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Where can I find a pet detective in the UAE??

Old Oct 10th 2011, 4:30 pm
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Im new on here, and I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried getting a pet detective for a missing cat. I've read somewhere that someone did but I cannot seem to reach them.
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Old Oct 10th 2011, 4:31 pm
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My cat has been missing for 2 weeks and is no where to be found
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I really want to be cruel here, but if I do it will also put me off eating this chow mein I have in front of me.
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The painters are in this week....so I'm looking for any stray pussy
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Im new on here, and I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried getting a pet detective for a missing cat. I've read somewhere that someone did but I cannot seem to reach them.
Please help
Hmm, I don't think you'll find one. Your cat probably got lost, due to new surroundings. Happened to mine.
Is it a pedigree or just a normal house cat?
If it's a pedigree, I'd suggest for you to look in some pet shops. Over here(Qatar) lots of pedigree cats and dogs are stolen from houses to be sold in pet shops or souks.

Other than that just ask around and show a picture of your cat, maybe somebody has seen it.
Hope you'll get your cat back soon
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I replied to your PM inquiring about a pet detective. I live in the US which is where I employed the services of a pet detective.

Best think you can do is cover as much area as possible with Missing Cat posters. Make them large, mine were about 1.5 feet by 2.5 feet . Make sure to have a big picture of your cat, big enough that people driving by can see and read the missing cat lettering with ease. I found my cat due to a woman driving past a poster.

While one might not think their pet went far, hang posters and knock on doors as wide an area as possible. Mine was further away from my house than I thought and I would have found here sooner if I had expanded by innitial search.
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Default Re: Where can I find a pet detective in the UAE??

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Hello
I replied to your PM inquiring about a pet detective. I live in the US which is where I employed the services of a pet detective.

Best think you can do is cover as much area as possible with Missing Cat posters. Make them large, mine were about 1.5 feet by 2.5 feet . Make sure to have a big picture of your cat, big enough that people driving by can see and read the missing cat lettering with ease. I found my cat due to a woman driving past a poster.

While one might not think their pet went far, hang posters and knock on doors as wide an area as possible. Mine was further away from my house than I thought and I would have found here sooner if I had expanded by innitial search.
You can use google translator to translate into arabic.
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Hope your cat had a collar with its address and stuff as otherwise the Municipality are likely to impound them. Several cats have been removed by them in our neighborhood, not only strays.
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Best think you can do is cover as much area as possible with Missing Cat posters. Make them large, mine were about 1.5 feet by 2.5 feet . Make sure to have a big picture of your cat, big enough that people driving by can see and read the missing cat lettering with ease. I found my cat due to a woman driving past a poster.
Didn't you know that it's illegal to affix posters here in the UAE without the requisite licence, huge deposit and six passport photos?
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And make sure it's chipped, so if someone finds it and takes it to a vet, they can figure out who it belongs to.
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Default Re: Where can I find a pet detective in the UAE??

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And make sure it's chipped, so if someone finds it and takes it to a vet, they can figure out who it belongs to.

If it's illegal then that's it really. Why would they make it illegal!
All I've been doing is calling out on him *
In the neighbourhood hoping he'd show up.
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Originally Posted by mentalist
Didn't you know that it's illegal to affix posters here in the UAE without the requisite licence, huge deposit and six passport photos?
Here too, it is against local town ordance to affix posters to utility/traffic poles. So the authorities advised that I get the permission of homeowners to put up posters on their lawns/trees . I ended up getting homeowner permission, which everyone I asked was more than happy to oblige, buying several metal stands and duck taping my poster boards to them then stick the stand on laws.



To the Thread Starter.
Have you checked with local shelters (are there any over there?), municipalities, police ? And also gardners and labourers who work in the area? You could explain your situation to the authorities and ask them if you could hang posters or put up your own stand alone posters for a limited period and then you would remove them. Worth a try, nothing to lose by asking.

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Almost all, except the municipality and police as I don't think they'd do anything.
The neighbourhood isn't very much animal friendly unfortunately
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Almost all, except the municipality and police as I don't think they'd do anything.
The neighbourhood isn't very much animal friendly unfortunately
Yeah I had a strong hunch that unlike here in the US, the cultures over there just don't give a toss about pets/animals so unlikely to empathize with your situation.
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Originally Posted by mentalist
Didn't you know that it's illegal to affix posters here in the UAE without the requisite licence, huge deposit and six passport photos?
I didn’t, only become aware when I tried to affix posters in Irish village albeit it was not for a missing pussy cat; it was for a slightly bigger cat with heart
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