The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20151
Reuniting Pets With Their People
Rob Goddard
Helping Lost Pets (HeLP)
Susan Taney
Lost Dogs of America (LDA)
HeLP Partners With Volunteer
Groups Across The US And Canada
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20152
Our Mission Is To Provide One Website
Where Every Lost/Found Pet Is Listed� HeLP includes listings from the public
� Shelters, Humane Societies, Animal Control Agencies
� Veterinarian Clinics
� It’s FREE and it’s National
Why a National Website?
� Pets don’t know where county or state borders are and often end up in the wrong shelter.
� Pet Owners face a massive task of trying to find where they should list and worry that they may have missed one.
� When travelling with your pet, having volunteers that can help you to spread the word if your pet went missing, is invaluable.
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20153
We Believe Every Pet Should Be
Microchipped And Tagged, BUT:
� You can’t scan a pets microchip if you can’t catch them
� The scan of the pet may miss the microchip
� People are less likely to take a cat that is wandering to get their microchip scanned
HeLP Makes a Difference When Widely
Used In The Community
“I have to give you a compliment on how well this has worked for us. The majority of lost and
found reports are now coming through your site. There have been several days I come in, get the email alerts, and then see that dog come in
the shelter later in the day.
It has helped us more quickly get the dogs out of the shelter and back into homes”.
William Wise, Director
Walton Co. Animal Control
Monroe GA. USA
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20154
Pet Businesses & Other Organizations
Can Also Join
� Pet Stores
� Groomers
� Trainers
� Rescues
� Hotels
� Daycares
� Dog Walkers
� Pet Sitters
Hats Off To Volunteers That Make The
Real Difference!
Giving volunteers the
means to better match
pets, means more pets
will get back home!
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20155
When A Pet is Listed With HeLP You Can
Create Flyers With Different Templates
When A Pet Is Listed With HeLP
Tweeted
on
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20156
Email Alerts Are Sent To Our Members
In The Area
On the Way!
Buttons That Allow You To Quickly Share
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20157
Our Partner Volunteer Groups Are
Networking Using Their Facebook and
Twitter Pages
A Key Feature Of HeLP Is The Map
Search the entire country by breed, size, age or other
parameters
Remember to click anytime you move the map or change your search
parameters
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20158
You can even include Adoptable PetsThe green dots
are sightings
A Key Feature Of HeLP Is The Map
Why not
create a flyer
for an
adoptable pet,
you can post
to your
page
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 20159
Search the entire country or a
neighbourhood
A Key Feature Of HeLP Is The Map
Most cats are found within a few blocks of their home. You can see
how easy this would be for this cats family to find her.
Finding Cats Is Much Easier
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 201510
The map also HeLPS you locate Animal Services,
Shelters, Humane Societies and other organizations
A Key Feature Of HeLP Is The Map
Shelters can use HeLP for FREE to
manage their Public Lost Reports.
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 201511
No more
need for
Binders.
Shelters can
easily list their
pets with us and
we have other
tools for them,
like our plugin for
their own
website
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 201512
Location Based Alerts
Receive all Lost/Found Alerts for your neighbourhood:
www.HelpingLostPets.com/ALERTS
Create A Subscription To Receive
Targeted Alerts
� By Status
� By Area� (Radius or Region)
� Other Filters
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 201513
Mobile App for Androids
� See Missing / Found
/ Adoptable Pets
wherever you are
www.HelpingLostPets.com/ANDROID
Nathan Winograd’s No Kill Equation states:
“One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in
animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims”
FACT: Reuniting pets with their people is the most
cost-effective way to increase your shelter’s live
release rate.
The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People
(Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
Best Friends National Conference,
July 16-19, 201514
Hang on Everyone - LIVE Demonstration on the Way
Photo courtesy Marcia Leeder Photography