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New Facial Recognition Technology For Lost Pets
Partnering with Finding Rover using revolutionary technology to identify lost pets in Sonoma County
The Humane Society of Sonoma County (HSSC) joins the ranks of shelters in using facial recognition technology to identify lost dogs and cats. This shelter now offers their community an additional tool to help lost and adoptable dogs and cats find their forever home.
Now every dog and cat who enters
the HSSC’s shelter system becomes
registered on Finding Rover. Users of
Finding Rover can search the shelter and
surrounding areas right from their smartphone or computer in efforts to find their missing pet, a neighbor’s missing pet, the family of a found pet, or search for adoptable pets.
Apply to Become a Part of
the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury
Sonoma County has gone from total pandemonium in 2017 to a massively successful reaction in 2019. The County has responded -government and people, in an awesome way.
Can we do it again, and again: fire, flood, drought?
We’ll have to react again; at least until the County changes the way we manage resources in Sonoma County. The Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury [GJ] is one agency empowered to investigate and recommend long-term change in Sonoma County government.
Like Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life”, events have blessed us with a chance to view the big picture; realize that we must act now; and make changes allowing the County to survive Climate Change.
The GJ has for years monitored and encouraged recent movements by the State, through each County, to take control of groundwater resources. A similar endeavor might be worth investigation by the GJ for electricity resources.
Local regional, independent networks, like Russian River paddle-wheel generators as Summer system nodes\ could work within a County-wide network, that could connect to the State grid, but could also run [or not] separately, along the River.
The County should review: power, telephone, public health, education, parks, building, even internet, with a 20-40-year lens, rather than the normal 24-month budget cycle of government agencies.
The Civil Grand Jury is in place and capable of such review and recommendation. It is their job.
If you have vision, and concern for the future of Sonoma County, consider applying for the Sonoma County Grand Jury. The application enrollment period for the 2020-2021 Grand Jury is Jan-Mar 2020. Last year we pulled forward a few applicants into the 2018-2020 Juries.
CONTACT the Sonoma County Grand Jury Association
P.O. Box 4716, Santa Rosa, CA 95404-4716 facebook.com/SonomaCountyGrandJuryAssociation/ Peter Andrews, President, (707) 865-9517
sonoma.courts.ca.gov/sites/all/assets/pdfs/general-info/grand-jury/ GrandJuryApplication.pdf
Every dog and cat who leaves HSSC, through a reunion or an adoption, can remain protected on Finding Rover when the pet parent registers on Finding Rover with the same email address that the shelter has on file. If that dog or cat ever gets lost, their record will already be in the system, and identifying that pet will be a snap.
Registration of your pet is FREE and simple as 1, 2, 3! Visit FindingRover.com
1. Upload your pet’s photo
2. Enter a few details about your pet
3. Enter your name, email address, and zip code
That’s it! Once your pets are registered, they’re protected for life.
pets from being lost forever. Registering on Finding Rover is another step all pet parents should take to further protect their furry family members.” — John Polimeno, CEO and Founder of Finding Rover.
When a community comes together on Finding Rover, more dogs and cats can find home. Please help more pets find home and spread the word. You can view HSSC’s found pets at: humanesocietysoco.org/owner-support/lost- or-found-a-pet/ or on Facebook at facebook.com/SonomaHumane (click on “Search For Your Lost Pet”).
In addition to helping lost pets find home, Finding Rover also features dogs and cats that are available for adoption! Find your next family member with Finding Rover!
• Finding Rover is online at: FindingRover.com
• Finding Rover is on Facebook at: facebook.com/
• Finding Rover is on Twitter at: twitter.com/findingrover Together our community can become the NUMBER ONE user of this new technology. Register for FREE on Finding Rover today and help spread the
Helpful links:
FindingRover/
word! The more people that are registered on Finding Rover, the more we can all help reunite lost dogs and cats with their families and place adoptable pets in now homes. In doing this we can all help to save more lives!
“Dogs and cats are beloved family members, and if he or she goes missing, it can be devastating to everyone involved. We want to do everything we can to safeguard our
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