Jacksonville Animal Care & Protective Services' website has a new look, but it's not just cosmetic.

The shelter's page on the City of Jacksonville's website now has a dedicated section where people can see dogs or cats reported missing in the community, as well as exactly where they are located on a map. 
 

"Lost animals often don't stray further than a few blocks of home, so narrowing the search area can be crucial for speedy reunions," the shelter said in a social media post.

The page also features a list of every animal in the shelter's care that came in as a stray and when they were found, giving owners an easier way to check for their missing pets.

A free tool is being used to consolidate all the information: Petco Love Lost, advertised as the largest free central database of lost and found pets in the country.

ACPS encourages families to register their pets in the database along with updated microchip information, whether they're missing now or not. 

The website update comes after a successful push by the shelter to lower it's stray hold period. Instead of holding found pets for six days before allowing adoptions, the hold period is now five days.

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