Lost & Found.
Your Community.
On Alert.

You choose the radius when you submit your report — options range from 1 km to 25 km. You can expand the radius if the initial search doesn't produce results. Alerts only reach users whose GPS location overlaps with your chosen search area, keeping alerts relevant rather than spam. For a dog who has bolted on a walk, start with 3–5 km. For a cat who has gone missing from home, 1–2 km is usually appropriate — most lost cats are found within 400 metres of their home.

Act in the first two hours: (1) report immediately on Hushku to trigger neighbourhood alerts; (2) check inside your home thoroughly — cats especially hide in tiny spaces when frightened; (3) walk the immediate area calling their name calmly (avoid panicked shouting, which can cause fearful animals to hide); (4) contact your local council's dog warden and all nearby veterinary clinics in case your pet is brought in; (5) check local Facebook community groups; (6) if microchipped, contact the microchip database to flag your pet as missing. A microchip dramatically increases the chance of reunification — in the UK, microchipping has been legally required for dogs since 2016.

Anyone who finds a pet can submit a Found Pet report in the app. Hushku automatically cross-references it against active missing reports by location and species and notifies you if there is a match. You can then contact the finder directly through in-app encrypted messaging — without sharing your personal phone number.

Only the details you choose to include in your report are visible. You can opt to receive all contact via in-app messaging only, meaning other users can reach you without you ever sharing a phone number or email address publicly.

The more detail, the faster the resolution. Include: clear recent photos from multiple angles, your pet's species and breed, age, sex, and whether desexed, distinctive markings or features (unusual colouring, scars, collar colour), microchip number if known, the last-seen location and time, and any context (escaped through a fence, bolted from a car, slipped collar). If your pet has a medical condition requiring regular medication — such as diabetes requiring insulin or epilepsy requiring phenobarbitone — include this so any finder knows urgency.

Active lost pet reports stay live until you mark them as found or manually close them. Found pet reports are automatically archived 90 days after the pet is marked as reunited. You will receive a reminder to close the report once your pet is home safe.