I thought this might be something worthwhile to do. I already have at least one rehab per state, and a few international ones that I follow, so with some of you becoming interested in supporting the owls directly recently, I thought it may be helpful to make an all-in-one resource for the owls.

I can break them out by location, and have if you can visit, how you can get in contact with them, donation links so you can support who services your area, and if they have an online store for owl merch.

I got started using Google Sheets, but before I got too far, I wanted to see if that was the best way to do this. Is this going to be usable for the most number of people, or should I do the list some other way? Do these items seem to cover everything you’d want to know or am I missing something? I felt this was pretty full coverage, without having to break down everything, like if they have a Chewy wishlist in addition to an Amazon list, you can still find it on the donation page, or you can get the street address from their main website, etc.

I don’t think there is any resource like this out there. Finding some of these places was difficult for me doing the 50 States of Owls, so this could be an important resource with benefit outside of Lemmy even.

Let me know your thoughts on how we can best do this or if you know a facility near you that you want to see on the list.

  • cabbageEnglish
    3•3 months ago

    Great idea!

    Would be cool if the database could somehow be federated in a way that spreads well to other platforms like Mastodon as well.

    Also Lemmy in the name might limit the reach a bit.

    One probably awful idea: A closed Lemmy community, with microblog style posts (that read well from Mastodon) with a standardized format constitutes the entries.

    It would allow for a discussion of each entry, and possible boosts etc., perhaps increasing the potential reach of the project. But excel tables would of course still have other advantages.

    • anon6789OP
      3•3 months ago

      I’m very curious about hosting options, as I don’t really do much sharing online, other than my posts of course. I’ve never really even used the Google Docs stuff much. Everything has been for locked down systems at work. I haven’t done any real web stuff either since Geocities/Tripod.

      I hadn’t given much thought to a name yet. Perhaps something such as OwlPedia, The BuboDex, Owlpha-Omega, but that would matter more for an actual site opposed to a list.

      I could do it mega post style, but I think that could get crowded and with search not being great, it might just be messy.

      If I did go through the work of making this list, I’d like it to be something accessible by all. I’d like to offer it to r/Superbowl for example, as the reach could be much greater. The idea is to do the greatest good.

      I want the push to be neutral, as I don’t want to have anyone promoted over anyone else. Ideally you’d support your closest place as they’re taking care of your local animals.