Question 1

How does the PraniID QR Tag work when a lost pet is found?

Accepted Answer

Anyone who finds a tagged animal can scan the QR with a standard phone camera — there is no app to install. The scan opens that animal’s public profile in a browser, showing the details its caregiver chose to share: the photograph, breed, age, vaccination records, care notes, and whatever contact options are enabled. From the same page a finder can submit a sighting with their own location, which reaches the guardian and the animal’s organisation.

Question 2

Can I register a stray dog or community animal?

Accepted Answer

Not as an individual at the moment. Individual pet-owner and feeder accounts are closed while the shelter and NGO tooling is finished, so a private person cannot sign up for their own account today. Shelters, sanctuaries, NGOs and gaushalas can apply for access using the button above, and an administrator approves the application before sign-in unlocks. Once approved, the console registers community animals, records ARV vaccination dates and sterilisation status, and links a printed QR tag to each one.

Question 3

Is PraniID free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. There is no paid tier and no checkout anywhere in the product — everything the console does is free, including unlimited animals, vaccination records, printable tags and adoption listings. Access is by application rather than by payment: a shelter applies, an administrator approves, and there is nothing to pay afterwards.

Question 4

What animals can have a PraniID?

Accepted Answer

Dogs, cats, cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, horses, camels, pigs, birds and rabbits each have their own entry, and there is an "Other" option for anything not on that list. Tags come in five formats — collar, ear, halter, leg band, and a printed passport card — so the same profile works for a street dog, a shelter intake and a dairy animal.