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National Feral Cat Day
October 16 is National Feral Cat Day. There are millions of un-owned cats that are often overlooked by non-animal lovers. Tireless volunteers trap, neuter, feed and care for these cats. National Feral Cat Day was created by Alley Cat Allies to draw attending to the plight of feral cats and their caretakers.
October is Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog Month
Fall has arrived and along with it the celebration of all things dog. Join us in promoting dogs of all kinds for adoption this October. Alert your local paper, radio stations and supporters of your organization that the cool fall weather is the perfect time to take a new friend for a walk.
Blog Highlight
A captive audience can lead to amazing things. When half of that audience consists of inmates serving time and the other half are adoptable pets waiting for their new homes, it leads to remarkable changes. SOS Pen Pals works with six different correctional facilities. ...Read More.
Promote Your Pets beyond Petfinder
Featured Pet Module
Any Web page can feature adoptable pets, just as we do on the Petfinder.com homepage. Click here to access a file that you can take to local businesses to get them to target your pets. Or, tell them to visit our Featured Pet Module page. This module features one pet at a time. You can specifiy that the module draw from the pet list of one adoption group or many.
Add Petfinder's Pet Search to Your Site
Our Pet List Scroller
dramatically increases visitors to your pet list. Your whole pet list can be featured on any
Web site. Use this to show off your Adoptable, Stray, or Happy Tail pet lists. You can specify
just your organization or several.
From Our Library
Basics of a Successful Adoption Program
It is the responsibility of the animal shelter to seek permanent, responsible homes for the adoptable animals placed in their custody. To that end, shelters need to formulate written policies and guidelines that will be followed when processing adoptions.
While the majority of adoption guidelines are in fact just that, they are still items that must be considered prior to making an adoption decision. It is not effective to rely solely on the individual discretion of the adoption counselor.
It is impossible to act in the best interest of the animals if there are no guidelines. Animals should not be adopted just to prevent euthanasia or haphazardly without forethought of the animal's welfare.
Acting as the temporary guardian of an animal and making a "correct" determination about adoption placement is a difficult task (continued...)
Great Pet Pic - Meet Margo
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Weekly Report from Petfinder
Dear Petfinder.com members,
Click YES and opt in to share your Petfinder.com adoptable pets with millions of additional people (potential adopters!).
After you log in to your Petfinder account at www.petfinder.com/admin, click EDIT SHELTER INFO. At the end of the first section of Public Information, you will see this question: Allow pet list export to partner sites?
Click YES and your adoptable pet listings are sent to Oodle.com, which powers the online classifieds sections of hundreds of local and national Web sites. This way, not only will millions of Petfinder.com visitors view your pets, but they will also be available to all the folks searching for pets on sites such as Walmart.com, MySpace, Lycos, Local.com and Petside.com, as well as sites for local TV stations and newspapers from Albany to San Francisco (and hundreds of cities in between). Oodle users view an average of 600,000 Petfinder pets each month.Right now only 2/3 of Petfinder members are taking advantage of this incredible opportunity. Unless you already have more adopters than you need, log into your account and be sure you’ve checked YES and opted in to show your pets to as many potential adopters as possible. After viewing your adoptable pet elsewhere, potential adopters can come back to your Petfinder pet list and that pet's Pet Notes page - and can contact you for more information.
Let us help you expand the reach of your adoptable pets – and have a great adoption week. –K
Pet Stats for Last Week
Pet pages viewed so far this year: 534,525,001
Average daily pet page views per shelter: 139.49
SOURCE: Petfinder Pet Stats Browser
Engage Petfinder Visitors
Sponsor-a-Pet Program
Use your Pet Notes to raise money for your organization! If your group has 501c3 status or is a municipal shelter with a designated donation fund, please click here to apply.
Volunteer-finder
Search a database of thousands of Petfinder visitors who would like to help. This is a searchable database where you define the kind of volunteer you're looking for and then see a list of people who match those skills in your region. Click here to search.
Invite Petfinder Visitors to Your Events
Make sure your fundraising events, yappy hours, dog walks, and adoption days are in our event calendar where thousands of people go to find a pet-friendly way to spend their day.
Places to Be
Attend an Adoption Options Workshop
We've brought together some of the most popular presentations and speakers in animal welfare and mixed them with plenty of breaks and networking opportunities.
Adoption Options Stops in 2008
Animal Welfare Conference Calendar
Feel like you're the last to know what is going on? Not any more! We're proud to introduce the Petfinder.com Conference Calendar just for Animal Welfare Pros. Now you can find upcoming training events as well as special celebrations.
