Stop making every lost animal start from zero.
Somebody loses a dog in Oakdale. One person posts to Facebook. Another checks a shelter. A vet scans a chip. Riverbank never sees the post. A neighboring county has a matching report nobody knows exists.
Checking nearby records
Beginning with Oakdale / Riverbank.
Possible owner notified privately.
How the registry would work
YES
Animal similarity matching, owner-approved records, vet/shelter reports, pet QR/NFC tags, chip-number workflow, private owner contact.
NO
Random stranger face lookup, exposed home addresses, public owner directories, or turning animal-recovery records into a people-search system.
Want to run it? I'll build it.
EAS can build the technology. I do not want to run the lost-animal organization.
If somebody local loves animals, understands the community, and wants to operate something like this, call me. Shelters, vets, rescue groups, Facebook-group admins, neighborhood volunteers — help shape it before we build the heavy backend.