Animal Facebook
Updated : Jun 20, 2009
VeryHappyPig has heard it all now, not satisfied with social networking sites for humans, a Colombian engineer has launched mypetbum.com, which aspires to become a Facebook for cats and dogs.
My Petbum users can search the site for other pets, get advice from veterinarians or schedule muzzle-to-muzzle or paw-to-paw outings.
"It's an advanced form of interaction: people who participate in the forum do so because they are telling a story," site founder Paul Becerra, an industrial engineer and journalist, told El Espectador newspaper.
Becerra said the idea for a site came after a friend owning a boxer dog whose type is rare in Colombia was desperate to find a partner for the pet.
After the first 500 users signed up in Colombia, Becerra obtained a new server to boost access, with hopes to make the site a regional model.
"In Latin America, there is nothing like this," he said.
VeryHappyPig is shocked but then again your favourite good news bearing pig is on facebook-check out Curley Arnold- but we are special pig and animal!
