New Social Network for pets and non profits launches "Save 1million More Pets" challenge

Sharingpet announces its “SAVE ONE MILLION MORE” Challenge, with the Launch of their “AdoptiON" Movement at the 2011 “ No More Homeless Pets National Conference”

Over 1000 animal advocates from across the U.S. are attending next weekend’s annual 2011 No More Homeless Pets National Conference. Best Friends Animal Society, one of the largest and most successful organizations in animal rescue and welfare, hosts this important gathering of animal-related non profit organizations, October 21-23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The nation’s leading animal advocates and rescue organizations in the country will be gathered for one impactful weekend to address the challenges of saving the lives of homeless animals. In addition, this conference will witness a very special event: The public launch of Sharingpet.

Sharingpet is a new social network built for and around animals and the people who love them. Sharingpet joins the fight to end animal abandonment and abuse by introducing a new social media website, http://www.sharingpet.com, and its two unique online features, “Virtual Adoption” and the “Buy and Give" Shop.

Along with the launch of their new social network, Sharingpet is announcing an astounding goal: Current statistics show that 3 million pets were saved in 2011. Sharingpet’s goal is to SAVE ONE MILLION MORE. Armed with the slogan "SAVE ONE MILLION MORE", Sharingpet is challenging animal supporters across the U.S. to collectively SAVE ONE MILLION MORE homeless animals in the next 12 months through http://www.Sharingpet.com. #save1mMORE

How Sharingpet Will Achieve This Goal

Virtual Adoption reinvents the traditional ideas of pet adoption by providing a new way to adopt pets - online. Through social networks, animal lovers can “virtually adopt” an animal in need of a home through an animal rescue organization. As a virtual adopter, s/he can provide for their virtual pet by donating money or goods for its care and promoting the animal through the social network to help it find a traditional home. Through Virtual Adoptions and a new way to promote adoptable animals, Sharingpet hopes to effectively increase animal adoption rates across the US.

The Buy and Give Shop is a philanthropic online store that benefits animal rescue organizations simply by making purchases using this Sharingpet tool. 2/3 of our profit from your online purchase through the “buy & give shop” goes to the animal non-profit of the user´s choice. This tool offers an easy way for anyone to help their favorite rescues and is also another financing source for rescue groups to effortlessly earn funds and save more animals.

An important difference between Sharingpet and other social networks is its revolutionary concept of adoptiON, the online movement started as a result of Virtual Adoptions, the heart and soul behind Sharingpet.

To encourage animal advocates to participate in Sharingpet’s "SAVE ONE MILLION MORE" challenge via its social network, Sharingpet is reaching out to animal supporters across Twitter and Facebook to join the adoptiON movement and virally spread the Sharingpet challenge to the 60 speakers and organizations at the three-day conference. Using its slogan and associated hashtag, Sharingpet and animal advocates will tackle this real cause through a virtual platform, with the goal to achieve a real challenge: SAVE ONE MILLION MORE PETS

Essentially, anyone who is online can join the adoptiON movement. From spreading the word about Sharingpet’s Virtual Adoption to making purchases online using the “Buy and Give Shop”, every effort hopes to increase the nation’s adoption rates and save more lives. Although the challenge can create a competitive aspect (user profiles share statistics of how many virtual pets one has adopted, how much money one has donated through purchases, etc.) the true focus for Sharingpet is addressing the staggering statistics that animal advocates and rescues are faced within the U.S.: 8 million animals become homeless and almost 5 million animals are euthanized every year.








About Sharingpet

Sharingpet (http://www.sharingpet.com) is the social network built around animals and the people who love them. This Facebook-style network is focused on solidarity with homeless animal advocates and non-profits committed to changing the world for animals.

Sharingpet is not just another place to share experiences, spread ideas or find new friends. It isn´t just a social concept based on "profile pics" and "status updates". Sharingpet is the place where people can change the world for animals. People can solve real animal-related issues thanks to online tools on Sharingpet.com: Virtual Adoption and Buy and Give Shop

Sharingpet is focused on Non Profit animal-related causes and provides animal and welfare related organization an alternative financing source. Sharingpet empowers the people who love animals to change their world with resources easily accessed via the Internet and social networks.

Thanks to Virtual Adoption, the start of the adoptiON movement, users can spread the word about any homeless animal, help it find a home, while encouraging online friends to contribute to its needs with direct donations or donating via the Buy and Give Shop through online purchases for a wide selection of products.


http://www.sharingpet.org