Shelters in PawRescue
What a shelter is in PawRescue, what it can do, how intake, rescue and adoption work, and who may act for it.
The shelter in PawRescue
A shelter is an organisation in the app, not a personal account. It has a manager who runs it today, staff who belong to it, a location, a capacity, and the animals in its care. The manager can change; the shelter stays the same, with its animals and records.
What the app offers depends on its version. Taking a rescued animal into a shelter’s custody, and Rescue mode, arrive with the newest app updates, which reach testers first; an older version of the app cannot complete them. Everything below describes how they work once your app has them.
Becoming a shelter
- RegisterThe person who runs the shelter asks the platform to register it (write to us from the Support page).
- ApprovalThe platform owner reviews the request. Nothing is granted until it is approved.
- Set-upThe shelter is created with its manager. Contact details are not copied from the personal account: the manager publishes the shelter’s phone or email only if they choose to.
What a shelter can do
Receive rescued animals
A rescuer can ask a shelter to take an animal in. The shelter answers; only when it accepts does the animal move into its care.
Rescue too
A shelter can switch on Rescue mode, and its manager or authorised staff can accept open cases in the shelter’s name and work them like any rescuer.
Keep animal records
Add animals that were brought in directly, update their status and photos, and keep capacity and current numbers up to date.
List for adoption
List animals for adoption, read the applications, and decide. Adoptions are completed in the app.
Ask the community
Post what the shelter needs; people can pledge to help, and the shelter confirms what arrived.
Work with teams
Invite rescuers to join the shelter, or receive requests from rescuers who want to join.
How intake works (with the newest app version)
- A rescue is doneThe rescuer marks the animal rescued and, if it needs care, asks a shelter to take it.
- The shelter decidesThe request reaches the shelter’s requests list. It accepts or declines, and its capacity is checked.
- CustodyOn acceptance the shelter holds the animal. The case shows the shelter, and the people involved can talk to it.
- Care and adoptionThe shelter looks after the animal and may list it for adoption. When the work is finished the case is closed.
Who may act for a shelter
- The manager can do everything for the shelter and can hand management to another active member.
- Staff get only what the manager grants, one at a time: animals, intake, adoption. These are permissions inside one shelter, not roles.
- A member’s access can be suspended, and leaving or removal is recorded, never erased.
What a shelter does not do
- It does not assign cases to rescuers: assignment belongs to the platform.
- It does not see the exact location of cases it is not part of.
- It does not change platform-wide settings.
A shelter that is not yet listed can ask to be registered through the Support page. Registration is reviewed by the platform owner.