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Show HN: My 'pet' project, a Tinder-esque experience for rescuing dogs and cats (rescueapet.benswork.space)

6 points by player_piano ↗ HN
I have a rescue dog - a 6 year old German Shepherd mix. When we rescued him I couldn't believe how many animals there were at all the shelters and animal control centers, and how hard it was to find out about them.

I built a simple site (https://rescueapet.benswork.space) which connects you with available dogs and cats in your area :-) It uses data from local shelters and pulls it all into one place, so you can make a shortlist of animals, then reach out to the shelter to adopt.

I was honestly surprised that something like this didn't already exist. Let me know what you think!

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evanbuilds
The Tinder swipe mechanic for pet adoption is genuinely clever. Swiping feels low-commitment which is exactly what you want to get people browsing animals they wouldnt normally look at. How are you sourcing the shelter data?
treetalker
Super great! Suggestions:

- let the shelters know about this (at least the ones in major cities) and see if they will promote it to their prospective adopters

- add functions to restart, go back, mark/save profiles, and review marked profiles (this would have made my latest pet adoption much easier!)