Caretakers and fosters

One of the most important animal fields is Foster. 

• The foster’s contact information appears with the animal (if the information is set to public).

• The animal will appear on the foster’s My Rescue page within RescueGroups.org.

• The animal will be listed on the foster’s contact record

Animal contact information will appear on your website if you are using the Web Site Service. Contact information will appear in the animal’s description when exported to the adoption listing websites for all of our services.

The benefit of using the Foster field is that visitors can contact the foster directly for more information about the animal.

To use fosters to their full potential, make sure you:

• Select a foster for each animal.

• Select the contact fields that will be public for your organization.

• Make the foster’s information public.

You can add contacts from the Contacts page, or by entering a foster name in the new foster box when adding or editing an animal.

Some organizations want their visitors and potential adopters to be able to contact an animal’s foster directly with any questions concerning an available animal. Each organization has complete control over what contact information is available for their foster/caretakers.

You can control how much contact information is available to the public for your organization’s fosters. If you select a contact for the Foster field on an animal’s record, this information can appear near the top of the animal's description. An example would be similar to this:

Contact Rex's Caretaker/Foster Directly: William Boots (Afoster@yahoo.com), XXX-XXX-XXXX.

The contact information can include first name, last name, email address, phone number and street address.

To enable public view of the animal foster’s contact information do the following:

• Click Animals > Settings > Export Settings

• Select the contact fields you want to make public under the question Show the following contact fields for foster/caretakers

• Add the caretaker’s information to their contact record and select Allow Public View

• Select the caretaker/foster for the animal

All available contact information will appear when your volunteers view the animal's web page