Do you need
support
entering ads?
We can help source a volunteer to manage your ads if you wish.
Please
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Welcome
 We
warmly welcome all SPCA Centres who will be
listing their found pets on our
nationwide database for
lost and found pets, as part of the Saving Lives campaign.
Petsonthenet is a proven service already used by many SPCAs including Auckland and Wellington
who have both been listing their found pets with us since 2002. This
is a really exciting step forward as we know this partnership
between your SPCA and petsonthenet will greatly increase your
reunion rates for lost pets throughout NZ and indeed save more lives.
About petsonthenet
Petsonthenet is a well established, trusted free community service
set up specifically for the purpose of reuniting all types of lost
pets in NZ. We are also NZ's largest website for pets with
over 100,000 site visits per month. The service is totally internet
based, so that anyone can view and place lost and found pet ads 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year. This means pets can be reunited very quickly
and distraught lost pet owners can get online
support and advice any time of the day or night. At times this has
resulted in rapid reunions, sometimes within
minutes. We have reunited lost pets after a very long time...our
longest reunion via petsonthenet was for a cat missing for 2.5
years!. The website is easy to use and designed to be self
servicing for all users. Click here for more
about us and why we are free.
Benefits of using petsonthenet for your SPCA
Firstly, I understand from first hand experience the types of calls
and enquiries you are getting many times a day about lost pets as I
am ex Auckland SPCA myself and spent a lot of my day (pre
petsonthenet) "counseling" and helping people with lost pets.
Nowadays, SPCAs using petsonthenet have found using our service
makes life easier, saving time, freeing up phone lines and staff, allowing you to provide a better service. Most importantly, it
leads to an increase in reunion rates.
 You
use petsonthenet by...
 Posting an ad for each found pet (or group of
pets in the cases of
a litter). Usually SPCAs list their found
pets daily with us.
Help people with lost pets by
recommending that they place an ad
for their lost pets with us as soon as
possible.
Advise them to read and use our online advice and checklists too
(just click ADVICE on the petsonthenet signpost). People are often emotional and stressed when their pet is missing,
so
most of the good advice we give verbally probably goes in one ear
and out the other...! This will not only save you time but the
advice is more likely to be followed when lost pet owners can read
it, print it and refer back to it online. Most
people now have the internet at home, however if they do not,
suggest they try a friend or relatives home, at work, the library or an
internet cafe.
Using petsonthenet, the onus is on the owner to list
their lost pet and then search the found pets daily. They then
contact the poster of the ad if they should find any potential match.
This saves a lot of time for your SPCA trying to match an ever
growing list of lost pets - an almost impossible task even with computer
records instead of the old lost pet book we used!
The benefit to people with lost and found pets using petsonthenet
are
People can list
and search, lost (or found) pets 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - we
never shut!
Our database of lost and found pets is a shared resource
providing an easily accessible, one stop
shop for all involved with lost pets to use ie SPCAs, vets, pounds etc as well as the public.
When we all share information and use one system, we
reduce a lot of stress for lost pet owners,
lessening the feeling of searching for a "needle in a
haystack".
We provide support through
online advice to
find a lost pet with several helpful printable checklists.
Mega amounts of real life
success stories give people much needed inspiration and hope.
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Support
Do you need any support with registering or placing your first
few ads? If so, please contact Kim and I will give you a call and
walk you through it over the phone. We can also arrange a volunteer
to help upload your ads if you wish. Petsonthenet is run by
volunteers, there are no 0900 numbers here! Just email or phone for
help.
Free Promotional items
We can help you promote petsonthenet in your SPCA Centre with
free promotional materials such as
- A4 colour posters for your reception etc
- High quality colour petsonthenet mousepads for reception or
hospital PCs
Please advise how many posters and/or mousepads you need, with a
contact name and postal address and we will mail them out to you.
Links
If you have a website we would appreciate a link back to our
website, thanks!
Please link to
www.petsonthenet.co.nz,
NZ's nationwide database for lost and found pets
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Feedback
We appreciate feedback on the success of your ads. One easy way
to share this with us and the whole world is to
edit your
Found Pet ads and advise the pet was reunited, and if applicable
advise it was via petsonthenet.co.nz. Please edit the ad to change
the category
from Found Pets to Success Stories. Or simply delete the ad.
PLEASE..! Do tell me if you notice something wrong, a typo,
something is not clear etc. I really
would love your feedback on even the smallest detail. Tell me your
wish list too! What else would you like to see/be able to do on
petsonthenet?!
purrs from
Kim Buchanan
Administrator
petsonthenet.co.nz
email kim@petsonthenet.co.nz
or phone 07 868 5581 9am - 9pm
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PS Did you know we can help your SPCA in other ways too with our
free ads...
Pets for adoption - increase your adoption rate and widen the
possible audience outside your geographic region
Situations Vacant - advertise for staff and volunteers.
Pet Accessories for Sale (promote any "stuff" you sell to
support/fundraise for your shelter i.e. calendars, books, items
Pet Accessories Wanted - ask for stuff you need such as
bedding, food, toys etc
Events - promote your fundraising events
Submissions and petitions - promote petitions or submissions
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