Felines go on line
Second
Chance Cats in Santa Barbara has joined other animal welfare organizations in
the area that list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com, a large database of
adoptable animals on the Internet.
The
site has more than 250,000 homeless pets listed, and it is updated
continuously.
More
than 10,800 animal welfare organizations in the U.S., Canada, and other
countries post their pets on the site.
Second
Chance Cats rescue pets can be viewed at http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/CA1350.html.
The
procedure is for the searcher to enter search criteria for the kind of pet
desired, and a list is returned that ranks the pets in proximity to the Zip
code entered. Adoptions are handled by the animal placement group where the pet
is housed, and each group has its own policies.
Petfinder.com
was created in early 1996 as a grassroots project by Jared and Betsy Saul to
end the euthanasia of adoptable pets. Since its inception, the site has
facilitated approximately 15 million adoptions, making it a leader in animal
welfare.
Petfinder sponsors are the Animal Rescue Site, Bissell
Homecare Inc., PETCO, and Merial, maker of flea and tick remedies and heartworm
preventative.