Your organization can make any status (other than Deleted) available via the RescueGroups.org API. You can set your public animal statuses by going to Animals > Settings > Public Statuses.
The animal status field can be changed to reflect the disposition of an animal. The statuses are:
Status | Description |
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. |
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 and will be listed on the adopted pets lists on the adoption listing web sites (as appropriate for your organization’s settings). |
Hold and Pending | The hold and pending statuses do not appear to the public on the RescueGroups.org Web Site service. |
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. |
Animal Statuses and the Adoption Listing Websites
The following statuses are exported to the adoption listing websites. You can make any status (other than Deleted) available via the RescueGroups.org API.
Status | Description |
Available for Adoption | This status goes to the adoption listing websites as "Available" or "Adoptable," depending on their configuration. |
Adopted | Adopted pets within the past six months export to Petfinder by default -- you can disable that option under Export Settings. Adopt-a-Pet.com does not support FTP upload of adopted pets. Adopted pets are also available via the RescueGroups.org API. |
Hold and Pending | Animals with a 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: http://www.rescuegroups.org/important-change-to-petfinder-and-sync-app-exports/ |
All Other Statuses | No other statuses are exported to the adoption listing websites. |