Development and Evaluation of a Digital Pet Recovery and Adoption Management System for Alaminos City

The Pet Recovery and Adoption System is a digital platform designed to address the persistent challenges of stray animal management in Alaminos City. Traditional methods such as printed posters, social media posts, and paper-based verification have led to inefficiencies, resulting in lost pets never reuniting with their owners, road accidents, and the spread of rabies. The system was developed using the Rapid Application Development model and utilizes a three-tier architecture to enhance data security and operational efficiency. Key features include search filters, lost and found posters, pet registration, impounded pets gallery, adoptable pets gallery with pet cards for request submission, pet request management for request tracking, admin dashboard, report generation, event announcements, claimed and adopted pets tracking, and real-time email notifications. The system directly addresses the 72-hour impound window and 7-day reclamation limit set by local policy. Evaluation was conducted with 32 respondents including City Veterinary Office staff, pet owners, community users, and Information Technology experts following ISO/IEC 25010 standards across eight quality characteristics. Results showed an overall weighted mean of 4.11 interpreted as Agree, with Functional Suitability scoring highest at 4.21 interpreted as Strongly Agree, closely followed by Performance Efficiency at 4.20 and Usability at 4.18. The system is acceptable, functional, and ready for deployment, serving as a highly replicable model for other local government units in the Philippines to streamline animal control operations and promote public safety. With an overall rating of Agree, this digital transformation reduces manual delays and helps prevent euthanasia due to shelter overcrowding. By digitalizing these processes, the system helps accelerate pet reunification, increases adoption rates to prevent shelter overcrowding, reduces stray-related accidents, and mitigates the transmission of rabies within the community.

Pet Recovery, Pet Adoption, Stray Animals

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