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title: "Animal profile review checklist"
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1. [Home](https://www.whiskermatch.com/)
2. [Resources](https://www.whiskermatch.com/resources)
3. Animal profile review checklist

Shelter operations resource

# Animal profile review checklist

Give a named reviewer a practical final pass before animal information moves into public view.

A profile should be warm and useful without turning uncertainty into certainty. Hold the change when the source or reviewer is missing.

[Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow)

01

## Source and freshness

- Every material statement has a current source.
- The latest foster update has been checked.
- Medical or behavior context is dated and attributed.

- **Newest source checked**
- **Last staff review**

02

## Unknowns

- Unknown fields still say unknown.
- No inference is presented as an observed fact.
- Missing context has a named follow-up owner.

- **Unknown fields**
- **Follow-up owner**

03

## Public wording

- Language is specific, humane, and free of unsupported promises.
- Internal notes have not leaked into public copy.
- The profile does not imply a placement decision or applicant ranking.

- **Wording to revise**
- **Internal-only detail**

04

## Gate decision

- Approve, hold, or request changes.
- Record the reviewer and decision reason.
- Keep the public profile unchanged until approval.

- **Decision**
- **Reason**

## Keep reading

- [public profile review in the WhiskerMatch product](https://www.whiskermatch.com/product)
- [All shelter workflow resources](https://www.whiskermatch.com/resources)
- [Free printable tools](https://www.whiskermatch.com/tools)

Early access, founder-led

## Keep this with the animal record.

WhiskerMatch is one record per animal that intake, foster, adoption review, and public profiles share. It starts with one workflow, beside the tools you already use, and a person at your organization makes every decision.

$20/month per organization, no seat limits. This is a founder-led early access invitation with no deadline. Writing to ask a question costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

[Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow) [See pricing](https://www.whiskermatch.com/pricing)

Want to look first? [Walk through the guided demo](https://www.whiskermatch.com/demo).

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About WhiskerMatch: WhiskerMatch is workflow software for animal shelters and rescues that keeps one reviewed record per animal across intake, foster care, adoption review and public profiles, with people making every placement and publishing decision.

## Sitemap

See the full [WhiskerMatch sitemap](https://www.whiskermatch.com/sitemap.md) for every public page, or [llms.txt](https://www.whiskermatch.com/llms.txt) for a short summary.