Missing cat posterFree printable template
Type your cat's name and watch the poster take shape. Add a photo and where your cat was last seen, then download a print-ready A4 PDF. Its QR code opens your cat's search page, where people nearby can report a sighting.
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Free, no payment details. Next you add a photo, the last-seen area and your email for sighting alerts.
Missing cat poster templates
Three posters made with the template: a black-and-white cat, a ginger longhair and a tabby. Yours uses the same layout with your own photo, name and last-seen area.
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Every example is the real poster our tool generates, on A4 paper. Only the photo and the details change.
What a good missing cat poster shows
One large, sharp photo
The photo fills the top half of the sheet. Choose a recent picture where the coat and markings are easy to see, ideally the whole cat and not only the face.
The area, not your address
Name the street or a landmark near where your cat was last seen. Your house number stays off the poster.
Coat, markings, collar
Two short lines are enough: coat and pattern, anything distinctive, collar or none, microchipped or not. Nobody reads a paragraph from across the street.
A QR code instead of a phone number
Anyone who scans it lands on your cat's search page and can report where and when they saw your cat, with an optional photo. You are notified by email.
Where to put up posters for a lost cat
A cat that gets out often hides close to home, quiet and out of sight. Put your posters where the people who live and walk nearby will see them.
Your street and the streets around it
Lamp posts, fences and gates along the routes the people around you walk every day, starting at your door and working outwards.
Every door nearby
A flyer through each door asks people to check their garages, sheds and storage rooms: the places a frightened cat slips into and gets shut in.
Vets, shelters and pet shops
People who find a cat often call or visit a vet or shelter first. Ask whether you may leave a poster at the desk or on their community board.
Local shops and cafés
Supermarkets, cafés and small shops nearby see the same local faces every day. Ask whether you may put a poster in the window or on their board.
A poster works best alongside an online alert
A poster reaches the people who walk past it. PawAlarm can also show your cat's alert on Facebook and Instagram to people living around the last-seen spot, using the same photo and details. That part is optional and paid; the poster stays free.
Missing cat poster: common questions
- Is the missing cat poster really free?
- Yes. Creating and downloading the poster costs nothing and needs no payment details. You do need an email address, so sighting reports can reach you. Paid local social media alerts are an optional extra.
- What do I need to make it?
- Your cat's name, the area where it was last seen, your email address and a photo. A short description of the coat and markings is optional but helps people tell your cat apart.
- Why a QR code instead of my phone number?
- The QR code and the short link open your cat's search page. Someone who saw your cat can report the time and place there, optionally with a photo, and you get an email. Every report lands in one place instead of being scattered across calls and messages.
- What paper size does it print on?
- The PDF is sized for A4. Print at 100% or "actual size" so the QR code isn't scaled down, and test that it scans before you make copies.
- When should I take the posters down?
- As soon as your cat is home. Close the search in your PawAlarm dashboard so no more sighting reports come in, then collect the posters. The people who helped will appreciate it.