Area pets go online

Animal Friends of Elk and Cameron counties has joined other animal welfare organizations in the area that list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com, an internet database of adoptable animals.

The site currently has more than 200,000 homeless pets listed and is updated continuously.

A potential adopter enters search criteria for the kind of pet he or she wants, and a list is returned that ranks the pets in proximity to the zip code entered.

Adoptions are handled by the animal placement group where the pet is housed.