Purpose
1. Ensure timely vaccination and health care follow-ups for all animals through automation.
2. Minimize missed vaccinations and overdue health checks.
3. Support animal welfare compliance by maintaining accurate health records and reminders.
4. Reduce manual workload for staff by automating communications with adopters and fosters.
5. Send personalized reminders via multiple channels (email, SMS, in-app).
Trigger Conditions
1. Upcoming vaccination/health check date reached, based on intake/adoption records.
2. New animal intake entered with vaccination schedule.
3. Periodic health milestone hit (e.g., annual checkup).
4. Missed appointment detected in system.
5. Update to medical schedule by staff.
Platform Variants
1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Automated SMS sending — configure account SID/auth and Send Message API with dynamic date-based triggers.
2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled email campaigns — use dynamic templates and API “Send Email” function.
3. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Email scheduling — use “Messages” API and set up triggers for future dated notification delivery.
4. Google Calendar API
• Feature/Setting: Event insertion — use “Insert Event” to add reminders as calendar events for staff and volunteers.
5. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Channel and DM notifications — configure Incoming Webhooks to post reminders directly to staff/adopter channels.
6. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Adaptive Card message via “Create chatMessage” Graph API action for reminders in specific channels.
7. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Automated tasks — Process Builder to generate tasks/cases tied to health schedule fields.
8. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Workflow rules to create automatic email/SMS tasks via webhook on record update.
9. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automations — set enrollment trigger to animal maintenance date, send emails/SMS.
10. Freshdesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket creation automation on due dates — use “Create Ticket” API.
11. Pipedrive
• Feature/Setting: Activities function — schedule calls, emails or reminders tied to animal health dates via API.
12. Outlook 365
• Feature/Setting: “Create Event” Graph API — insert animal health reminders for staff/adopters.
13. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot DM/post — use Bot API to deliver reminders to server members or channels.
14. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automated messaging trigger API — send health reminders based on date.
15. Viber API
• Feature/Setting: Bot-sent message — use public account to deliver reminders when trigger conditions met.
16. Zoho Creator
• Feature/Setting: Deluge workflows to send reminders based on calculated health schedule fields.
17. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Scripting and Automations — trigger email/SMS from scheduled field dates.
18. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Date column automations to trigger native notifications or external webhook flows.
19. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled automation zap using “Schedule by Zapier” and third-party action integration.
20. Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Recurrence triggers with email/SMS/Notifications using Microsoft connectors.
21. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Automation builder — trigger messaging sequences based on custom contact fields (animal due dates).
22. ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: “Send SMS” or “Send Email” API actions based on automated triggers from animal record system.
Benefits
1. Reduces manual admin workload for animal care notifications.
2. Supports regulatory compliance in animal health management.
3. Increases on-time vaccinations and checkups.
4. Enhances adopter/foster engagement and trust.
5. Scalable across multiple communication and CRM systems.
6. Minimizes human error through automated scheduling and reminders.
Animal Intake, Care & Adoption Automation