The problem
Shelters and rescues track a cat's entire lifecycle (intake, medical care, fostering, adoption) across spreadsheets and paper logs, making it hard for shelter staff, vets, and volunteers to coordinate.
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Cat Connect
A cat welfare management platform for shelters: intake, medical records, adoption, fostering, lost & found, donations, and messaging, built as a Django REST API with a React single-page app.
The solution
Cat Connect gives every role, from shelter admins to vets to volunteers, one role-based system covering the full lifecycle of a cat's care, backed by scheduled background jobs for reminders and matching.
Key features
- Cat registry with intake and discharge tracking
- Medical records and vet appointment scheduling
- Adoption and fostering workflows
- Lost and found matching engine
- Donation campaigns and volunteer coordination
- Role-based accounts (admin, shelter admin, vet, volunteer) with JWT auth and email verification
Technology
- Python
- Django
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- React
- Tailwind CSS
Results
- 18 Django apps covering the full shelter workflow: medical, wellness, adoption, foster, rescue, and more
- Scheduled background jobs via Celery for reminders and the lost & found matching engine
- Full OpenAPI/Swagger documentation generated from the API
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