Missing Pets Report — Netherlands and United States

🇳🇱 Netherlands

Latest annual report: 2024 — Stichting Amivedi

Lost pets last year

≈ 45,000

Nearly 45 thousand missing-animal reports were registered in 2024.

Resolved cases

77%

More than 35 thousand reported cases were solved.

77%

Resolved

🇺🇸 United States

Annual estimate and recovery-rate data from U.S. animal welfare sources

Lost pets per year

≈ 10,000,000

Approximately 10 million pets are lost each year in the United States.

Recovered cases

85%

ASPCA survey data found that 85% of lost dogs and cats were recovered overall.

85%

Recovered

Resolved and Recovered Case Rates

The Netherlands and United States show relatively high reported recovery or resolution rates. In countries with larger free-roaming animal populations and less mature formal pet-control systems, expected recovery is substantially lower.

Disclaimer: “Resolved” or “recovered” cases do not necessarily mean every pet was physically found and returned home. Depending on the source and reporting system, a case may also be closed because the animal was confirmed found, the owner was identified, the report was withdrawn, or the outcome was otherwise clarified.

Netherlands — resolved cases 77%

United States — recovered dogs and cats 85%

Global lower-recovery benchmark — pets found after being lost ≈ 40%

India

High-risk recovery environment

Mars’ State of Pet Homelessness research reports a very large homeless companion-animal population in India, indicating weaker reunification conditions for lost pets.

Mexico

High-risk recovery environment

Mars’ Mexico market report highlights large street and shelter populations, making lost-pet recovery more difficult than in highly registered pet systems.

Why it matters

Millions of pets go missing each year. In markets with larger free-roaming animal populations, better reporting, identification, and matching tools can have an even larger impact.

Annual lost-pet count Resolved or recovered share

🇮🇳 India

High-risk recovery context — State of Pet Homelessness Project

Homeless companion animals

≈ 79.9M

Mars’ India factsheet reports around 79.9 million homeless companion animals.

Expected found rate

Lower

Large street populations and less mature identification systems make recovery harder for lost pets.

≈40%

Global found benchmark

🇲🇽 Mexico

High-risk recovery context — State of Pet Homelessness Project

Street / stray cats

≈ 7.6M

Mars’ Mexico factsheet reports around 7.6 million street or stray cats.

Street / stray dogs

≈ 4.6M

The same factsheet reports around 4.6 million street or stray dogs.