A community
has several definitions. There is the community in which the pet owner lives.
There is also the Internet Community. This program depends on the support of
both communities and attempts to develop an awareness of the needs through
various means and provide several communications channels via the Internet.
Improve
communication between Owners and Foster Parents so that pets can stay with
their owners.
There is a
FOSTER_PET Group in support of this website that can be accessed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foster_pet/
. The purpose of a Group is to foster communications. The communications
channels this FOSTER_PET seeks to support are discussions between Owners,
Foster Parents, Associates, and `concerned citizens'.
All Members
are encouraged to post on any topic related to their concerns about the process
or to offer solutions to problems.
Owners
(Parents) looking for a Foster Parent to care for your pet please start your
post with the word OWNER followed by the species (dog, cat, etc.,) and your
city and state. [Example: OWNER - Dog - City, State] Fill in more information
about you and your pet in the body of your post.
Foster
Parents please start your post with the word FOSTER PARENT followed by the
species (dog, cat, etc.,) and your city and state. [Example: FOSTER PARENT -
Salt Water Fish - City, State] Fill in more information about you and your
interests in the body of your post.
A Thread is
created when a member replies to a Post. A thread might look like this: Initial
Post : [Subject of post might read. "OWNER - Dog - City, State" and
the body for that post might read, " Reservist, assigned to active duty
for six months, needs care for a 5 year old, neutered, sheltie, very active -
needs to be walked three times a day."] In the case of a dog also post the
CGC http://www.akc.org/love/cgc/index.cfm
and dog profile http://www.hsus.org/ace/11783
. Cat owners should post the cat profile http://www.hsus.org/ace/12896
.
First Reply:
[Subject of reply "RE: OWNER -Dog - City, State" and the body of the
post might read, "Does your dog need to be brushed often?"
All
FOSTER_PET subscribers would receive both the Initial Post and each Reply. They
would also be able to examine the Posts and Replies in the Group's Archives.
The Group's Archives
would allow members to search for posts by a variety of criteria.
There is a
Chat Room associated with this Group that can be accessed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foster_pet/
.
The Database
is the `Classified Ads Section'. There is a Database associated with this Group
that can be accessed at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foster_pet/
. It can hold up to 1000 entries. Owners are requested to provide basic
information on their pet in the `Classified Ads/Database' and more complete
information in a Post.