat Rescue in Hood River to see if they can help. Visit their web site at: www.gorgecat.petfinder.org.  They can be reached by email: columbiagorgecat@mac.com or by writing them at PBX 231, Hood River, OR. Columbia Gorge Cat Rescue group also operates a TNR (trap, neuter & return) program and has some funding to help to get feral cats fixed.
	Call a vet to see if you can borrow a trap.
	Check with the Humane Society for SW Washington to see if they will accept the cat. Know that the cat or kittens may be euthanized, because feral cats cannot be placed as pets.