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Lost & found · Liechtenstein
Updated September 2026

🐕 My pet is missing — where do I report it?

Direct answer

A microchipped pet is found through the chip database: report it missing at AMICUS (Hunde) (amicus.ch) so any vet or shelter scanning the chip sees it — and check your contact details there are current. Then Amt für Lebensmittelkontrolle und Veterinärwesen (llv.li) — the animal shelter and the animal-welfare organisation for Liechtenstein, which take in strays — and Gemeindeverwaltung (llv.li), the municipality, which collects animals from the street. Search at dawn and dusk with something that smells of home; most cats are within a few hundred metres, hiding.

Call firstAMICUS (Hunde)
Report toAmt für Lebensmittelkontrolle und Veterinärwesen
If that failsGemeindeverwaltung

🗣️ What to say

"My [dog/cat], [name, breed, colour, age, chip number], went missing on [date] from [address/area]. [Wearing collar / not.] Please register it as missing and tell me which shelters to contact. Photo attached."

🪜 Step by step

  1. Chip database: AMICUS (Hunde)Mark missing, update your phone number.
  2. Shelters and vets: Amt für Lebensmittelkontrolle und VeterinärwesenCall and email the local shelters and vets with a photo; visit shelters in person — descriptions get lost.
  3. Municipality: GemeindeverwaltungFound animals are taken in by the municipal service; report yours so they match.
  4. NeighbourhoodPosters with a photo, local social-media groups, neighbours' sheds and garages. Cats: put the litter tray outside.
  5. Keep lookingCats turn up weeks later; dogs are usually found within days. Report a found pet the same way if you find one.

📇 All contacts

AMICUS (Hunde)Chip registerImmediately after the pet goes missing🔗 www.amicus.ch
Amt für Lebensmittelkontrolle und VeterinärwesenAnimal-welfare inspectionsFor neglect or abuse🔗 www.llv.li/de/landesverwaltung/amt-fuer-lebensmittelkontrolle-und-veterinaerwesen
GemeindeverwaltungMunicipal administration: residents, order, noise, wasteFor anything the municipality regulates🔗 www.llv.li
Landespolizei Liechtenstein — AnzeigeCriminal complaint online or at the stationAlways — the basis for bank, insurer and platform📞 +423 236 71 11🔗 www.landespolizei.li/anzeige

❓ Frequently asked

Not chipped

Report anyway with photos; a found animal is matched by description. Microchipping is compulsory for dogs in most EU countries — get it done when the pet is back.

Someone found it and wants money

A finder can claim reasonable expenses, not a ransom. If it feels like a scam, involve the police.

Lost abroad on holiday

Chip databases are linked through the European pet-network; report at home and in the country you are in.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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