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Why Do Shelters Find It So Difficult To Update Petfinder?

Patient Paws asked:


Wouldn’t you think that with todays technological advances, and how many people look online before going out for a pet, that shelters would update more frequently?

I understand its a bit time consuming, but the shelter I volunteer at has the number one adoption rate and the lowest ‘kill rate’ in the NKY area, don’t you think that says something about the use of the internet?

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2 Responses to “Why Do Shelters Find It So Difficult To Update Petfinder?”

  1. ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ on June 11th, 2009 5:15 am

    A friend of mine found some 4 week old Border Collie pups at a shelter on Petfinder. I knew the shelter owner so I called her and asked when she was letting them go. She said they were 9 weeks old now. I know she works about 16-18 hours a day doing rescues, meeting potential adopters, and running fundraisers. A good volunteer staff is crucial for things like updating the website. Sometimes there just aren’t enough extra hands to get it all done. I do agree it is frustrating but without volunteers, what do you do? Kudos to your shelter for having such a great record.

  2. knitting_time@att.net on June 13th, 2009 10:39 pm

    I volunteer in San Diego, see the same thing. I know they’re busy but …

    I think the hardest thing is that there is so much info/ so many steps:

    Name, breed,size, age of animal
    Description .. because don’t we all look at the petfinder sites to hear about the animal - it’s personality!?
    Photo
    Any health or behavioral Issues

    Then this info needs to be uploaded, downloaded, typed in, etc. and then uploaded to Petfinder.

    Maybe we computer junkies just need to step up and ask if we can help! Let the puppy snugglers do their thing, we can do the dry work that gets the animals noticed.