Parma Animal Shelter is pleased to announce we recently became aware of another way to help clients who want to find homes for their pets. We will make the link to this program which is called Get Your Pet on our website next to our link to Find Your Pet a New Home which uses Adopt-A-Pet to list available pets. There are a few differences in the programs. Below is the promotion we received from Petfinder.
Unable to accept an owned pet? We’ve partnered with rehoming service, GetYourPet.com exclusively on the Petfinder app. You can use it as a resource to connect adopters with individuals looking to find a home for their pet. Just direct current pet caretakers to getyourpet.com where they can list their pet in a few easy steps.
Get Your Pet is an online community that connects people who need to find a new home for their pet with people who want to adopt a pet like theirs.
The Problem:
Animal shelters and pet rescues do wonderful work, but the current, shelter-based system for pet adoption is in crisis, and it needs our help. Get Your Pet is a simple, smart and humane way to keep pets out of shelters, one that also increases shelters’ ability to care for the homeless and abused animals that really need them.
- Fact: 6.5 million animals enter shelters each year.
- Fact: One third of them, or 2.1 million, are pets people had to give up.
- Fact: Shelters euthanize 1.5 million animals each year.
The Solution:
Together, we can spare pets the stress, exposure to illness, and potential of being euthanized in shelters. Imagine if everyone who had to give up a pet found a new home for them through Get Your Pet:
- 2.1 million pets would stay out of shelters. (Shelters are a necessary last resort for abused animals and strays, but, as anyone who works at a shelter will tell you, they are no place for pets.)
- Shelters would be able to reallocate the space and money now spent on 2.1 million pets to the remaining strays and abused animals they take in
Get Your Pet Benefits:
- People who want to adopt have the confidence of knowing that the pets they view online are truly available (not the case on most other pet adoption websites.)
- Guardians (current pet owners) can safely message with, and meet, potential adopters, so they can gain the peace of mind that comes from knowing their pet is going to a good home.
- Adopters can learn about pets from the guardians who know them best, and meet the pet in a low-stress environment where they are calm.
More Reasons to Go Get Your Pet:
- Our Adoption Package includes a free examination by a local, participating Get Your Pet veterinarian.
- Shelters and animal welfare organizations benefit from a portion of the profits from Get Your Pet.
- If the adoption doesn’t work out, the Adopter can re-list the pet on Get Your Pet at no charge.
- Adopters are eligible for a certificate for 30 days’ pet insurance from Trupanion (offer varies in California).
- Low fees, generally ½ to 1/3 of what you’d pay at a shelter, and a portion of the profits benefits local animal shelters. (See what it costs here.)
- Money-saving in-store coupons valuable for those who live near Pet Valu stores.
- $40 off pet care services with Rover, the nation’s largest network of 5-star pet sitters and dog walkers (new Rover customers only).
- It’s simpler. Smarter. More humane. The way pet adoption should be.
