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Show HN: My 'pet' project, a Tinder-esque experience for rescuing dogs and cats
I have a rescue dog - a 6 year old German Shepherd mix. When we rescued him I couldn't believe how many animals there were at all the shelters and animal control centers, and how hard it was to find out about them.
I built a simple site (https://rescueapet.benswork.space https://rescueapet.benswork.space) which connects you with available dogs and cats in your area :-) It uses data from local shelters and pulls it all into one place, so you can make a shortlist of animals, then reach out to the shelter to adopt.
I was honestly surprised that something like this didn't already exist. Let me know what you think!
- evanbuilds 7mo agoThe Tinder swipe mechanic for pet adoption is genuinely clever. Swiping feels low-commitment which is exactly what you want to get people browsing animals they wouldnt normally look at. How are you sourcing the shelter data?
- player_piano 7mo agoThanks! There are several APIs used by shelters to manage and share listings for pets that are up for adoption; right now I'm just using those.
- Remi_Etien 7mo ago[flagged]
- treetalker 7mo agoSuper great! Suggestions: - let the shelters know about this (at least the ones in major cities) and see if they will promote it to their prospective adopters - add functions to restart, go back, mark/save profiles, and review marked profiles (this would have made my latest pet adoption much easier!)
- player_piano 7mo agoThanks, good ideas and feedback.
- dailoxxxx 7mo ago[dead]