Piku Prototype: Designing a Mobile Application for Community Cats

In recent years, due to awareness campaigns and rallies, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of individual families adopting strays. While most of the families who are willing to have a pet choose to follow the “adopt don’t shop” policy, the most unappreciated strays to be adopted are cats. The focus of the adopters is more on dogs rather than cats. This rigid focus has resulted in numerous cat injury, abuse, and abandonment cases going unnoticed. To overcome this, we have developed an application prototype that serves as a platform where a rescuer and a foster can connect. It aims to help a rescuer to post details of an injured cat on the application so that the nearest foster care can connect with the rescuer and foster the cat. In addition, it also aims to promote the adoption of community cats.