Web-based Apps

ShelterOps: Free Animal and Wildlife Data Management Software

Hazem Abbas

Oct 17, 2023 — 3 min read

Photo by Andrew S / Unsplash

ShelterOps is a PHP-based software program designed for animal welfare organizations to manage animal operations. It offers features such as animal intake tracking, medical procedures' management, Point of Sale system, and integration with PetFinder and Adopt A Pet.

The software can be customized with optional modules for traps, tags, incidents management, and more. It can be deployed on a web server or local WAMP server and supports multiple locations.

Features

Enable/Disable modules as needed for your application (animals, wildlife, traps, tags & licenses, lost/found, photos, medical, asilomar, etc)
Can be quickly deployed as a data respository for animal or wildlife disaster emergency responses.
Staff in the field or at multiple locations can update data anywhere/anytime.
The ability to define either single or multiple locations allows organizations to statistically track acivities per location/organization/division/precinct/etc.
Client Management - Integrates with all modules to track and display activity in Status bar
User Management - Permissions settings to allow (or limit) what users can do
PIN issuance for data entry – added level of security for unattended workstations or devices
Can limit products and product categories to specific locations or all locations
Products - with inventory management
Track donations, adoption fees, sell event tickets, licenses, merchandise, etc
Alert notification on Animal Status bar if a donation is made towards an adoption fee
Manage transactions and invoices - Process financial transactions using POS screen
Accounting code integration - Daily reconciliation reports per location
Optional Modules:
Animals - Track Intake, Assessment, Medical, Holds, Foster, and Disposition data
Display a web page listing of all available animals
Lost and Found - integrates with Animals module to display possible matches
Traps - Track loans, deposits, forfeitures
Tags and License Sales - sell ID tags and licenses with multiple configurations
Incident/Case Management - tracks initial record, status updates, people involved
Wildlife - Track Intake, Medical and Disposition data
Photos - Integrates with Animals module