# Animal Settings for Website
When your organization is signed up for Website Service, you will find four additional Animal Settings available to your team. All settings are described below.
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**Where do I find it?**
You can find the [**Animal Settings**](https://manage.rescuegroups.org/animals_settings) page by going to **Animals > Settings**.
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# Required Fields
Required animal fields are those fields which must be filled out in order to add an animal. When you have Data Management or Website service, your team gets to choose which fields are required when an animal record is created or edited. Please review [Required Animal Fields](/doc/950f927a-af65-4593-a33b-5fe6f81575f7) to learn how to use these settings.
# Enabled/Disabled Fields
Animal fields are those fields you are able to fill out when creating an animal's record. These are the fields that display on the animal's information page and on your website. By default, all animal fields are enabled for your organization. You may decide you do not want all of these fields available for use. If you have our Data Management or Website service, then your team can choose to disable some of these fields. Please review [Enable or Disable Animal Fields](/doc/d5226a74-8d3a-49e4-b08a-e8f9d83cab05) to learn how to use these settings.
# Browse Page Settings
You can use these settings to change the look of your Animal Browse Pages. Please review [Browse Page Settings](/doc/5533292a-1efc-4c17-ba18-f660832856aa) to learn how to use these settings.
# Browse Page Fields
You can control which fields appear on the public animal browse web page. Please review [Browse Page Fields](/doc/58102c59-7d44-4a57-a50c-a80b95a69972) to learn how to use these settings.
# Special Lists
If you would like to utilize Special Lists on your website, you can manage the settings for them here. Please review [Special Lists](/doc/c6405843-78b3-444b-b6db-3879c559e98e) to learn how.
# Rescue ID Settings
The following settings are available for using the animal Rescue ID.
| Setting | Description |
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| **Automatically set animal's Rescue ID** | When adding an animal, you can automatically assign a Rescue ID that you can use to track the animal. To use this feature, enable this option, and then select a format in the next setting. |
| **Use the following format for Rescue IDs** | Select a numbering format for the automatically assigned Rescue IDs.
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| **Do not automatically assign a Rescue ID for courtesy listings** | Select **Yes** or **No** to determine if you want to automatically assign a Rescue ID to courtesy animals as well as your own animals. |
# Privacy Settings
The following settings have to do with the information you may want to keep private to your organization. All of these setting options are selected using **Yes** or **No** radio buttons.
| Setting | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| **Enable the Portal website** | We recommend disabling this option. The Portal website (portal.rescuegroups.org) is a legacy website that is no longer being actively updated. |
| **Show if the animal is microchipped** | Although the actual microchip number does not display to the public, you can enable this in order to indicate the animal is microchipped. |
| **Show if the animal is altered** | Select this option if you want the animal’s web page to show if they have been spayed or neutered. |
| **Show if the animal will be altered before adoption** | If the animal is not spayed/neutered, and you have chosen to show the public the animal’s spay/neuter status, a message will be added that the animal will be spay/neutered before adoption. |
| **Show the animal's Rescue ID** | Enable this option if you want the public to be able to see the animal’s Rescue ID field. |
| **Show the animal's adoption fee** | Select this option if you want the public to see the information pulled from the **Adoption Fee** field. |
| **Show the animal's euthanasia information** | Enable this option if you want the public to see the animal’s euthanasia information. |
| **Disable the animal's header/footer to courtesy animals** | Prevent the description header and footer from being added to animals that are marked as courtesy listings. |
| **Show journal entries on the kennel card** | Add all the animal's journal entries to the kennel card. Journal Entries and Kennel Cards are a feature of our Data Management service. |
| **Show cost on the kennel card** | Display the cost of each journal entry on the animal's kennel card when printing kennel cards. |
# Website Service Related
Website Settings related to how your animals are displayed on your RescueGroups.org Website. Please review them in detail in [Website Settings](/doc/baa1439a-3e2b-4f2d-beaa-c96d15432e41).
# Export Settings
The export settings for your animals are divided into sections:
* General export settings
* Privacy settings
* Preferences for exports to new services and websites
## General export settings
| Setting | Description |
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| **Export adopted pets to Adopt-a-Pet.com** | Select **Yes** to allow pets which have already been marked as adopted to be exported to Adopt-a-Pet.com. **Note:** Only the most recent 500 adopted pets will be exported. |
| **Prevent adopted animals from being uploaded to Petfinder** | Select **No** to allow pets which have already been marked as adopted to be exported to Petfinder. |
| **Prevent courtesy animals from being uploaded to other sites** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the animals on your site that you've marked as courtesy listings to be exported along with your organization's own animals. **Yes** disables the export. |
| **Disable the link to the animal's web page** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want to display the link to your RescueGroups.org website on the animal's description as it is exported. **Yes** disables the export. |
| **Disable the link to your organization's website** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the link to your organization's RescueGroups.org website to display on the animal's description as it is exported. **Yes** disables the export. |
| **Include the Animal Description Header in the animal description** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the text from the **Animal Header** to be added automatically to each animal's description as it is exported. **Yes** enables the export. You can update the text from **Animals > Animal Description Header & Footer.** |
| **Include the Animal Description Footer in the animal description** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the text from the **Animal Footer** to be added automatically to each animal's description as it is exported. **Yes** enables the export. You can update the text from **Animals > Animal Description Header & Footer.** |
| **Disable the animal header/footer to courtesy animals** | If you have selected to add either or both the **Animal Description Header and Footer** in your animal exports, you can also select to disable that inclusion for those animals which you post as a courtesy to others. Select **Yes** to disable the export of the **Animal Description Header and Footer** for courtesy animals. |
| **Disable videos in Animal descriptions** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the YouTube video of your animal included as part of the exported animal description. **Yes** disables the export. |
| **Use a link instead of embedding the video in Animal descriptions** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want a link to the animal's video included as part of the exported animal description rather than embedding a video. **Yes** enables the export. |
| **Use the RescueGroups.org Animal ID as a Unique ID** | Select **Yes** to disable the use of the Rescue ID as a unique ID on the adoption listing sites. Only the RescueGroups.org animal ID will be used. |
| **Show the following contact fields for foster/caretakers** | Select the fields that are allowed to be public on the animal descriptions that are exported to other sites. **Note:** The contact will also need to be set to Public for the information to be seen.
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| **Account to use for YouTube video upload** | Select from the drop-down list the YouTube account you want to use for YouTube uploads for exports.
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| **YouTube authorization code** | Include the authorization code to use when including YouTube videos.
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## Privacy export settings
| Setting | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| **Show the animal's Rescue ID** | When adding an animal, you can have your RescueGroups.org website automatically assign a Rescue ID that you can use to track the animal. When exporting animals to adoption sites, you can select **Yes** to show this ID in the animal's description. |
| **Show if the animal is microchipped** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the animal's microchip status included as part of the exported animal description. Select **Yes** to show this status. |
| **Show if the animal is altered** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the animal's altered status to be included as part of the exported animal description. Select **Yes** to show this status. |
| **Show the animal's adoption fee** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the animal's adoption fee to be included as part of the exported animal description. Select **Yes** to show this fee. |
| **Show the animal's euthanasia information** | Select the **Yes** or **No** radio button to determine if you want the animal's euthanasia information to be included as part of the exported animal description. Select **Yes** to show this information. |
## Preferences for exports to new services and websites
These export preferences help you to determine the automatic addition of your animals only to those services and websites that meet your standards. Select **Yes** to automatically add your adoptable animals to the particular type of site listed. Use the radio buttons to select **Yes** or **No**. Any website that matches a type of service that you have disabled (set to **No**) will not be enabled for export when it is added.
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The export preferences in this section do not affect any existing exports. We want you not to be surprised by your information appearing on a type of website you do not want to be associated with (eg, classifieds websites).
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| Setting |
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| **By default export to services that list animals for adoption** |
| **By default, export to services that list animals for adoption (from non-rescue/shelters)** |
| **By default, export to services that list animals for sale by breeder** |
| **By default, export to services that list animals for sale by owner** |
| **By default, export to services that provide animal related classifieds** |
| **By default, export to services that provide animal related community discussion/forums** |
| **By default, export to services that provide animal related educational information** |
| **By default, export to services that provide animal related news** |
| **By default, export to services that provide event calendars** |
| **By default, export to services that sell/promote animal related products (food, toys, treats, etc)** |
| **By default, export to services that sell/promote animal related services (training, grooming)** |
| **By default, export to services that sell/promote non-animal related products** |
| **By default, export to services that sell/promote non-animal related services** |
Remember to click the **Save** button at the bottom to save your changes.
# Supported Species
Choose what species your organization works with and filter them from the species selections when managing your animal data. Please review how to manage your Supported Species settings in [Supported Species](/doc/f460c852-adef-429a-8666-648b4fe73a89).
# Public Statuses
Choose which animal statuses you want to make available to the public. Read on to review how to manage your [making your animal statuses public](https://guides.rescuegroups.org/doc/animal-status-settings-AxznfnS0LK?q=public%20status#h-make-a-status-public).
# Microchip Registrations
You can choose to update your organization’s settings related to automatic microchip registrations. Read on to review how to [Setup Automatic Registries](/doc/53772b8d-ff0d-439f-acce-7a2a88a00f69).
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**Documents**
- [Browse Page Settings](https://guides.rescuegroups.org/s/4a2c57ff-3678-4bc0-8cf0-d6d45df023da/doc/browse-page-settings-ny2pW9WWOs)