When your cat is missing and has been seen in the area or hiding under someone’s shed or deck, it may be time to set a humane trap. A humane trap is a simple to use tool you can use to bring your cat back home.

Brigid Wasson is a lifetime animal care and welfare professional. She is a retired animal shelter director and has been a professional pet sitter since 1994. She is the President of Mission Reunite, a nonprofit dedicated to missing pet prevention and recovery. Brigid works to educate and engage animal shelter leadership, staff, and volunteers and their rescue partners along with pet sitters, veterinarians, and other animal care professionals for community wide solutions to animal welfare issues. Along with her work at Mission Reunite, Brigid writes and shares life-saving information and tips through her First Street Pets blog and Facebook page.