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A unified approach. Helping to keep pets in their homes.

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ALWAYS ADOPT - DONT SHOP

Safety is no Accident

Being a pet owner, it's important to think add your furry family members when you create a Will. If you don't, and something unexpected occurs, your cherished furry friend might end up in an animal shelter if their is no one to care for them. Fortunately, you can easily prevent this by having a plan that includes guardians for your pet, and you can include money to cover their care. #ConfidenceWills #PetsInWills #PetsAreFamily

🐾 Exciting Discovery for Dog Lovers & UX Enthusiasts 🐾 As a User Experience Designer passionate about doing good in the world, I constantly seek out innovative applications that make a positive impact on the world. Today, I'm thrilled to share an app that has genuinely captured my heart and imagination: Treat. Treat is more than just a game; it's a mission-driven platform that turns virtual fun into real-world aid for shelter dogs across the United States. By engaging in mini-games within the app, users can earn real food, medical supplies, and treats for our furry friends in need. What sets Treat apart is its use of gamification in user experience design to connect a community of everyday human beings, animal lovers and philanthropists to a real-world cause. The app seamlessly blends entertainment with altruism, creating a deeply rewarding user experience that serves a noble cause. It's a brilliant example of how UX design can transcend traditional boundaries, touching lives beyond the screen. As UX professionals, we strive to create solutions that are not only user-friendly but also meaningful. Treat exemplifies this goal by harnessing the power of design to improve the lives of shelter dogs, one game at a time. It's a testament to the impact well-crafted digital experiences can have on our world. I encourage my network, especially those who share a love for animals and a passion for impactful design, to download Treat and play it. You'll become instantly addicted, but not to jewel matching or mindless clicking. You'll become addicted to the impact you're making on shelter dogs who need food, treats, and medical supplies. And by playing a simple game a few minutes a day, you can make that impact. Philanthropy is evolving. With the changes in our economy and social and environmental needs, we're seeing that people are less able to give actual money and more able to give a few minutes of their attention and time. The philanthropic applications that choose to leverage this reality into a digital solution will be the ones that can actually make a positive change in the world. Let's support this incredible initiative and spread the word about how UX design can contribute to positive change. Together, we can make a difference, one paw at a time. 🐕💕 #UserExperience #UXDesign #SocialImpact #Innovation #DogLovers #gamification #gaming #appdesign #appdevelopment #appdesigner #philanthropy #charity #charitysupport #innovation #digitalbusinesstransformation #productdesign #product #productdevelopment #productdesigners #application #applicationdesign #animalwelfare #animal #animalrescue #animalfeed #animalshelter

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Puppy/kitten farms are where pet shops and 3rd party sellers often get their "products". If you buy a puppy/kitten and don't see the mother and how they are kept, you are likely unwittingly contributing to the cruelty. SO-CALLED "GOOD" BREEDERS ARE A PART OF THE PROBLEM. Healthy dogs/cats who've been abandoned and/or abused and babies from dogs/cats that weren't neutered/spayed by irresponsible guardians, desperate for a home, are KILLED, as shelters are full of unwanted "surplus" animals. Animals are treated like products, commodities that are bred and sold. People go to breeders and pet shops to buy a certain breed they want. If you love animals, help a poor little fur baby who needs a second chance at a happy life and a forever home. Of course you'll love any animal you'll give a home to, it's not their choice to come from a breeder. But we can choose to stop adding to the demand and be a part of the solution instead. When you give a home to a shelter or rescue dog, it will feel a thousand times better to save this fur baby, than going to a breeder. Knowing your new fur baby has been given a second chance and you've given them the happy life they deserve, will make you happier than buying any particular breed. #adoptdontshop It's like a SILENT ATROCITY, that nobody wants to think about.😞 Until it's government policy and legislation to ADOPT NOT SHOP and spay and neuter, the animal overpopulation problem and animal cruelty will continue. Too many people still consider this a "CONSUMER CHOICE" issue (where instead of a life, an animal is a PRODUCT, a commodity to be BOUGHT), rather than an ANIMAL CRUELTY issue, where we continue BREEDING domestic animals, knowing healthy, animals are PUT DOWN everyday like they are "waste product" because they are passed over for a shiny "new" animal of a designer breed. 😢😔 There is no justification for this. We cannot BUY, whilst healthy animals DIE! #EndTheDemandEndTheCruelty 🙏 #adoptdontshop ❤ #rescueanimals ❤ #fosteranimals ❤ #spayandneuter 👍 #banpuppymills 🤬 #bankittenmills 🤬 #banbreeders 🤬 #banpetshops 🤬 https://lnkd.in/exT6eHWN For anyone who thinks we don't kill shelter animals in the UK, YES WE DO, this happens everywhere: https://lnkd.in/e49e4ycN https://lnkd.in/e9A-kHCt There is no justification, ZERO, for breeding more domesticated companion animals, whilst healthy animals are killed in shelters. We cannot BUY, whilst healthy animals DIE! End the DEMAND, end the CRUELTY. The only solution is to stem the flow and stop breeding more.

Pet ownership is on the rise in the United States of America, with more than 50% of the households having at least one pet according to Helen Woodward Animal Center. https://lnkd.in/gxA-dpmM Despite that, more than 6,000,000 cats and dogs enter animal shelters in the United States each year. While many pets get to celebrate finding their forever home through the efforts of rescues organizations, for regular cats and pedigreed cats. The worst statistic is this: there are over 900,000 cats and dogs each year that do not find homes and spend the final moments of their lives in the shelter. #remembermethursday #shinealight