- Website aims to find pets new homes, keep them out of shelters (USA Today 2017)
This site says it's the Airbnb of pet adoptions
- Rehome program links pet owners with new technology (nowcastSA 2017)
Adopt-a-Pet.com is a charity on a mission to help homeless pets find loving homes. The organization has, for many years, been focused on providing support to its network of over 17,000 animal shelters and rescues across the U.S. and Canada—getting the pets in their care seen by the millions of adopters who search for their new best friend on Adopt-a-Pet.com each month.
Thanks to the Petco Foundation, Adopt-a-Pet.com is now able to extend that support directly to pet owners who can no longer keep their pets. The service is free to owners seeking to rehome their pets, and adopters pay a small adoption fee with 100 percent donated to an animal shelter or rescue of the original owner’s choosing.
- Adopt-a-Pet.com and the Petco Foundation Find Pets Their Forever Home with the Launch of Rehome (prnewswire 2017)
New peer-to-peer pet adoption platform makes rehoming pets safe and reliable
Adopt-a-Pet.com and the Petco Foundation are excited to announce the launch of Rehome, a seamless peer-to-peer service that makes pet adoption easy and safe for all parties involved. Now available nationwide, Rehome directly connects those looking to rehome their pets with interested adopters, providing the necessary tools and information for a successful, lasting solution for a pet in need.
Why am I telling you all this old news from 2017?
Because guess who participated in the recent 'PetRescue Hackathon'?
And - shocker, we all know who would like to get in on that sweet sweet "increased revenue by 20%" - now PetRescue boasts it's own peer-to-peer pet vending service 'Home2Home'.
PetRescue claims to be "helping" rescue by rehoming...
Poodle puppies, and...
Dachshunds, and...
Baby GSDs, and...
Purebred English Bulldogs, and a whole bunch other dogs who could likely have benefited from the expertise of a real rescue group...
Because who knows; maybe there’s more to rescuing pets, than slapping ads online.
With this hand-picking of desirable dogs, combined with PetRescue's predatory fundraising strategies redirecting the donations rescue groups need to survive to themselves, PetRescue is firmly placing itself as a competitor to rescue, rather than a supporting industry leader.
See also
- Did Daisy really need rescuing from rescue?
- Why fake rescuing lets pets and owners down
- PetRescue's financials 2018/19; $1 million to own employees, $108 to rescue groups