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Hi, my name is Alex Mayorga and I'm a👨🏻💻full stack web developer based in📍Houston,TX.
I started this project aiming to combine a topic that matter to me, something other people shared would an interest on, and my web dev skills. As I brainstormed on this I ended up thinking about dogs, adopting a pet, and local shelters. I remembered that when I've looked at shelter websites, some of them were not the most user friendly. I also didn't want to look at every local website shelter separately when browsing the web.
So with that in mind, I thought on doing something that will help future pet owners with their search as well as helping our furry friends🐶🐱find a forever home😊🏡. The website's goal is to centralize adoption information on available animals in Houston. Each animal profile will then redirect to the original post to get all adoption details.
If you too are planning on owning a dog, cat, etc. I encourage you to adopt from a shelter instead of shopping/buying. You can search online about the many reasons why but below I list what I think is the most important one (link to article):
There are so many reasons to adopt a dog rather than purchase one from a breeder. Every year, an estimated 1.5 million adoptable shelter dogs and cats are euthanized in the U.S., according to the ASPCA — that’s because the shelters simply don’t have enough space and funding to accommodate all the animals that are brought there.
Every time an animal is adopted, a space opens up in the shelter or the rescue. So when you adopt a cat or dog, not only are you saving that animal’s life, but you are also opening up a space for another animal’s life to be saved.