Kat Albrecht, owner of PETHunters, uses amplified listening devices to detect trapped and injured pets. Photo by Vince Maggiora. Having no missing lizard experience, Albrecht didn't know where to begin. In the meantime, she borrows the equipment from the Santa Rosa-based Remote Satellite Systems International when her detective work demands it. Though some may scoff at the notion of searching for a missing reptile, Albrecht said that if an animal is important to its owner, it's important to her.
Love is love.
Another time, she searched for a missing ferret. Her dogs led her to a schoolyard, where the scent ended. She's fairly certain somebody picked up the ferret and took it away in a car. Then there was the time the owner of a missing horse solicited her services. She and her dogs went to a 40-acre pasture in Big Sur, where she found the terrain too difficult to search.