Making a status public
You can make any animal status public, except for Deleted. Go to Animals > Settings > Public Animal Statuses to change the statuses you display to the public. Simply tick off the checkbox next to the status which you want to make available to the public. Then click Save.
Description of animal status
This is a description of each available animal status.
Status | Description |
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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. |
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. |
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