Animal lovers in Lithuania have created a mobile application inspired by the popular dating app Tinder to match up dogs in local shelters with new owners. Called GetPet, the app was launched last month and is getting hundreds of new users daily and already has made a few matches.
It joins a growing market of apps for people looking to adopt a pet, including PawsLikeMe and BarkBuddy. Ruta Buisaite plays with her new dog Cipe on Saturday. GetPet features profiles of dogs that users can swipe left or right on. GetPet features profiles of furry four-legged creatures looking up with soft, yearning eyes. Scrolling down reveals more information about the pup, and those interested can then swipe right. But there are limits to the Tinder comparison.
If you swipe left, another dog profile appears. Gecevicius said the idea came to creators when they saw a stray dog on the street through the window during a computer workshop. Two friends, Emily and Elena, recently scanned the app and then visited the SOS Gyvunai shelter in Vilnius to meet Piff, a medium black-and-gray mongrel. They took him for a walk in a snow-covered park and said they would return soon to take him home.
Sometimes we give away one or two of them every day, but now we receive many more calls and people are coming more often.
