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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: "How to manually check hundreds of animal shelters - every 14 days"
date: 2025-11-03T12:05:10+02:00 date: 2025-11-03T12:05:10+02:00
lastmod: 2025-11-03T16:05:10+02:00 lastmod: 2025-11-03T16:05:10+02:00
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image: "uploads/animal-shelters.png" image: "uploads/checking-shelters.png"
categories: [ 'English' ] categories: [ 'English' ]
tags: [ 'notfellchen', 'animal shelter', 'animal welfare', 'django' ] tags: [ 'notfellchen', 'animal shelter', 'animal welfare', 'django' ]
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I run a website called [Notfellchen](https://notfellchen.org) that list animals that are waiting for adoption. It's I run a website called [Notfellchen](https://notfellchen.org) that list animals that are waiting for adoption. It's
currently restricted to fancy rats in Germany and that for good reason: Running this website involves **checking every currently restricted to fancy rats in Germany and that for good reason: Running this website involves **checking every
shelter every two weeks manually**. You need to visit the website, check if there are new animals, contact the shelter shelter every two weeks manually**. You need to visit the website, check if there are new animals, contact the shelter
and add them to notfellchen if they allow it. This takes time. A lot. Here is how the process works in detail and how I and add them to notfellchen if they allow it. This takes time. A lot.
reduced it to a manageable effort.
This blog post will outline some of the things I did in order to streamline this and make it possible to **check every
german shelter in 2.5 hours**.
## General process ## General process
Here is how the general process looks When you establish a process. want others to help you or if you want to find inefficiencies, it's a good idea to
formalize it. So here is a rough BPMN diagram of the whole process.
{{< html animal-discovery.drawio.html >}} {{< html animal-discovery.drawio.html >}}
@@ -110,3 +113,10 @@ up a majority of the time. Here are some that stood out
it's hard to know if there is a technical issue or if there are no animals for your search. it's hard to know if there is a technical issue or if there are no animals for your search.
* **No static links** Sites where you have to click through a menu to get to the right page, but you can not link * **No static links** Sites where you have to click through a menu to get to the right page, but you can not link
directly to it. directly to it.
* **No website** Seriously, there are some animal shelters that only use Instagram or Facebook to tell people about the
animals they have. This is not only a privacy nightmare, it's also incredibly hard to find out which information is
up-to-date. Furthermore, there exists no data structure, so posts about animals often miss crucial information like
the sex.
While I obviously have some grievances here, I know the organizations never have enough resources, and they'd
usually love to have a nicer website. Just keep that in mind too.