Petfinder refuses to allow RescueGroups.org to upload pet data via their FTP process, which is given freely to dozens of rescue and shelter management systems just like RescueGroups.org. You can read more about Petfinder's refusal to support the animal rescue/shelter community in our blog here: http://www.rescuegroups.org/update-concerning-petfinder-preventing-pet-updates/. Regardless, a volunteer unaffiliated with RescueGroups.org or Petfinder has created a Windows application that will update your Petfinder pet list. Read more about the Sync App. The Sync App will update your Petfinder pet list using the information from your RescueGroups.org pet list. Please read more about the Updating your Petfinder pet list using the Sync App page. You'll need to sign-up with Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet.com directly, but we will request accounts on your behalf for all of the other adoption listing websites. Safeguard your pet data! It's extremely important that your RescueGroups.org have all of your animal information, pictures and videos (including adopted pets) before you tell us to start exporting to the adoption listing websites. If not, you could lose your pet information. It can take as long as 3 hours to update your pet information on the other sites. Patience is required. Some fields are mapped to their closest values on the adoption web site (like breed, species, etc). The following are changes that are made to your pet data when sent to the adoption listing web sites: Each of the adoption listing web sites supports different fields. The following are cases where the data is handled differently: A link to your home page as well as to the animal's web page is added to the animal's description (applies to web site service only and on adoption listing sites that allow the link -- can be disabled in Animals > Exports If you have a public adoption application, a link to the application will be added in the animal's description (applies to web site service only and on the adoption listing sites that allow the link -- can be disabled in Animals > Exports > Settings If the foster's contact information is public, it will be added at the top of the animal's description. You can control which adoption web sites list a specific animal by selecting the appropriate accounts under the Accounts section of the animal’s information. See Animal Fields for more information.Updating Petfinder
Please contact us concerning your animal exports, and we will help you get everything setup.
Before beginning this process, please read and understand the following:
How long will it take to update the other sites?
After exports are enabled:
Here are some details about the exports/uploads: