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title: "Animal profile hold and release checklist"
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3. Public profile hold/release checklist

Shelter operations resource

# Public profile hold/release checklist

Turn public-profile review into a visible gate with sources, hold reasons, and named approval.

Nothing public moves because a draft looks finished. It moves when a person reviews the source and accepts responsibility for the change.

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

01

## Draft source

- Attach intake and foster source material.
- Mark AI-prepared wording.
- List any fact that remains unknown.

- **Source attached**
- **Unknown field**

02

## Hold reasons

- Missing source.
- Conflicting staff or foster context.
- Unreviewed medical or behavior wording.
- Public-safe language still needed.

- **Hold reason**
- **Next owner**

03

## Release decision

- Name the reviewer.
- Record approve, hold, or request changes.
- Keep the old public state until approval.

- **Decision**
- **Reviewer**

04

## After release

- Record what changed and when.
- Keep the source and prior state in the audit trail.
- Schedule re-review when context is time-sensitive.

- **Review date**
- **Next review**

## 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.

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