ANIMAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE NETWORK FAQ

• What is AERN?
  
• How do I find my pet?
• How do I let someone know my pet needs rescuing, fostering or help?
• How can I foster or volunteer to help?
• What is Petfinder.com and the Petfinder.com Foundation?

Petfinder.com affords AERN access to over 22,000 animal welfare professionals from over 10,000 groups. The Petfinder.com disaster resource page is the best source of unbiased information regarding rescue efforts so that visitors can see the big picture of national, state, and local animal welfare response. Petfinder.com was started in 1995 by Jared and Betsy Saul with the mission of using the Internet and the resources it provides to end the euthanasia of adoptable pets. In its first 10 years Petfinder.com has expanded its reach beyond animal related sites and is now, according to Nielsen, the 124th largest Web site on the Internet. Petfinder.com is free to use for both animal shelters and potential adopters. With over a half million visitors per day, Petfinder.com member shelters credit the site with helping to adopt over 1.5 million pets per year. The Petfinder.com Foundation is a public charity with a mission to assist animal shelters and placement groups in the heroic work that they do.