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Pets on the Net is NZ's free database for lost and found pets + pets for adoption.Click to jump to our database

What is Pets on the Net?
Pets on the Net is New Zealand's nationwide database for lost and found pets. Launched in March 2002, the core part of this e-service is our nationwide free lost and found pet service fed by information from many SPCA's, animal shelters, vets and of course the public. This was then expanded to free ads for Pets for Adoption and also Pets Wanted to Adopt with huge success with thousands of pets reunited and rehomed as a result. All classified ads are totally free* and can include photos. Keeping text ads free means that every pet owner, pet finder, animal welfare organisation, vet (anyone!) can advertise lost and found pets and pets for adoption at no cost across NZ.

It's fair to say that prior to our inception, it was pretty dark days in NZ if you lost a pet...Services for lost pets were totally paper based and required daily telephone calls and subsequent trawling of paper files or physical cages to check a myriad of potential shelters. If people found a pet, they could only use radio (if available), or newspapers which took days to publish. It was all very haphazard and therefore incredibly frustrating. Then came the beauty of sharing information on the internet...Now our database has drawn together many fragmented and often small/volunteer based services into one powerful, easy to use "whole" on the net.

There is no compulsory membership, no product/services to buy or fees to pay to use any part of this service. And we never shut! Pets on the Net is available online 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

*This excludes our Paid Ads which are...
Our e-memorial garden which is a separate paid section for one year long online 
     memorials for pets who have passed the rainbow bridge. 
Pet Services Directory our directory of Pet Services and Products throughout NZ. 

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How does it work (why is this free?!)
This is the first question many people ask! We are constantly being asked how can we run such an excellent service and yet keep it FREE?!!

This free e-service does not accept funding from the proceeds of gambling, nor do we accept advertising for gambling. Click for more information on why not.The answer is that your donations, paid advertising (banners, advertorial, pet services directory etc) and sponsorship (more welcome!) support the continuation of our free core community e-services for lost and found pets and pets for adoption. We believe very strongly those core community services must be kept free so that our database is as comprehensive as it can possibly be and it is open to everyone to use. And whilst petsonthenet.co.nz is totally web based we also gain revenue through our "clicks and mortar" affiliates such as Real Groovy, Fishpond and Ellenco Pet Medical Care Plans. You can also support us by choosing to buy our quality NZ made range of engraved ID tags for pets

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Why are we doing this?
Our feline "founder", Sammy.
In June 2000, our stripy cat, Sammy, suddenly went missing. We did all the normal things, search, door knock, fliers, phone the SPCA and vets etc in the first few hours. We even rang the 0900 number that was available then for lost pets (now defunct...), four unhelpful minutes stung us $16...! Then we could do no more, but frustratedly wait for the local paper to publish our lost pet ad in a few days time.

So we went to the internet to place an ad for her somewhere, we didn't care how much it cost, we just wanted to find ONE place we could put an ad online that "everyone" would know where to look at if they found her. But it did not exist. Frustrated that no one had created such a service when we needed it, we thought there should be one and it should be nationwide and it should be FREE!! So we saw right then, the incredible need for a site like this. It was a huge idea to have to bring to reality.

Having no experience in website design whatsoever, it was a painfully slow learning curve to put this together all by ourselves with only one PC, "love, fresh air and plenty of midnight oil". But in March 2002, we finally launched petsonthenet.co.nz, New Zealand's Free nationwide service for lost and found pets. The first lost pet ad was on within 2 hours! More followed. Then very soon, we started to reunite pets, more and more! Then people started to adopt pets through connections made on petsonthenet.co.nz, more and more! We've already had several inter-island NZ adoptions and get several happy success stories through each day.

In later years a few other websites have attempted "me too" tack on services to their own websites (ie paid ads for lost pets) on large classifieds/auction sites that sell "everything including the kitchen sink", merely as a form of extra revenue generation. However we remain NZ's nationwide database for lost and found pets and pets for adoption, a FREE and comprehensive service, specialist service and the ONE place to find a lost pet online. We offer free advice, support and SPCA found lists - much more than just another online "classifieds". We are run by human volunteers, there is no 0900 support/ confusing auctions and we continue to enjoy many reunion successes every day with 2500 - 3000 site visits PER DAY!

By the way, our cat came back! Three days later she indignantly sprung from our neighbours locked wash house and came home - hungry yet happy to be free. She had founded this community service in her absence! Sadly Sammy was peacefully put to rest in July 2003 after 14 good years, due to renal failure. But this site will continue on as a wonderful tribute to her.
 

Who runs petsonthenet.co.nz?
This site was created by and is run by Kim Buchanan and Gavin Buchanan. We also have a team of over eighty volunteers throughout NZ who help us. 

Kim has a background in graphic design, corporate account management and sales and her last (paid) employment was as a successful real estate sales person specialising in selling Art Deco homes. Being a kid in the suburban seventies of Auckland, Kim grew up with typical "city" pets, cats, mice, fish, budgies and canaries.

Gavin has a sales background in advertising and print. Living semi rurally as a kid, Gavin was a very keen horseman owing horses, dogs, cats and an assortment of chickens.

Pets on the Net is run from home (avoids commuting and keeps costs lower) and allows the pleasure and flexibility to be able to have our pre school children at home. It's also very satisfying and rewarding to work on petsonthenet.co.nz, knowing it helps so many people. We get many heart warming emails of thanks every day (keep 'em coming!). It's very busy and a constant juggling act as there are never enough hours in the day for all of ideas we have and want to implement. But we are doing what we love and that's all you possibly ask for, to love your work. 
Kim Buchanan.

Pets on the Net creators, Gavin and Kim Buchanan with their son, Kale.Click for an article published August 2004 about petsonthenet.co.nz in the NZ Womans Weekly

TVNZ Breakfast story on petsonthenet.co.nzClick for video on TVNZ Breakfast August 7 2007 about petsonthenet.co.nz

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