Seattle Startup PetHub Launches Crowdfunder Campaign

We want a PetHub ID tag on every dog & cat to keep them out of shelters and we are already well on our way!" - Tom Arnold, Founder & CEO

PetHub is disrupting the pet identification tag space by providing modern ID tags to municipalities to replace their old stamped metal tags. These new IDs link to an online profile where critical data can be stored about the animal, including emergency contacts, dietary needs, medications & vaccinations, microchip and rabies tag numbers, and so much more. PetHub.com can even send GPS data to the owner and their emergency contacts when their animal is found.

Now that we've built the platform and generated traffic to the site, we can launch so many things, most notably a marketplace to connect pet owners with pet businesses, help pet food & pharmaceuticals understand demographics based on anonymized data, and so much more." - Lorien Clemens, Vice President, Business Development

The Problem

Once a lost pet enters a shelter, their chances of getting home are dismal, according to the ASPCA:

• Approximately 3.3 million dogs enter shelters annually in the US; only 620K dogs are returned to their families (18.8%)
• It’s even worse for cats: of the 3.2 million cats in shelters, only 90K cats get home again (2.8%)
• Annually, around 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized each year including 390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats

... the average cost to a shelter once an animal enters their system is $200/animal ...

The United States is home to over 89 million dogs, and more than 94 million cats, according to the 2017-2018 APPA National Pet Owners Survey, and the American Humane Association estimates that over 10 million pets are lost annually!

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Based on PetHub's internal research with municipal clients, the average cost to a shelter once an animal enters their system is $200/animal (10 days to find the owner or re-adopt the animal at $20/day for food, medical needs, kennel, etc.).

PetHub's Solution

PetHub set out to make a modern pet ID: each PetHub digital ID tag includes a QR code, unique web address linked to an free online profile, a 24/7 Found Pet Hotline, and a suite of lost pet recovery software tools. Since 2010, PetHub has been helping lost pets get home fast (96% of PetHub recovered pets are home in 24 hours or less*) with our award-winning digital ID tags and powerful software tools.

98% of PetHub recovered pets are reunited with family without ever entering a shelter*.

(*based on internal statistics collected from 2012-2015).