"Friendly", "sensitive" and "friend", specifications that some pet keepers have released on their lost animals, in advertisements on social media, along with other specifications, of the type that everyone can easily notice, hoping to urge others to help them find on her.
Usually, this type of advertisement attracts those looking for an opportunity to hunt "easy money", as some of these people delude the advertiser that they have found an animal that has the same specifications as the advertisement, in order to obtain the financial reward that is sometimes worth thousands of dirhams. .
Some send fabricated pictures, to the advertiser, to make them believe that their missing animal is already there, hoping to get part of the reward before handing it over.
And lost pet breeders resort to promotional sites, offering financial rewards to those who find them to return them to them, because they are not aware of the existence of a competent authority that they can resort to in such cases, which is the “pet” application launched by Dubai Municipality in 2015, as the number of registered pets does not increase There are 398 animals in it since its launch, while the municipality has called for those who lose their pets to submit a communication through its call center.
The «Emirates Today» advertisers offered financial rewards starting from 1000 dirhams, to encourage those who find their lost animals to return them to them, for a person announced the loss of his cat “Tigi”, indicating that its color is black mixed with brown, and reaches two years, adding that it left the house, and did not return mechanism. Another confirmed that he had lost his black cat in the Mirdif area, which is without teeth, adding that the cat was not wearing its collar that carries its data on the day it was lost, explaining that "the only way to recognize it is its right eye, which was subjected to an accident that left a distinctive impact on it."
An advertiser stated that, on October 17, he had lost his dog in the Rashidiya area, and demanded that he find him to contact him to obtain a reward.
Another asserted that he lost a cat in a silicon oasis in Dubai, pointing out that "her friendly way of dealing entices others to take her to live with them", and an advertiser said that he lost a "cocktail" bird in Deira City Center, near one of the famous stores there, describing it as "Friendly", calling on those who find him to return him.
A person, who has lost a pet in the Al Shahama market, offered 1,000 dirhams a reward to those who find it, hoping to find someone to contact him to receive the reward. Another advertiser offered 1,500 dirhams to anyone who finds a cat lost to a bank. An advertiser also offered a reward of 5,000 dirhams for those who found a missing cat, white in color, and presented the last reward of 1000 dirhams to anyone who finds his cat, of a calico type, indicating that it is "of medium length hair, white color", asking those who find it to contact him to return it to him An advertiser indicated that he lost his dog, "Bob", explaining that "his color is red mixed with whites."
A French resident of Jumeirah recently offered a 10,000 dirham financial reward to anyone who finds her four-year-old lost dog.
Emirates Today contacted people who announced the loss of their animals on social media. During the contact with the newspaper, they confirmed that they had received a large number of contacts since their publication. And that many of the callers confirmed to them that they had found the missing animal, and sent them pictures of other animals, bearing the specifications of the missing animal, published in the advertisement, pointing to the existence of attempts to fabricate the images.
For its part, the director of the municipality’s public health services, Zohour Al-Sabbagh, told «Emirates Today» that if the customer loses his animal, he must submit a communication in the call center, including his data and the missing animal’s data, to communicate with him if he finds it, and added: « In all cases, whether there is a notification submitted or not, the procedures followed in the municipality, when seizing a wild animal, is to communicate with its owner, if the missing animal is registered, and inform him that his animal is present, and that he has to receive it within three working days, and if he does not Coming on the date the municipality has the right to dispose of it and its offer for adoption ».
"domestic"
Dubai Municipality launched the “Alif” application, in 2015, to facilitate the publication of advertisements about lost animals, found animals, and stray animals.
Alif also represents a platform for pet owners, to improve registration, adoption and animal care services in Dubai.
Among its most important characteristics is that it provides reliable data on pet owners, manages animal information, facilitates registration and treatment processes through the municipal clinic, and provides a comprehensive view of pet owners on places of interest, via the map for the application. It also provides a unified and comprehensive platform for the adoption of these animals.
The number of pets that have been adopted since the launch of the application, more than 398 animals.
An advertiser describes his cat: "Her style of dealing tempts others to take her with them."
Announcement of a financial reward for finding "Tigi": "I left the house and did not return."