PetWish

Inspiration

Every year, about 4 Million healthy and adoptable pets are killed each year in America's shelters. They deserve a much better fate and we are committed to provide them a happy life with a loving owner through PetWish!

What it does

Provides a way for Pet-lovers to post their wishes (i.e.their desired animal companion) and for PetSantas (anyone who knows about a homeless animal) to fulfill their wishes!

How we built it

We have provided the layout of the plan in the PowerPoint Presentation included in this submission, please refer. We envision it to be a website, an app and as explained in the presentation, even as a possible mobile Game.

Challenges we ran into

Increasing exposure and active participation in the homeless pets rehabilitation process was something we are constantly looking to improve. For example - PetSantas might actively participate only if they have a genuine personal interest. Otherwise, we can solve the problem by inviting 3rd party sponsorship to give gifts/coupons for each goal they achieve (i.e. each PetWish they fulfill)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• We believe our idea significantly eliminate Animal shelters as middle men in the process of rehabilitating homeless pets.

• Provided alternate means of (better) rehabilitation instead of depending solely on individual adopters.

What we learned

There are so many ways we can avert the yearly tragic deaths, just need the right approach, by making the process more inclusive and rewarding.

What's next for PetWish

As mentioned in the last slide in the presentation included, we wish to explore games as a way to further our battle against pet homelessness - example case study would be a concept inspired from the widely popular game Pokemon Go.