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Organizations can make any animal status public. If you make any status public, then it allows that data to be " exported " to sites that use our API (listed under API exports by going to Animals > Exports). In the case of the services that use data from our API (listed under API exports by going to Animals>Exports), it's then up to that service what animal statuses they want to bring into their system. Only specific statuses are " exported " to Petfinder.com and Adopt-a-Pet.com. Specifically, specifically the Available status is exported, and Adopted status can be exported if the option in Animal Settings is enabled.
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Available for Adoption | The animal is available for adoption and will appear on the Animal List and Animal Browse web pages or be exported according to your organization’s service configuration. On adoption listing websites, this status is listed as either Available or Adoptable, depending on their configuration. | |||||
Available for Sponsorship | The animal can be sponsored. You can learn more about sponsorships in the Sponsorships section of this User Guide. These pets are not exported. | |||||
Adopted | The animal will appear on the Successes web page (if you have the Website Service) and will be listed on the adopted pets lists on the adoption listing websites (as appropriate for your organization’s settings). Adopted pets within the past six months export to Petfinder by default. However, you can disable this setting under Animals > Settings > Export Settings. Adopted pets are also available through the RescueGroups.org API for use by developers.
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Hold and Pending | The hold and pending statuses do not appear to the public on the Web Site service unless you have changed the settings under Animals > Settings > Public Statuses (see above). Animals with the status of Hold or Pending are not exported to Petfinder or Adopt-a-Pet.com. We stopped exporting these statuses to Petfinder due to security concerns, as described in the following blog post: /important-change-to-petfinder-and-sync-app-exports/. | |||||
Deleted | The animal information is no longer needed and is ready to be removed from the RescueGroups.org system (including pictures and all other related information). Deleted information will appear on the Data Recovery page for 30 days when it will be purged from the database. | |||||
All Other Statuses | The animal is hidden from the public, and viewable only by your volunteers unless you have changed the public settings as described above. No other statuses are exported to the adoption listing websites. |
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