A few months ago HAWS Humane Educator, Khris, started posting videos of our adoptable animals on our website’s Pet Showcase. We have a picture database of adoptable pets through a group called Petfinder (check out 3 of our current adoptables pictured below - Grissom, Misty, and Oliver - you can move your mouse across their pictures to learn more about them), and the capability for action as well as still shots was introduced.
What an amazing innovation this has been for our available pets!
Visitors to our website most often gravitate to the Adopt-A-Pet section. Whether you’re looking for a new best friend or just window shopping, it is a lot of fun to see the tail-wagging and smiling animal faces on your computer screen. But now, thanks to modern technology, you can not only see our adoptables strike a pose, but also romp and play to their own theme songs.
The resulting success stories are extremely gratifying. Here are 2 of our favorites:
Benson and Sophie are 2 older Lab mixes that were surrendered together due to a family hitting a rough patch financially. Benson, a 12-year-old, and Sophie, a 10-year-old, needed a quiet home to live out their days. We were committed to adopting them out together because they had bonded in their previous home over the many years. They spent about 6 weeks in the shelter with on-again, off-again interest, but no serious takers. Then they got their own music video…and within 48 hours they were adopted into a home that is thrilled to have them both.
Minnie was found as a stray along with another kitten and brought in for adoption. However, Minnie was missing an eye! She was in perfect health otherwise, but it was found she’d prefer to be an only cat. Her video was the hook that brought in her eventual adopters. How could they resist that face?
Pictures may be worth a thousand words - check out the mugs on this page! But videos are the call to action - just ask Sophie, Benson, and Minnie.
By the way – our Adopt-a-Friend showcase on Petfinder also allows you to make a donation towards the sponsorship of a favorite animal you may love but not be able to adopt yourself – navigate to that pet’s “page” and look for the SPONSOR ME box. Or call the shelter at 262-542-8851. 
