Where to report a lost pet in Lithuania: all options compared
Updated: September 16, 2026 · Reunika
The short answer: report the loss in GAR and publish a local alert on Reunika within the first hour, then use “Pasiklydau. Noriu namo”, Facebook groups and gyvunupaieska.lt, and call the municipal shelter. Below is an honest assessment of each option.
No account. Starting the alert takes 30 seconds.
The options, one by one
- Reunika (reunika.com): a free listing in one minute, a live map and an A4 poster with a QR code; an optional paid alert on Facebook and Instagram around the place where the pet went missing.
- GAR (ŽŪDC): the official register, with a public microchip search showing the keeper’s contact details. Dogs, cats and ferrets must be microchipped and registered, but it is not a listings website.
- The Facebook page “Pasiklydau. Noriu namo” and the groups “Dingo gyvūnas?”, “Dingę/dovanojami/rasti gyvūnai”: the most active channel in Lithuania; posts disappear within hours and there is no map. Add a link to your listing.
- gyvunupaieska.lt: a non-commercial portal aggregating shelter listings for lost, found and adoption cases; free.
- skelbiu.lt: the largest classifieds website, with no dedicated lost-pet category. Search for “rasti gyvūnai” / “dingo”; it has a large audience but no local alert.
- Municipal shelters (Vilnius: vggn.grinda.lt, 1355): galleries of captured animals; shelters must check the chip, notify the owner and publish details of animals in their care, and the legal holding period for small stray animals is 2 weeks.
The combination that works
- Report the loss in GAR and publish a Reunika listing with a photo and the exact location.
- Call the police or the municipality and the municipal shelter; follow up daily.
- Post the link on “Pasiklydau. Noriu namo” and in groups; also list the pet on gyvunupaieska.lt and skelbiu.lt.
- Put up posters from the second day onwards, in permitted places.
Common questions
Why not use Facebook alone?
Because a post disappears from the feed within a few hours and cannot be found by someone searching a week later. A listing with its own page stays on the map and collects sighting reports; groups amplify it, with a link.