Lost Pets In The Neighborhood? When To Help And When To Call The Pound: Block Talk

Found a loose dog or cat in the neighborhood? Patch’s Block Talk column rounded up reader advice, and the consensus is: try to find the owner first, post to neighborhood social media, and check for a microchip before calling animal control. That said, readers agree an aggressive or unfamiliar animal is a perfectly good reason to skip the heroics and just dial the non-emergency line.