Name: Pawsies
Rating: 4.0 (1 reviews)

Pawsies is animal rescue management software for shelters, rescue groups, foster networks, sanctuaries and TNR programmes. Track every animal from intake to outcome, keep medical records and vaccinations in one place, coordinate fosters and volunteers, and map and manage feral cat colonies. Multi-species, with team roles for staff and volunteers. Built to replace the spreadsheets, paper files and group chats most rescues still run on. Free plan available.

the multi-species angle plus feral cat colony mapping in the same tool is what stood out, most shelter software I've seen picks one of those and treats the other as an afterthought. having intake, medical records, and volunteer coordination in one place instead of a shared spreadsheet plus a group chat plus a paper folder feels like the actual replacement it's aiming to be, not just a nicer spreadsheet.

no mention of data export or migration if a shelter ever needs to move off it, and multi-species record-keeping tends to need custom fields per species which I didn't see called out explicitly.

Shelterluv is the closest comparison I know of, but it's built around shelters specifically. Pawsies covering TNR colony tracking in the same product is the part that would matter most for a foster-network or rescue-group setup rather than a shelter with a fixed building.

Hey Gal, thank you for checking it out and for the thoughtful write-up! You nailed the core idea: Pawsies started as a cat colony management tool, so TNR and colony mapping are first-class features, not an add-on to shelter software.

On the improvements, good news, both are already in the product:

Data export: every organization can export its full data at any time, no support ticket and no lock-in. If a rescue ever wants to move on, their records go with them. Details: https://pawsi.es/features/data-export

Custom fields per species: Pawsies ships with six built-in animal types plus custom ones, and custom fields are integrated throughout, so a rescue can track what matters for a rabbit or a horse without bending a cat-shaped form. Details: https://pawsi.es/features/custom-fields

Pawsies vs Shelterluv: as you say, Shelterluv is built around shelters with a fixed building. Pawsies is a Shelterluv alternative for everyone else: foster-based rescues, rescue groups without a facility, and TNR volunteers managing feral cat colonies, where the animals are spread across foster homes and streets rather than kennels. It's multi-species animal rescue software with intake, medical records, volunteer coordination and colony mapping in one place, hosted in Europe, and free-to-start for small rescues, with all features included for up to 50 animals on the Community plan.

Thanks again for the detailed review!

Pawsies

Animal rescue management software for shelters and TNR

Animal rescue management software for shelters and TNR

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