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ASPCA News Briefs: Pet-Ark Kiosk

ASPCA Animal Watch, Spring 2004

November 11 marked the debut of a new fixture of the ASPCA's 92nd Street lobby: the Pet-Ark Kiosk. Now in use throughout the city, the Mayor's Alliance-introduced kiosks are touch-screen, ATM-style tools that allow visitors to search the New York Regional Adoption web site (www.BigApplePets.com) for pets that fit the criteria they're looking for, and take home a printout of the results. Jane Hoffman explains, "After meeting Dave Loftus, cofounder of Pet-Ark, we realized that this was a perfect marketing and distribution tool for New York City. The Alliance received seed money from celebrity Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, Dr. Robert Levine; then, we met with participating Alliance organizations to train and provide them with the resources needed to include their available animals on the site."

She continues, "Today, nine kiosks are located in New York's five animal control shelters/receiving centers, and the shelters of each of our founding members: the ASPCA, the Humane Society of New York in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Animal Rescue Center (BARC) and Animal Haven, located in Queens." Now, if a shelter does not house the type of pet a potential adopter is looking for, the Pet-Ark Kiosk will point them in the direction of the facility that does. Convenient for New Yorkers — and a lifesaver for our shelter pets.

Reprinted from ASPCA Animal Watch, Spring, Vol. 24, No.1, with permission from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 424 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128.