Found By Drone

08/01/2024

We helped get another lost dog home! 🏡 🐕

Spread the great news: Loverboy has been reunited with his family after 1 days, 10 hours! Here is a picture of him home safe and sound :)

"Thank you to the locals Butch and Mandy who were a tremendous help. Lonestar Drone and Found by Drone for being so accommodating. And to everyone in the Savannah and Pooler area who were there to provide their hope and prayers 🥰"
-Loverboy's Owner

Lost or found a pet? Report it to PawBoost here: https://www.pawboost.com/l/rpr

07/30/2024

📣 Attention residents of the North Hampton ⛳️ community in Fernandina Beach / Yulee…

We are actively working a case for this lost pup in your area!

She is a recently adopted rescue. Over the last three days, we have spent several hours consulting the family on her case. Given the circumstances, we immediately determined that she is not eligible for our industry-leading ‘Rescue By Owner’ (RBO) procedure, and instead will require to be rescued via a humane box-trap.

We have received multiple sighting reports in the area over the past several days, and have been mapping her movements.

We believe she is routinely traversing one particular region of the neighborhood, however, she seems to be always on the move!

….🐕 💨

The family has purchased a trail camera and borrowed a trap from Nassau County Animal Services. With these tools in hand, we are actively assisting the family in their deployment, using our best practice procedures — so we can get this girl home!

If anyone sees this pup, please do NOT approach or chase... simply call the family immediately at 614-440-0168.

We will post another update soon. Thank you! 🙏

07/04/2024

Independence Day shall remind us of the sacrifices made by our forefathers and inspire us to uphold the principles of liberty and justice for all. Here's to a celebration filled with joy, pride, and gratitude for the blessings of living in the land of opportunity and freedom. God Bless America! 🇺🇸

That said, we estimate that lost pet cases increase 1,000% on holidays that are celebrated with fireworks! 💥

Make sure your pets are safe and secure! 🐕 🐈‍⬛

07/03/2024

After being missing for 6 days… we found Cookie! 🍪 🐈‍⬛

She was hiding out in a new construction house at the other end of the block. Whenever anyone approaches the house, she immediately runs up the stairs and into her hiding spot underneath the second floor.

See the pictures below! 👇👇👇

06/02/2024

We found Sissy, but she wasn’t responsive to her owner’s calls. Hopefully she falls for the trap! 🤞

05/03/2024

Another late night 🌙 cat search success! 🐈‍⬛

Fez, this indoor-only cat escaped and vanished without a trace for seven days. His family had been tirelessly searching for him each day… and found nothing. And there had been no sightings of him. They feared that their beloved cat may have been taken by a coyote, which have a routine presence in the immediate area. No doubt, there was a lot of pressure to find and rescue him.

Thankfully, after only 32 minutes of beginning our aerial thermal drone search — we found Fez!

He is now back home! 🏡🥰

04/01/2024

Another late night search success! 🌙

Welcome home, Layla! 🥳

12/31/2023

Happy NEW YEAR!!! 🎊🥳🎉

But before you celebrate… be prepared!

Lost pet cases increase 1,100% during holidays with firework celebrations.

Don’t let your pet become a statistic.

Keep your pets secured at ALL times on New Year’s Eve AND New Year’s Day.

What we’ve observed is that more pets run away on this day from random fireworks popping off in the neighborhood, than during an expected night time show.

The same applies on New Year’s Day when people think the fireworks are over.

Be sure to stay extra vigilant during today and tomorrow.
If you have guests visiting, be sure to have your dog secured (in a quiet, separate room preferably) so they don’t sneak out when someone opens a door.

Keep a collar with your contact info on your dogs, and if they have a GPS tracker or AirTag, make sure it’s charged.

Lastly, if your pet does get out, be sure to contact us right away!

🎄🐕………….🛸

11/26/2023

Pippa, the indoor-only cat, escaped and was missing for nearly five days… 🐈‍⬛ 💨 🏡

Her family scoured the neighborhood, day and night, and were unsuccessful in finding her. Given the recent coyote activity in the neighborhood, they began to fear the worst.

After all else failed, they were referred to us by a neighbor. They immediately reached out to us, hoping we could help find some answers.

Within two hours, we found Pippa — nearby and unharmed!

🤘😎

10/16/2023

Around midnight, our team received a call requesting for immediate assistance to help search for George, a lost dog that was involved in a car accident earlier in the day. The family had already searched the area for over 12 hours… and began to fear the worst. 😭

We arrived within minutes and began conducting our aerial search using our thermal drone. After three hours of searching 200+ acres of land, we found George immobilized in the woods!

🌳🌲🌳 🐕..……….. 🛸

He was immediately rescued and is now back home safe!

🏡🐾 🥰

10/15/2023

Nothing is better than sharing the GPS coordinates of a found pet with their owner. At that very moment you hold the keys 🔑 to making their family whole once again. 🐾 🥰

Last night, we finally had the opportunity to use in practice the new app feature that allows Remote Pilots to quickly share GPS coordinates via QR code. 🌎📍

For those who don’t know the story, we met with DJI Enterprise back in August and requested that they add this feature we designed for this very reason.

It was rolled out a month later! 👏👏👏

10/08/2023

PSA! 📣 We have observed a SIGNIFICANT increase in coyote activity during the last four months while investigating lost pet cases throughout the Mandarin and Julington Creek areas.

Be sure to keep cats inside and small/medium dogs on a leash, ESPECIALLY during the evening, night, and early morning.

Don’t think it can’t or won’t happen to your pet. Coyotes are extremely skilled hunters that routinely traverse a territory typically spanning 7 to 14 miles wide. They will dig holes and scale tall fences to reach their prey.

They seemingly appear out of nowhere in populated neighborhoods, where we usually hear people say that they’ve “never seen a coyote before”.

Coyotes typically hunt in a neighborhood for a couple days and move on, only to randomly return weeks, or even months later.

They rely on pet owners to underestimate their presence, skills, and speed.

Most people won’t ever see them, as they typically hunt in darkness. And if you do happen to catch a glimpse of one, it’s usually only through the lens of an outdoor home security camera or wildlife trail camera.

Please keep your pets safe and secure. This is not a drill.

10/04/2023

Meet Scout. He’s the latest addition to our fleet! ✈️✈️✈️

He’s mini, but mighty — and will be on standby to assist our larger thermal drones during lost pet search missions! 🫡🐾

09/02/2023

All week we’ve been searching for Felix... 🐈‍⬛

During our investigation, we confirmed that coyotes had traversed the neighborhood on the very night he disappeared.

We’ve since observed several other cats roaming on the same street, so that gives us hope we’ll find him soon! 🤞

08/22/2023

This gorgeous golden retriever, Reyha, had recently been adopted by her new owner from a rescue in South Florida.

On the drive back home, she made a quick stop to show off her new pup to her family. Upon arrival, Reyha slipped away from her new owner’s grasp and decided to go for a little run…

Her new owner spent the evening hours trying to catch her, but Reyha ultimately evaded capture by scaling a fence, disappearing deep into the dense woods.

That’s when her owner learned about our services from a neighbor, and reached out to us for help.

Long story short, Reyha decided that it wasn’t going to be a little sprint… it was going to be a full marathon!

We managed this case for 23 days straight, tracking her journey across 13 miles to a small town called Nocatee, which is where our team eventually humanely trapped her!

We are so happy she’s finally home! 🐕 🥰

And these are the amazing people who made it all happen…

Trinity Fitzgerald
Justin Orantes
Erica Lane
Steve Smedley
Candy Drury
Eric Hearn
Drew Kessler

…and to the entire St. John’s community for keeping an eye out and reporting sightings!

Thank you! 👏👏👏

08/19/2023

After three days on the run, Kaya is back home! 🏡 🐕

Another successful case! 🥳

08/09/2023

The search for Reyha continues! 🐕

Follow her journey @ Where's Reyha?

08/05/2023

Our vehicle got outfitted with a much needed upgrade today! Huge thanks to the amazing folks over at Mountain Hatch for hooking us up with one of their world famous tailgate tables!