Petfinder Foundation
http://www.petfinder.com
Charity Category:
Animals
Petfinder is an online, searchable database of animals that need homes. It is also a directory of more than 10,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the USA, Canada and Mexico. Organizations maintain their own home pages and available pet database.
Pet lovers can search for a pet that best matches their needs from the comfort of their personal computers. They can then reference a shelter's Web page and discover what services it offers. Petfinder also includes classified ads, discussion forums and a library of animal welfare articles. Petfinder is updated DAILY. Mission: To use Internet technology and the resources it can generate to:1)Increase public awareness of the availability of high-quality adoptable pets.2)Increase the overall effectiveness of pet adoption programs across North America to the extent that the euthanasia of adoptable pets is eliminated.