Important first step

To allow your animals to be shown on your browse page, they must have one of the following Animal Statuses:

• Available for Adoption
• Available for Sponsorship
• Adopted

Keeping animals away from public view

You may have reason to keep an animal from being seen by the public, for instance, an animal who has just been rescued and is so sick it's not known if it will make it. Or an animal you are holding for another rescue, you may not want to display it on your website.

You can hide the animal completely from the public by selecting a status like Hold, Pending, or Intake. Your volunteers will still see the animal in the Animal List, and you can find the animal using the Animal Search (Animals > Search).

For more information about understanding the animal status selections and changing them as the animal moves through your system, see the chapter, Managing animal status in this guide.