posted on August 31, 2005 06:09:31 PM new
Petfinder.com Foundation sets up hurricane fund to benefit animal placement groups.
EDISON, N.J., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ --
Petfinder.com announced today that
it has created a Hurricane Katrina emergency resource page
http://katrina.petfinder.com dedicated to helping people find information
regarding displaced pets in need of shelter, food and water. The Webpage
includes updated information as well as a message board for posting or
communicating with others about the plight of pets, animals and their people
affected by the hurricane.
The Petfinder.com Foundation has also set up a hurricane fund to assist animal placement groups affected by Katrina. Web visitors can make tax-deductible donations from http://katrina.petfinder.com .
"Katrina's devastation has not only displaced thousands of people, but
also thousands of family pets," said Betsy Saul, Petfinder.com President and Founder. "Our goal at Petfinder.com, as a leader in animal welfare issues, is to assist in any way we can the rescue of the thousands of pets trapped, displaced or lost during the chaos of the hurricane."
About Petfinder.com:
Petfinder.com is an on-line, searchable database of animals that need homes. It is also a directory of over 9,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the USA, Canada and Mexico. Organizations maintain their own home pages and available pet database. Petfinder.com was responsible for helping over 1.5 million pets find homes in 2004 and represents approximately
90 percent of the nation's animal shelters. Shelters and rescue group members have reported that more than 50 percent of their adoptions are from Petfinder.
Petfinder.com is free to use. Animal shelters and placement groups can
register to join Petfinder.com online and can start entering pets the same
day.
posted on September 1, 2005 07:10:20 AM new
Kiara, Thank you for posting this. I usually don't respond to round table threads, but this is such a valuable resource for pet owners. Hopefully we can all open our wallets so this group can do their work.
I know for a fact that if any of my 6 furry children were lost, I would hope that they would be taken care of until we were reunited.
