Gumtree Pets
Gumtree.com is a local noticeboard and many people use it to find pets for sale or to find new homes for their pets. Safety in our pet section is something that Gumtree takes very seriously. We work with several welfare groups including the RSPCA and our own community to ensure our rules and monitoring systems are always up to date. All Gumtree customers benefit from community input and we value this feedback.
We’ll be blogging more about pets on Gumtree in the coming weeks, but here are the essentials to think about before using our Pet Section.
Our guidelines for finding a safe and loving new home for your pet:
- Visit the prospective new home to get a feel for the environment. Explain that the pet is part of your family and that you want to make sure he or she will be cared for. Screen potential homes carefully.
- Don’t be fooled. If anyone refuses to allow you to visit their home, do not place your pet with them.
- Carefully consider all the elements of the new home for your particular pet – will it get along with small children? Is the family planning to keep a dog outside? Would a cat be kept only to catch rodents? Does the family have a veterinary reference? Do not be shy about asking questions as your pet’s happiness may depend on it.
- Ask for a valid form of identification (preferably a driver’s license). Record the number for your records and require the new owner to sign a contract stating the requirements of adoption upon which both parties agree. As part of the contract, require the new owner to contact you if he or she decides at some point that they must give up the pet.
- We wouldn’t recommend giving your pet away for free. A genuine buyer, who can offer your pet the love and attention it deserves, will be happy to pay for it.
Asking your local shelter for help may be the best option for you and your pet, they often have qualified staff trained to screen and advise prospective adopters.
Our guidelines when searching for a new pet:
- Search Gumtree for animals in your immediate local area. Long distances increase risks and make it harder to visit the pets in their home environment.
- Visit the pet’s home and see how they’re cared for. Ask to see where the animals are kept – are they inside the house in a place where they get lots of attention or are they outside? Is it similar to your own home environment? An animal used to a quiet atmosphere might not be suitable if you’re not an experienced pet , if your home is very noisy, or you have children.
- If you’re planning to adopt a young animal (which should only be from 8 weeks of age) ask to see the parents. If the owner will not let you see the parents of a puppy or kitten there may be a problem.
- Always ask about the animal’s health, and get details of any past veterinary treatment. If you’re looking for a young animal always ask about the mother’s health.
Alternatively, try visiting your local pet rescue centre. There are many animals living at these centre’s looking for a new and permanent home.
Gumtree pets posting rules:
In additional to our general posting rules, we also have specific rules for posting a pet ad. If you see an ad that you believe breaches our pet policy please report it by using the ‘report an ad’ button.
For more advice, visit the RSPCA website, or their new Get Puppy Smart website for puppy specific help.
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This site has absolutely NO MONITORING of who gets their hands on pups that are sold on here! Babs Davis has said it all! I promise you one thing;If anymore dogs end up the victims of the dog-fighting fraternity,I will be getting in touch with my ‘Anonymous’ friends,and your shitty little site will be going tits up…
PLEASE BE AWARE Just over 13 hours ago a staffie boy was rehomed via Gumtree. Today he has been found dead with “suspected” fighting injuries. Lets get the sale of animals banned on Gumtree.
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By buying any animal via gumtree you are encouraging breeding for profit whilst animals are being euthanazed due to lack of homes. No animal rescue wants to destroy animals – its not what we are about. We don’t, however I can certainly understand the pressures on those that do.
Please think before letting your animals breed. All us (proper) rescues are full to bursting and having to refuse animals daily – its a sin to encourage breeding – support you local rescue centres instead. At least the animal you acquire will be healthy and if not, they should help with costs.
Although to add the membership is growing everyday as people are being informed about the adds being removed for no good reason other than we were bored. And if the animals that you were allowing to be sold on your site were sent to a rescue centre guess what there would be no room all would have to be put down because that’s what rescue centres do. If gumtree were to sell no animals all these animals would be sold black market we know this but don’t give a fuck as we just want to report all day its my g spot. By no means do we care for animals nor laws we use the internet to hide behind screens and for this reason we have caught the eyes of anonymous /beast/ only the best and most feared team on the internet google them they are scary they do spend lots of time on 4chan though that’s probably why.
And already The GGAF name is highjacked to make untrue and misleading comments. The ad placed at 12.36 am has not been placed by Get Gumtree Animal Free admin.Most of GGAF’S members work/vounteer with animals and thousands of us are aware of how Gumtree are failing animals everday. We have the support of many welfare groups, both large and small, who are all against the sale of animals on Gumtree. Gumtree would be wise to listen to these groups rather than the minority voices who are trafficking animals through this site. Get Gumtree Animal free, (facebook) membership is growing by the day.
Unfortunately Gumtree is full of ads for breeders, puppy farms, illegal and under aged puppies/kittens. Swapping a live animal for a playstation may not be against the rules but it says alot about the values of Gumtree as an organisation to allow such ads to be published. Animal shelters are overwhelmed with just the sorts of dogs that Gumtree allows to be advertised which just says alot about Gumtree putting profit before any sort of corporate social responsibility. Whilst there are clearly some responsible breeders on Gumtree, the lack of enforcement of policy means they are a minority. If Gumtree can’t enforce its policy, stop carrying these ads – eBay don’t carry them and still turn a profit ( and have my business, which Gumtree don’t).
But please do let people put up bad adds as my life is to report adds. Really I will kill myself if I don’t have adds to report. My campaign is not for animal welfare its for sad fat fucks to sit and spam all day. We all know if they don’t post it on your website the dogs are more likely to be sold on the black market to dog fighting rings or puppy farms or to the local Chinese. If someone speaks up we ban them from posting on the page because they are right.
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What a load of hot air. There are hundreds of ads which break these rules. Your guidelines are worth nothing if somebody chooses to ignore them.
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