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What is the PetLynx PetMeter™?
This component of the PetLynx system lets you view the PetLynx Utility at work.
The numbers are a live-to-screen generated account of active lost and found reports and, most importantly, a live glimpse of the AutoMatch™ Google-like search engine.
The unique AutoMatch™ search engine performs searches for lost pets against pets admitted to any shelter or pound through AnimalTRACS™ or ShelterLynx™, as well as those from found reports and those registered in the central database, to produce a list of potential matches. The owners are then contacted automatically by email for a happy reunion. In the upper half of the PetMeter™, the Live System Snapshot refreshes every time you connect, to show the system activity in real-time. This includes the number of:
- Active Lost Reports
- Active Found Reports
- Potential AutoMatchs™.
In the lower half of the PetMetre is an estimate of the number of animals lost, found, adopted and euthanized throughout North America. These numbers are aggregated from a painstaking summary of data: - Canadian Federation of Humane Societies [CFHS]
- Humane Society of the United States [HSUS]
- Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
- National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
- Animal People
- USA Today - Pet Population Study
No one is sure how accurate these numbers are, but our research has uncovered a margin of error in reported euthanasias across North America that may be as high as 30%. Wow! Can't we get a closer number than that? You bet we can! But the industry has to collect and share data in the same format. That's where PetLynx comes in.
On a completely industry-neutral basis, we have developed the AnimalTRACS™ Utility to collect and present this data for everyone in the industry. As the list of contributors and therefore the accuracy grows, we all get a better understanding of the problem and the solution for each of our communities. Want to know more? Click here.
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