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Lost Paws Trapping

We are a very small group of dog lovers. Our main purpose is to reunite lost pets with their families. Thank you �
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We also trap many stray, elusive dogs and provide needed vet care when we can. We do not charge for our services, we are donation only. We are NO longer an IL 501c3, however that does not change our mission. Donation links:
https://www.paypal.me/lostpawstrapping
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11/11/2024

Between Belleville and Millstadt, several reports of this dog being seen but kept running from people. Same area where we just trapped the other little guy a couple weeks ago. This little girl had a litter of pups and we're guessing was dumped after they sold the litter. 🤬

People living out there tagged us right away, and a good friend from Maneghi Meadows farm put food out for us. Once we had someone available Maryanne Heuer and Wayde Martin went out there to set up a camera and trap. Luckily they saw her when they were out there and were able to win her over and just put a slip lead on her. Talk about a super sweet little girl! How anybody could ever dump this dog I have no clue! Originally they called her Sugar because she was the sweetest little thing and just longing for affection!

However, since it's veterans weekend and the pup seemed to prefer the name Poppy..... I think we'll go with Poppy as her temporary holder calls her! Somebody's going to get a great dog, she's the sweetest little girl! ❤️

Picture in comments! Somebody needs to adopt this little girl she's the best! 🥰

10/30/2024

Didn't think this little dude was going to ever come to the trap! Meet Chili Peppa, Sparky....AKA whatever. Haven't really decided on a name yet, but this little fella was seemingly dumped in an area just outside of Belleville towards Millstadt.

He hung around the intersection traffic area the first day seemingly waiting for whomever had dumped him to come back for him. Once people tried to get him he headed off down the road just a bit into an open field area. He had no intentions of coming to anyone for food, other small dogs, or anything else. He chose to just hang out in the middle of the field and avoid all of us.

He watched us set a trap, smelled the bacon from afar that had been cooked but yet never came anywhere near the trap area. After day two of not coming anywhere near the trap area we were getting worried! We had tried all other avenues, then he was seen down the road in another area later that evening. Luckily by the middle of the night he showed up back in the same field after we had bungied the trap open. He went in to grab a little bacon. So with high hopes for the next day we set it early added more bacon and then waited and waited. He finally showed up after dark just before we were going to have to bungee it open again because of pepé Le Pew and a raccoon that was hanging out there. Luckily he showed up and went in for the bacon!

Very scared, but has come around very quickly and loves the attention! ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks to all of those that helped us in that area, Maneghi Meadows and neighbors, as well as the usual, Angela Caito-Price, Kurt Swanson , and long distance Gay Arnold.

09/14/2024

Little Louie was a newly adopted pup (September 7th) from Stray Rescue of St Louis. Louie was only with his new owners about 4 hours when he darted out an open door and took off. We are told Louie was rescued from the Bahamas after the hurricane hit and somehow landed at Stray Rescue.

Louie came back to the yard a couple times and was seen around the neighborhood off and on. We got him on camera a couple times, he got to eat once and the next time he came back there was a cat that had beat him to the trap and it was closed. Took him a couple more days before he came around again and finally walked into the trap around midnight Friday night!

I know his owners are exhausted and super excited to have him back home! Hopefully Louie can get the spoiling he so deserves now!

Kudos to Maryanne Heuer for dropping off the equipment and setting the trap up in the yard for this sweet boy!

08/24/2024

Meet Pepper! ❤️ On Aug 9th Pepper got spooked and took off from her owner while camping. She was seen various times but avoided people and was too scared to return to anyone. We told them to get a couple feeding stations set up. It was unknown whether she had eaten at any of them or not, they weren't being monitored with cameras. She was also seen running into a cornfield a couple times. LPT set up a camera at the feeding station near the camper that she had been staying. Luckily she showed up in the middle of the night Thursday looking for food. Friday a trap was baited and set, waiting and praying she returned on Friday. With so much activity around the area we knew she probably wouldn't show her face until night time when it quieted down. We waited all night long and she finally made her appearance in the wee hours of the morning Saturday! Thanks to all of those that helped, Angela Caito-Price for setting up camera and trap, great job girl! Angie Berry for assisting getting another trap and running out the door this morning to help! Great job guys and welcome home Pepper!
Pictures in comments.

Donation links:
https://www.paypal.me/lostpawstrapping
Venmo:

07/23/2024

This girl was rescued from a not so good situation, and a soon-to-be homeless situation. She was left alone consistently and only fed sporadically. We have rescue placement for her, but we would like to help cover her vetting. Praying for heartworm negative but we don't know yet. 🙏🏼 Any small donation towards her vetting will be appreciated. Hoping her second life is the life she deserves! ❤️

Venmo:
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07/13/2024

This cutie is one of our July 4th runaways. Luckily her owner got word she had been seen hanging around a wooded area between Belleville and Shiloh but would run whenever approached. After camping out trying to get a visual on his dog he messaged us for assistance.

The first night she was a no-show, she had ventured off into a subdivision nearby. We had high hopes she would return though to the spot by the creek and railroad tracks. Maryanne Heuer rebated the trap early this morning with some fresh food and luckily he came back and took the bait late this afternoon! Great job Maryanne!

Videos in comments, the temperamental camera stopped sending videos for a few minutes right when the dog was entering the trap. 🤦🏼‍♀️

07/12/2024

🚨 LOST DOG, Shiloh/Belleville, IL - last seen in Fox Glenn neighborhood and East B Street. DO NOT CHASE, Lost Paws Trapping is assisting owner and we need sightings reported so we can strategize trapping. LPT 618-977-1594 or owner 551-600-4897.

07/08/2024

With a heat index of 116 degrees, 🥵
thank goodness this was a fast trapping for Lost Paws Trapping South. This poor girl has been running around for a few weeks different locations but was very elusive of all people. We're thinking she came from outside of this area, she had collars but no microchip.

She was stuck in a preserve area that was very hard to even get into for several days. Before the area could even be looked over to see if it was possible to get a trap into it, she vanished. She popped up again this weekend in a different area and was found staying close to a pond area.

This heat was too much for us old people and certainly too hot for this poor husky. I tried to approach her the evening before, but just couldn't get near her. You could tell she was wearing down and physically exhausted.

Too scared to cooperate and get in the back of the Animal Control truck, she did get a ride in the front seat with the officer and air conditioning! She's no dummy! ❤️

Video in comments.

07/05/2024

Please like and follow the decent Madison County page not the original page! One of the admin on that page has blocked so many rescue people from trying to help dogs in that county because of her jealousy. Please follow the other Madison County page.

07/01/2024

Luckily Rosie was a quick catch!
Rosie and her brother went for a home meet and greet, possibly rehoming this weekend, Rosie was so scared she slipped her collar and bolted into the woods. Luckily she stayed right around the area and a towel on some snacks were put out for her.

Thanks Kurt Swanson for taking a camera and trap over! Rosie came rather quickly and is now safe and going back home with her brother for now. ❤️

06/30/2024

LPT South is going to get so much needed sleep tonight!

After a few days of running like a crazy dog, setting three traps and cameras...... I want to set up a trail camera and found tiny Izzy laying on a dirty shirt of the owners we put out. It was raining, we were both wet, but so happy to lay on the ground with her so she didn't bolt until the owner got there. Happy to say Izzy is back home tonight with her mom and the other dogs in the household! ❤️

06/18/2024

PSA: LPT will no longer be playing the non-profit game with the state of Illinois. Contemplated this for a while, but when I got a notice that our 990s which I was sending in every year online to the state of Illinois and the IRS, IL said I hadn't sent them to the state. I don't have the patience or the time to deal with them even though I can find them in my email where it shows I've sent them. That was the deciding factor. Since they wanted to assess a $200 back fee and $100 per year, with the little money we bring in that's not going to be happening. Done dealing with the state of Illinois!

We will however be trapping when we have a person available in the Belleville/metro area as well as Florida when needed. We will still be a non-profit, because anyone in rescue knows the little amount of funds you bring in do not cover equipment, gas, food, and astronomical vet bills, etc. We just won't be handing Illinois anymore money to stay on their nonprofit list!

We will still be volunteering our own time whenever we can just as we have in the past! It's for the love of the dogs not the state of Illinois! 🐕🐩🦮🐕‍🦺

06/06/2024

We are also happy to post today that Chayce took the plunge late last night and entered a trap for food! Chayce is a young newly adopted rescue that is not properly socialized. Kudos to his new owner for his willingness to search and do whatever needed to get his new pup back! Also thanks to the home in Misty Valley for reporting him in his yard and Kate Miller for assisting and taking another trap out! 👏🏼 Safety harness and hopefully a martingale will be in order today for this young pup!

06/06/2024

Meet Minnie.... Seemingly dumped between Millstadt and Belleville (couple weeks ago), hair was extremely matted all over and her woman parts were very large and saggy. Her body indicated she was used for breeding probably repeatedly. 😔 Got her contained in an out building so we could get her to safety. A good friend (thank you so much) picked her up and kept her safe for us and we got her groomed the next day. Underneath that matted mess was a very sweet girl, just very scared, but ready to start a better life! Welcome to rescue Minnie.

05/18/2024

Here's the clean and groomed version of Sadie the stubborn Anatolian Shepherd! 😍😍😍

05/17/2024

We are happy to say after more than 20 days or so, Sadie is finally back home where she belongs. We have been trying to condition her to go into the Missy trap this whole time, many rotisserie chickens later, smoked meat galore....we were finally at a stage about ready to set the trap. However, her apprehensiveness of going in the trap had prolonged her catch. Yesterday we figured out her weakness on camera! She was not super food motivated by any means, but a neighbor's chocolate lab caught her eye! After seeing how happy she was to run and play with this dog the owners were attempting to try and snag her this evening with the lab. As it works out, the chocolate lab is our hero, as well as the property owner for letting her play with their lab and finally getting a loop leash on Sadie! We are so happy her run is over and she's back home! Video in comments. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

04/14/2024

Huskies everywhere on the run! This little girl however was not even 5 months old and being transported to Arizona along with a sibling.

Unfortunately, she got off of her leash at Love's truck stop, 161 and highway 64. We've been there a few times before for the same reason, it's a horrible place to lose a dog! For one reason it's out in the wide open fields, horrible traffic, and you can never get people to stop chasing the dog! Oh my gosh trying to convince these people to get out of there was not an easy task.

After several hours of trying to convince people to stay out of the area so LPT- Maryanne Heuer could set up food/trap, with only a couple people assisting to keep the dog away from the highway, the waiting game began. The pup was just too frightened to come around. We placed a call to Hardee's right next to the field and they delivered us some warm cheeseburgers, three for the dog and one for Maryanne who was starving. 😄

Ember was finally interested in the cheeseburgers and got close enough to finally surround her and get a loop leash on her! Thank God this young husky is away from those busy roads and that highway! Great work Maryanne and thank you Kyle Waters for delivering the cheeseburgers!

Pictures in comments.

04/11/2024

If this doesn't look like a mugshot I don't know what does! 😄

Everyone meet Piper.

This cutie decided to take off from her home on the outskirts of Belleville. She had been running scared for a few days, not coming to anyone, or even recognizing the owner from a distance. Even though they had had her for almost 7 years, sometimes these dogs just get so frightened when they're on their own they just run even from the owner. After they got a couple glimpses of her on someone's camera, she still hid in a small wooded area only coming out now and then.

Last night Angela Caito-Price braved the rain and set up a trap and camera. After seeing her on her camera around 3:00 a.m., the trap was set and baited good this morning. Even though Piper hates rain she came out and found the trap! We are happy to say Piper is back home with her family, good job Angie! ❤️

Trapping video in comments.

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Didn't think this little dude was going to ever come to the trap! Meet Chili Peppa, Sparky....AKA whatever. Haven't really decided on a name yet, but this little fella was seemingly dumped in an area just outside of Belleville towards Millstadt. He hung around the intersection traffic area the first day seemingly waiting for whomever had dumped him to come back for him. Once people tried to get him he headed off down the road just a bit into an open field area. He had no intentions of coming to anyone for food, other small dogs, or anything else. He chose to just hang out in the middle of the field and avoid all of us. He watched us set a trap, smelled the bacon from afar that had been cooked but yet never came anywhere near the trap area. After day two of not coming anywhere near the trap area we were getting worried! We had tried all other avenues, then he was seen down the road in another area later that evening. Luckily by the middle of the night he showed up back in the same field after we had bungied the trap open. He went in to grab a little bacon. So with high hopes for the next day we set it early added more bacon and then waited and waited. He finally showed up after dark just before we were going to have to bungee it open again because of pepé Le Pew and a raccoon that was hanging out there. Luckily he showed up and went in for the bacon! Very scared, but has come around very quickly and loves the attention! ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks to all of those that helped us in that area, Maneghi Meadows and neighbors, as well as the usual, Angela Caito-Price, Kurt Swanson , and long distance Gay Arnold.

Meet Pepper! ❤️ On Aug 9th Pepper got spooked and took off from her owner while camping. She was seen various times but avoided people and was too scared to return to anyone. We told them to get a couple feeding stations set up. It was unknown whether she had eaten at any of them or not, they weren't being monitored with cameras. She was also seen running into a cornfield a couple times. LPT set up a camera at the feeding station near the camper that she had been staying. Luckily she showed up in the middle of the night Thursday looking for food. Friday a trap was baited and set, waiting and praying she returned on Friday. With so much activity around the area we knew she probably wouldn't show her face until night time when it quieted down. We waited all night long and she finally made her appearance in the wee hours of the morning Saturday! Thanks to all of those that helped, Angela Caito-Price for setting up camera and trap, great job girl! Angie Berry for assisting getting another trap and running out the door this morning to help! Great job guys and welcome home Pepper! Pictures in comments. Donation links: https://www.paypal.me/lostpawstrapping Venmo: @lostpawstrapping

Luckily Rosie was a quick catch! Rosie and her brother went for a home meet and greet, possibly rehoming this weekend, Rosie was so scared she slipped her collar and bolted into the woods. Luckily she stayed right around the area and a towel on some snacks were put out for her. Thanks Kurt Swanson for taking a camera and trap over! Rosie came rather quickly and is now safe and going back home with her brother for now. ❤️