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New Year’s Resolutions
1. Exercise 3x a week
2. Get more sleep
3. File for non-profit status
We can’t drive you to the gym or send you up to bed, but we can help your organization obtain its 501c3 non-profit status. Visit http://www.petfinder.com/501c3/ and we will walk you, step-by-step, through the entire process. And if you need more resolution suggestions – check the weekly report to the right!
Blog Highlight
Congratulations to Jacci Moss, director of Friends of Felines Rescue Center and Earth Angels Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic in Defiance, OH. She was just named Animal Planet's Cat Hero of the Year! According to the Toledo Blade, Moss opened Friends of Felines in 1999 with 11 cats. Today the no-cage facility houses up to 100 cats at a time...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 Lane
Thanks, IL98!
Weekly Report from Petfinder
Dear Petfinder.com members,
It is time again to pause in reflection of the year gone by (you have done great work) and set New Year's Resolutions for an even better year to come. Consider adding some of these resolutions to your list:
*Add 3 great pictures for EVERY adoptable pet on Petfinder
*Find a volunteer to take video to add to each pet
*Reach out to friends and supporters to find websites on which you can add a Pet List Scroller to showcase your pets
*Join us at a Petfinder Adoption Options workshop, even if it you have to take a road trip (schedule coming soon)
*Obtain your 501c3 if you do not already have it
*Take some time to take care of YOU, because the pets need you and you cannot help them if you don't take care of YOU!
All of us here at Petfinder are looking forward to enjoying a happy, healthy 2009 with you - and helping you find homes for all of the adoptable pets in your care. –K
Pet Stats for Last Week
Total pet pages viewed in 2008: 698,824,713
Average daily pet page views per shelter: 134.62
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.
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.
