{"id":174186,"date":"2025-04-06T19:20:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/social-media-shares-but-not-likes-help-pets-get-adopted\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:20:26","slug":"social-media-shares-but-not-likes-help-pets-get-adopted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=174186","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Shares (But Not Likes) Help Pets Get Adopted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-2487764675095690579\">\n<p>A new post on my <i>Psychology Today<\/i> blog looks at the role of social media in helping shelter pets find new homes.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZ3ItwEV0xs_XDlJPqIA1Vf1ISUxC5cCCFvRFH3HdZFAKxl6b_dXwHBUp_-wyupEchjoHO8cqUcaWyo0z1loZHILzbDXVJmSA7fiRzuQRtdP5yS4WQcVHJK85b8qLbu5eHZH9KP2CF41ff0yHX5YCmX_4CPwyEJo6uVucglFjNKy_QFblZ1jpBnF8fak8\/s1280\/cat-1170556_1280mh-grafik-pixabay.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A beautiful tabby cat with green eyes lies on a blue-and-orange checked blanket\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"851\" data-original-width=\"1280\" height=\"266\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjZ3ItwEV0xs_XDlJPqIA1Vf1ISUxC5cCCFvRFH3HdZFAKxl6b_dXwHBUp_-wyupEchjoHO8cqUcaWyo0z1loZHILzbDXVJmSA7fiRzuQRtdP5yS4WQcVHJK85b8qLbu5eHZH9KP2CF41ff0yHX5YCmX_4CPwyEJo6uVucglFjNKy_QFblZ1jpBnF8fak8\/w400-h266-rw\/cat-1170556_1280mh-grafik-pixabay.jpg\" title=\"New post on my Psych Today blog about the role of social media in helping shelter pets get adopted\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: mh-grafik\/Pixabay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.companionanimalpsychology.com\/p\/about-zazie-todd-and-companion-animal.html\">Zazie Todd, PhD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the piece:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Every year, millions of dogs and cats find their new homes via shelters and rescues. Increasingly, shelters and rescues rely on social media to post adverts for the animals in their care. New research published in <em>Animals<\/em><br \/>\n looks at the role of Facebook in animal adoptions in the US and whether<br \/>\n or not features of the Facebook post, photo, and\/or video influence the<br \/>\n animal\u2019s likelihood of adoption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The study aimed to look specifically at which posts got the most<br \/>\nlikes and shares on Facebook and whether or not those animals were<br \/>\nadopted during the study\u2019s time frame. It turns out that you can help<br \/>\nadoptable dogs and cats the most by sharing posts about them, but<br \/>\n&#8220;likes&#8221; simply don\u2019t help as much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/fellow-creatures\/202503\/social-media-shares-but-not-likes-help-pets-get-adopted\" target=\"_blank\">Social media shares (but not likes) help pets get adopted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new post on my Psychology Today blog looks at the role of social media in helping shelter pets find new homes. Photo: mh-grafik\/Pixabay By Zazie Todd, PhD From the piece: &#8220;Every year, millions of dogs and cats find their new homes via shelters and rescues. 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