Whisker World
A little world of animals, and the people who look after them.
Lessons, field notes and real ways to help. No rescue lists an animal here yet, so the animal beside this is a labelled example.
Places to go
Learn what helps animals near you, then do it.
Three-minute lessons, each ending with something safe to do outside. Your journal keeps what you learned and did.
- Step 1LearnA three-minute lesson with three questions.
- Step 2NoticeA safe field activity, noted in your journal.
- Step 3HelpA report, a sighting or an offer that reaches real people.
- Step 4See what happenedReceipts and cards update when an organization acts.
Your journal, in this browser
Your journal
Finish a lesson to make your first entry. No account needed: this browser keeps it until you decide otherwise.
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Reading an ear tip
What the flat-topped ear on a community cat means, and why it changes what you do next. About 3 minutes.
Start your first lessonAccounts are not responding right now. Everything you do here is kept in this browser.
Read the signals
What a cat or dog is telling you with ears, eyes and face, and what a kind person does next. Then try four pictures.
Loading the signals… Or read how to read a cat's body language and a dog's.
Field guide
Four topics. Each path goes from a lesson to a real action, and shows what can come back to you.
Community cats
For anyone who sees outdoor cats on their street, at work or near school.
- Reading an ear tip3 min · 3 questions · field activityNot yet
- Trap-neuter-return, step by step4 min · 3 questions · field activityNot yet
Report a community catA TNR group that works there receives it privately. Your receipt shows when they review it or add it to a colony.
Lost and found pets
For people searching for a pet, and people who found one.
- The first day after a pet goes missing4 min · 3 questions · field activityNot yet
- You found an animal: the first hour4 min · 3 questions · field activityNot yet
Open Lost & FoundA careful report with the general area only, and steps for checking that a claim is real before a handoff.
Fostering
For people thinking about giving an animal a temporary home.
- What fostering actually involves4 min · 3 questions · field activityNot yet
Find organizationsWhere an organization takes foster enquiries, yours goes to its team, and they reply.
Adoption
For people getting ready to adopt.
- Reading an adoption profile3 min · 3 questions · field activityNot yet
Open DiscoverProfiles reviewed by the organization caring for the animal. Your application goes to them, and they decide.
Field notes
A private record of what you noticed. Notes do not earn points: progress comes from lessons and from help that reaches someone.
Recent notes
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Where outcomes come back
- Community-cat reports
Your receipt changes from Sent to Reviewed, and to Added to a colony when a TNR group links it to the cats it looks after.
- Animals you met
A card for each adoptable animal you opened while signed in. It shows Found a home when the organization records the adoption.
- Lost & Found
Reports are prepared on your device for now and are not published or sent. The lesson's checklist works today.
Organizations on WhiskerMatch
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The rules we hold to
- No animal, colony or foster home is ever shown on a map or by address. Field notes have no place field.
- Entries come from learning, reporting and offering help. Never approach, chase or try to catch an animal for one.
- Meeting or saving an animal does not make it yours. Its card shows what its organization reports.
- No streaks, rankings, random rewards, timers or purchases. Each entry counts once.
- Lessons are general guidance, not veterinary or legal advice. Local rules differ.