A practical route
An animal is missing or found
Open recovery tools for search, reporting, matching, and safe contact routes. Choose the action that fits the facts you have now.
NAWN / a field guide for animal records
Start with what needs attention.
NAWN is a voluntary, for-profit animal asset registry and care network. Choose the situation in front of you, then take the next practical route.
NAWN is open now. Current registry, recovery, search, care, education, community, and memorial tools are available today. Records remain voluntary and do not replace government registries, professional care, legal advice, or emergency services.
Browse the service mapField board / start here
Choose the situation.
OWNER / LONG VIEW
Register an animal
Create an owner-managed record for identity, title history, and care context, then decide what belongs on the recovery side.
Each doorway opens a focused workflow, so you can act without scanning the whole network.
A practical route board
What needs attention today?
Use this board when you are choosing between a few useful next moves. Pick the situation, then open the doorway that fits.
The service atlas
Choose a division, then move.
Four compact views keep the whole network discoverable without asking you to read every service at once.
KEEP + RECOVER
Start with the animal in front of you.
The registry, recovery, rehoming, and care doorways cover the most immediate owner and caregiver decisions.
Selected service familySearching beyond the registry?
Eligible public posts link back to their original source. Availability varies, and private platform content stays private.
Trust, privacy, and boundaries
Know the boundary.
The network stays useful when its public choices, recorded status, sources, professional limits, and costs are easy to read.
Public by choice
You choose recovery fields. Private medical details, contacts, and notes remain separate.
01Recorded and source-linked
NAWN status reflects activity recorded here. Guides point to references, and neither verifies a registry record or provider.
02Professional boundaries
Records do not replace emergency services, licensed veterinarians, legal advice, or local authority instructions.
03Read the full scope, privacy, and safety boundaries before a sensitive action.
Open Trust & SafetyFree Forever, stated plainly
Free Forever includes core registry and title records, recovery matching and relay, public-source search, core care and coordination tools, education, community, and memorial creation.
Separate costs: Provider-set care fees, optional documentation or certification packages, transport, donations, store products or keepsakes, and other third-party or optional services may have separate costs. They must be labeled before you choose them.
Sources and scope
Read the references behind this page
Scope
These references inform selected animal-care, emergency-preparedness, transport, and education summaries in the NAWN information hub. They do not verify NAWN registry records or promise a provider's service quality.
Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC)USDA National Agricultural Library
Frequently Asked Questions at The Open Sanctuary ProjectOpen Sanctuary Project
Educational and professional review only. NAWN provides educational information only. Follow current local instructions and consult a licensed veterinarian, qualified attorney, or relevant authority for decisions.
Source pages can change. Review the linked provider page and current local instructions before taking action.
Choose your next doorway
Already know where to go?
Keep this map handy for the next decision. Start with the full atlas, read the boundaries, or open a practical field route.