Happy New Year from Pethealth Inc.

Happy New Year to all our friends and partners in the animal welfare community. With this first edition of the Pethealth Post for 2008 we look back at some of our 2007 milestones that provide further evidence of Pethealth’s ongoing commitment to animal welfare.

By the close of 2007 Pethealth’s financial contributions to the animal welfare community, through its PetPoint, 24PetWatch and ShelterCare programs, had surpassed $16,870,000. Pethealth's total investment in the animal welfare community now stands at over $26,800,000.

PetPoint
www.petpoint.com

813 organizations have now licensed the PetPoint animal management system. This ground breaking ASP.net platform is offered free of charge to all animal welfare organizations. During 2007 alone 1,097,852 animal intakes and 375,459 adoptions were completed through PetPoint. This represents a 131% and 119% increase respectively over 2006.

PetPoint users benefit with multiple operational advantages including (to name but a few):-

If you are not yet using PetPoint we would encourage you to make your New Year’s resolution to call the PetPoint team and get started!

24PetWatch Microchip Indentification
www.24petwatch.com

Much has been written about animal identification with microchips in 2007, some of it good and some of it blatantly incorrect (including the reincarnation of the vastly overblown microchip/cancer connection).

We are happy that the animal welfare community continues to keep its focus on the big picture (permanent identification of animals and reuniting lost pets with their original owners) and has embraced microchip technology for the permanent identification of pets in increasing numbers. In 2007 the number of pets registered with the 24PetWatch database rose to 1,439,065 – a 69% increase over the year end 2006.

Our 24PetWatch commitment to animal welfare organizations is as follows:-

If your organization would like to learn more about 24PetWatch – please contact us at 1-866-597-2424.

The ShelterCare 30-day Gift of Insurance
www.sheltercare.com

The success of the ShelterCare 30-day Gift of Insurance is unparalleled; by the end of 2007 1,539,157 newly adopted animals had gone home with the 30-Day Gift of ShelterCare Insurance since the program was first introduced in 2002. Claims paid within the first 30 days of coverage now exceed $6,660,000 for those accidents and illnesses covered. The payment of these claims in a timely and efficient manner has not only removed the financial burden from the adopting organizations but has provided the adopters with the financial assistance needed in the early days following adoption.

While the ShelterCare Gift provides an important support for new adopters, it is our aim to see that adopters become responsible pet parents capable of providing their pet with ongoing high quality healthcare. Finances should not dictate the decisions made with regards to a pet’s health, and the key to separating the two is the purchase of an annual pet insurance policy. In 2007 we introduced two new pet insurance policies ShelterCare Optimum and ShelterCare Complete which offer annual maintenance coverage in addition to our existing full range of accident and illness programs. In 2008 we would ask our friends and partners in the animal welfare world to help us to help adopted animals for life by recommending that new adopters seek out information from ShelterCare Insurance beyond the 30-day Gift.

We hope that you enjoyed reading our Pethealth Post editions in 2007 and we will endeavor to provide you with more interesting and informative pieces in 2008. We welcome your input, comments and suggestions and look forward to working with you in the coming year.