A Cwmbran man who volunteers at All Creatures Great and Small has created a new pet adoption website.
Liam Hunt, from Oakfield, is a software developer and started at the animal sanctuary in Llanfrechfa through a volunteering scheme with this employer.
He said: “I’ve been a volunteer at All Creatures Great & Small for almost two years, and I’ve been blown away by the amazing work they do. By day I’m a software developer, so I wanted to find a way to use those skills to help.
“So with the help of my friend Angharad, the manager at All Creatures, we’ve created a website: Adopt A Pet Wales.
“The idea is to bring animals from rescue centres across Wales into one place, making them easy to find. As far as we know, there’s nothing else that does this. We think it could help many pets find their forever homes.”
He volunteers every Friday morning and loves it as a change from “working at a desk all day”.
He said: “They work so hard with the limited resources they have. I’m kind of a problem solver, always looking for side projects I can do to keep myself occupied. Being at All Creatures, seeing everything that happens, led me to think, ‘how i can I improve this?’
“I’m surprised it’s not a thing already. It’s not a revolutionary idea. Aggregations are common in other stuff. I think it’s because people in technology are not involved in that sector.”
The site pulls in information from 13 animal centres across South and West Wales, as far away as Pembrokeshire, but Liam wants it to cover all of Wales.
Adopt a Pet Wales website
Visitors to Adopt a Pet Wales can enter their postcode and select a pet type, age and other criteria to see which animals are looking for a new home.