S.P.O.T. Saving Pets On Time

1. S.P.O.T.Saving Pets On Time A standardized communication network for a quick and comprehensive recovery in placement of pets CS410 Red Team Professor Janet Brunelle Milestone1 Presentation April 15, 2010

2. Neighbors Animal Control Animal Control SPCA SPCA Shelters Pet Classifieds Pet Classifieds SPCA Humane Society Family/Friends Family/Friends Neighbors Pet Classifieds Family/Friends Humane Society Shelters Neighbors Animal Control Pet Classifieds

4. Problem Statement Agencies that support lost or unwanted animals lack a sufficient communication network.

5. Number of Pets Entering Animal Shelters Per Year 41.7% 58.3% Source: ASPCA

6. Overcrowding Effects on Animals • Animal begin fighting. • Animals become overstressed. • Animals become more prone to diseases. ex: Kennel Cough • Innocent animals are euthanized. Source: ASPCA

7. Lost Pet Recovery Fees Dollars Source: Anne Wheeler

8. Average Shelter Costs • 15,000 lbs of food consumed each year • 14,000 lbs of cat litter • $25.00 daily cost to feed and house a dog • $18.00 daily cost to feed and house a cat 1 • Over $2 billion is spent annually by local governments to shelter and ultimately destroy 8-10 million adoptable dogs and cats due to shortage of homes 2 Resources: Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley1 Pawprints and Purrs, Inc 2

9. S.P.O.T. Provides a standardized communicationnetwork for a quick and comprehensive recovery in placement of pets while reducing costs, suffering, and the number of deaths.

10. Shelters))) SPCA))) S.P.O.T. Family/Friends))) Animal Control))) Neighbors)))

11. S.P.O.T.

12. Major Functional Components

14. Major Prototype Components

15. What hardware and software will be required to build it? • Hardware -High speed Internet connection to physically access data could be provided by an ISP -Storage device that can serve simultaneous requests for access could be provided by a server with hard drive • Software -Database software that can store and retrieve information on storage device could be provided by Oracle or MySQL -Web interface to information stored on database could be provided by HTML, Javascript and PHP

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20. Database Overview • Owner database contains owner profiles with associated metadata. • Shelter database contains shelter profiles with associated metadata. Also contains personnel listings with authentication data. • Animal database contains animal profiles with associated metadata. Also contains lists of valid species, breeds by species, colors and dispositions. • Datamining registry contains statistical figures that are called by reporting functions and knowledge-based decisions. Statistical figures are stored by shelter, type of metadata and type of disposition. Please See Appendix

21. Database Schema

22. Reporting Comes In Three Varieties • Trending gives statistical analyses over a given timeframe for any number of data factors (IE How many black cats adopted on October 31st, 2009?). • Occupancy returns lists of animals, limited via the various parameters, similar to performing a search using the website. • At-risk evaluations allow polling of owners that have exceeded a limit on an “at-risk” activity and may be investigated.

23. Innovation Using Data Mining

24. Knowledge-Based Decisions

25. Pre Registration

26. COMPETITION MATRIX NEW!

27. Customers • Pet Owners • SPCA • Independent Shelters • Rescue Groups • Animal Control

28. Market Size • There are about 5,000 independent community animal shelters nationwide 1 • About 63 percent of all households in the United States have a pet. • About 75 million dogs and about 85 million cats are owned in the United States. • In 2006, nearly half of pet owners, or 49.7%, considered their pets to be family members. 2 Source: 1 ASPCA.org 2U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook

29. What will the customer need in order to use this product? • Hardware -needs a device with an Internet connection could be a phone, computer, or other device • Software -needs a web browser with support components used in the website could be Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or other browsers

30. Phase 1 WBS Please See Appendix

31. Phase 1: Staffing Requirements Phase 1 staff represented by student interns

32. Phase 1: Hardware Requirements

33. Phase 1: Projected Costs

34. Phrase 2 WBS Please See Appendix

35. Phrase 2 WBS

36. Phrase 2 WBS

37. Phase 2: Staffing Requirements

38. Phase 2: Hardware Requirements

39. Phase 2: Projected Costs

40. Phase 3 WBS Please See Appendix

41. Phase 3: Staffing Requirements

42. Phase 3: Hardware Requirements

43. Phase 3: Projected Costs

44. Combined Phases: Cost

45. Yearly Costs and Projections • $475/month charge for each shelter • 23 shelters in Hampton Roads, 174 in Virginia, 870 in surrounding states • 60 shelters a year required remain afloat • Break even just after the second year, in the 25th month

46. Break Even Analysis

47. Return on Investment • SPCA • More animals adopted • Less costs for feeding/euthanizing/body disposals of animals • More freed space • More donations from happy patrons • Profits from data mining • Discover animal abuse • Animal factories • Negligent pet owners • Statistical Data • Adoptions statistics (breed, shelter, location, etc) • End-User (Pet Owner) • Increased chance of being reunited with lost pets • Find lost pets faster • Search available pets for adoption

48. Benefits • More pets in homes (less strays) • “It is impossible to determine how many stray dogs and cats live in the United States; estimates for cats alone range up to 70 million. – that is almost as many as the number of cats that are in homes (80 million)”1 • Less pets are euthanized, lives are saved. • Lost pets are reunited with owners. • Promotes the SPCA - Donations -Save money Source: 1ASPCA

49. What Are The Risks?

50. Save the Animals