We checked our phone messages the
other day and as one obvious robocall started to play, we tried to remember
what local election we had forgotten. Instead the voice was making a very sad
plea — a neighbor had lost her pet greyhound and this call was meant to spread
the word. We’d seen some fliers on telephone poles on our street but hadn’t had
the time to stop and check it out. Now we can keep an eye out for the runaway pup.
Pretty ingenious, no?
So if your pet flies the coop, you
can hire findtoto.org to spread the word to your neighbors. For $95 they’ll
reach out to 500 local homes. Or if you’re willing to search more far afield,
$895 will get you a 10,000-house reach.
If you don’t get a call but you
happen upon a wayward pup, you can enter your zip code to search the database
to see if one matching the description is listed. Contact numbers are provided
so that you can call the owner directly and arrange to return the pooch safely
to his home.
FindToto.org isn’t the only canine
search site. Others are springing up all over the Internet. DogAmberAlert.com
is one. Their goal is “to
create a ‘virtual’ Vflyer so if your dog becomes MISSING, members
click on your dogs ‘MISSING Flyer,’ print it out
themselves and help with the search instantly. Our goal is to build the largest
online social network of dogs in the world by developing the most advanced
creative communications network available.”
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