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
____________________________________________________________Cheryl
A Reiki Master - www.cheryldickinson.com
A MickaCoo Volunteer - www.MickaCoo.org
A King Pigeon Rescuer - http://cheryldickinson.com/kings.htm
From: Elizabeth Young <adoptkings@gmail.com>
To: General mickaboo discussion <discuss@mickaboo.org>; MickaCoo@mickaboo.org
Sent: Fri, July 30, 2010 11:51:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MickaCoo] [Mickaboo Discuss] Question re: Craigslist?
MickaCoo volunteers post to craigslist in SF, SJ amd Sac for pigeons and doves, as time and flaggers allow. Flaggers have been less of a problem lately, I believe. (Cheryl D- What's your MickaCoo craigslist posting been like?)
And just my opinion- if there is someone available to do it, I think it is important to post to places (like craigslist) where people would go to "get" a bird (whether by buying or through adoption). Ads need to be good, clear, professional and fall within the Terms of Service.
Thank you, Priya, for raising the topic.