Abstract: An illuminated pet leash for allowing a pet owner to easily and remotely locate the pet leash. The device includes an elongated non-opaque tube having a bundle of optical fibers longitudinally disposed therein, a housing attached to a first end of the tube, a snap swively connected to a second end of the tube, an encoding/transmitting device for encoding and transmitting a plurality of output signals, a receiving/decoding device disposed within the housing for receiving and decoding the output signals and a light source coupled to the receiving/decoding device, the light source being disposed within the housing and further being disposed in lighting relationship to the bundle of optical fibers.