Hello! I have been posting to Craigs list nearly every week (or so) for the
King Pigeons and recently added a separate Ad for Doves almost a year. We have
found a few good adopters from this. We also attracted a few surrenders as
well.
There are a lot of pro to posting to CL (Craigs List), it does find adopters and
also makes more people aware of our rescue work. I think the networking with
the public is great.
There are a few cons, but I endure these for the Pigeons and Doves. They are
sometimes the ads get flagged (specially in Sacramento), so I have added this to
the bottom of my ad:
"100% of the MickaCoo donations are tax deductible and go directly to vet care
for sick or injured pigeons. MickaCoo volunteers provide free safe foster care,
supplies and food for birds waiting to be adopted, please do not flag our ad, we
comply with all the Craigslist rules, any concerns please reply to this ad, with
much appreciation".
However if they get flagged I continue to repost them back up.
I have a CL account and you can manage you ads from the account and it makes
posting easy as long as my computer does not get weird about putting on
attachments.
The second Con is Spam. I use two Email addresses for CL. My CL account is in
one and the address I put within the body of the ad is another. This way I can
manage the amount of spam better.
I will post up my ads shortly and you can all go search for Pigeons and Doves in
the bay area and see them.
I have not posted in Sacramento in a while because of some flagger, but I will
try again soon. We also sometimes post up for one bird as well.
Hope this helps
Have a wonderful day! I am off to work on my new BIG aviary!
Cheryl Dickinson
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Cheryl
A Reiki Master - www.cheryldickinson.com
A MickaCoo Volunteer - www.MickaCoo.org
A King Pigeon Rescuer - http://cheryldickinson.com/kings.htm
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From: Elizabeth Young