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About Us
Search Assistance, Behaviour Advice & Safe Trapping Tools
Registered Charity
Milly’s Search, Trap & Reunite is now a Registered Charity with the ACNC.
This recognition reflects our commitment to ethical, transparent and dedicated work helping lost pets find their way home.
Helping Lost Animals Find Their Way Home
When a beloved pet goes missing, the fear and uncertainty can be overwhelming. Our organisation exists to support families during these moments by helping lost and displaced animals return home safely at no cost to their owners. We provide practical, hands-on assistance using proven search strategies, humane trapping guidance, and on-the-ground support. Our focus is always on the animal’s safety, wellbeing, and a calm, ethical approach to reunification.
Our Mission
To reunite lost animals with their families through compassionate, knowledgeable, and free assistance, while advocating for responsible, humane recovery methods.
How You Can Help
This work is only possible through community support.
Volunteer With Us
Our volunteers play a vital role in every successful reunion. Whether you can assist with searches, flyer distribution, camera monitoring, transport, equipment setup, or administrative support, your time and care can make a life-changing difference.
Support Through Donations
Donations allow us to continue offering this service free of charge. Contributions go directly toward essential resources such as humane traps, wildlife cameras, safety equipment, printing, and emergency supplies - tools that help bring animals home safely
Why It Matters
Every search represents a frightened animal and a family desperate for answers. With the right support, guidance, and resources, many of these stories have a happy ending.
By volunteering or donating, you are helping ensure that no family has to face the loss of a beloved pet alone, and no animal is left without hope.
Together we bring them home
Our Testimonials
I just wanted to give a huge shoutout to Milly’s Search & Trap for their invaluable support in finding our cocker spaniel. You are 100% responsible for her safe return! Our gorgeous girl escaped from our groomers front yard on Sunday afternoon in an area she is not familiar with. She ran in a very large area of bush land, that backed into a main highway. We were given a camera to set up in last know location and provided us with excellent tips. 3.45am on Monday the camera sent us images of our girl. By 4.15 she was safely back in our arm. We are beyond grateful,l and still in disbelief. Thank you. Thank you, thank you!
Janine Robinson
A MASSIVE thank you to the incredible team Milly's Search, Trap and Reunite. Jo and Mark - you have hearts of gold We don’t know how we would’ve found Kiara without you.
Rachel Bourke
Without Milly's Search and Trap thermal drone, we would not have our Cindy back home with us today, if your pet goes missing and you live near bush, reserves or parks, this MUST be part of your finding strategy. Huge thanks to the professional team and their thermal imaging drone which found our Cindy's heat signature.
Sean Borg
SHES BEEN FOUND A big thank you to our wonderful volunteers for going above and beyond, putting up flyers, water and feeding stations, and looking for hours to find her. A HUGE, THANK YOU to Milly's Search and Trap Community Group for everything you did to help us find her. It wouldn’t have been possible WITHOUT YOU, we are FOREVER GRATEFUL . Your knowledge is so powerful, you guys never gave up and it gave us strength. we truly appreciate everything you did for us, big love Dog Rescue Newcastle
Dog Rescue Newcastle
Thank you Millys for all your help, advice, and many phone calls. Both Prince & Princess now trapped.
Thank you!!!!!
Catie DiverHemsworth
Nala who was lost at centennial park and ran all the way to marrickville has been caught safe
It is incredibly important you choose pet sitters wisely. This is the result of this poor dog escaping a pet sitter.
Milly's Search, Trap and Reunite were contacted to help get her home safe. They were nothing short of amazing especially with constant advice.
Erin Louise
Thankyou so much Jo and Mark, for being out there with your drone, day and night, early mornings and evening. Driving around, just all around assisting with the search for my baby Marle, you guys are so so amazing, I appreciate you guys so much!!
Nicole Yang
Thank you for saving me everyone Milly's Search, Trap and Reunite. Without you I wouldn’t be alive to see this Christmas and enjoy the love of my new family. I’m slowly settling in and have put on a tonne of weight. I enjoy sleeping in bed with my pawrents and new siblings. I’m now toilet trained so Mum is very proud. and my confidence is blossoming.
Amanda Brewer
How it started
Our Story
Our founding members came together while helping search for two lost rescue dogs.
Milly (also known as Angelina) was a rescued Beagle who slipped away from her first-time foster carer at Mt Elliott in 2019.
For three weeks we searched tirelessly, only to face heartbreak when Milly was found 10km away on the M1.
Many of you will also remember Bu Bu, the little Jack Russell who kept us searching for five months, appearing on both sides of Wyong Road and even inside the Mingara Athletics Track. Sadly, in April 2020, Bu Bu’s luck ran out while crossing Wyong Road.
It was during this long search that inspired us to build Australia’s first Missy Trap.
These two beautiful rescue dogs are the reason our group united to form a specialised search and trap team dedicated to the safe recovery of lost animals in need.
Our Missy Trap was first used to successfully capture Lilly, a frightened Silky Terrier, in August 2020. This is where we met Tracey, who trusted us and our methods to bring Lilly home safely.
Since then, we’ve helped lost dogs from Cranebrook to Lismore, and our mission continues.
Lilly was our very first capture, a little lost silky in an unknown area. Lilly was captured within 19hrs of setting up the Missy Trap.