missing pets

LOST A PET? BEWARE OF SCAMMERS

By Miriam Raftery

Photo:  Vincent, lost cast from Del Cerro Reservoir area, is still missing.If you find him, please contact Amanda Everett at abeverett.personal@gmail.com,  or 619-261-4717.

July 9, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) – When Amanda Everett lost her cat, Vincent, she posted notices online in hopes of finding help to locate her missing pet. Instead, she says, thieves tried to scam her into giving them money for emergency surgery on her cat, whom they falsely claimed had been brought to a local shelter. Other scammers sought to trick her into giving our personal information that could be used for identity theft.

Everett posted this warning on social media, which she has given ECM permission to reprint.


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BABS FRY, FINDER OF LOST PETS, NEEDS HELP TO REPLACE VAN DESTROYED IN CRASH

Volunteers also needed to help animals at Fry’s nonprofit, A Way Home For Dogs

By Karen Pearlman

Photo:  Babs Fry and a rescued dog relax in a 2020 photo near Fry's van that recently was totaled. Fry is hoping for volunteers to step up and help out while her team is looking to raise money to replace the van.  Photo courtesy of Babs Fry

July 23, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) -- Babs Fry is the one who gets the call from a frantic pet owner when a cat or dog goes missing, the one the California Highway Patrol calls when someone's pet is found wandering on a freeway.


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