What FiFi Alert is and how it helps find missing pets in Cyprus

What is FiFi Alert?

FiFi Alert is a lost-and-found pet alert service for Cyprus. It is available as a web app that installs on any phone and as an Android app. It is free for pet owners and for the neighbours who help.

Instead of relying on social media followers, FiFi Alert reaches people by location. Every member chooses one or more alert zones, a circle around their home, work or neighbourhood. When a pet goes missing inside a zone, everyone who covers that zone gets a push notification with the pet's photo, description and last known position.

The service launched in Cyprus and is currently Cyprus-only. It is available in Greek and English.

Who is FiFi Alert for?

• pets

  Pet owners who want a fast way to alert the people around them when a dog, cat or other pet goes missing.

• groups

  Neighbours and volunteers who want to be told when a pet is missing nearby so they can look out for it and report sightings.

• qr_code_scanner

  Anyone who finds a pet wearing a FiFi Alert QR tag and wants to contact the owner immediately, with no account or app needed.

• volunteer_activism

  People looking to adopt a pet in Cyprus, through a public adoption board that anyone can browse without signing in.

1. 01

   Create a free account and add your pets with a photo, type, name, size and other details. Each pet gets a profile.

2. 02

   Set one or more alert zones: pick a point on the map and a radius. Zones decide which alerts you receive.

3. 03

   Enable push notifications. On iPhone and iPad, add FiFi Alert to the Home Screen first, which iOS requires for web push.

4. 04

   If your pet goes missing, open the pet's profile and raise an alert with the last seen location, time, notes and the broadcast radius. Your phone number stays private unless you choose to share it.

5. 05

   Everyone whose alert zone covers the area gets a notification. They can report a sighting with the place, time, how sure they are, and photos.

6. 06

   Sightings appear on your alert's map in order. When your pet is home, mark the alert as found and the community is told the search is over.

What features does FiFi Alert include?

campaign Missing-pet alerts

Raise an alert for any pet in your profile. The alert carries the pet's photo and description, the last seen point and time, optional notes and an optional reward.

location_on Alert zones

Circular areas you define on a map with a chosen radius. You receive alerts only for pets missing inside your zones, so notifications stay relevant. Zones can be paused and resumed.

notifications_active Push notifications

Alerts arrive as push notifications on Android, on desktop browsers and on iPhone once the app is installed to the Home Screen. Owners are also notified of each new sighting.

map Sightings map

A map of recent sightings around you, each with a photo, time and a link to the alert. Owners see the full trail of sightings for their own alert.

badge Pet profiles

Store each pet's type, name, gender, size, birthday and photos. Pet types are maintained centrally and include dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and others.

volunteer_activism Public adoption board

A public list of pets looking for a home in Cyprus, with filters for type, gender, size, age and distance. Browsing needs no account; listing a pet does.

qr_code_2 QR pet tags

Every pet has a unique tag code and a printable QR card. Scanning it opens a public page where a finder can send a message and their location to the owner. The owner's contact details are not shown on the page.

translate Greek and English

The whole app, including notifications and pet types, is available in Greek and English.

forum Facebook and community groups

A post reaches the people who follow a group and happen to be scrolling. A FiFi Alert reaches everyone who has chosen to watch that specific area, as a notification, within seconds.

description Printed posters

Posters take hours to print and hang and only cover the streets you reach. An alert covers a radius you choose and includes the photo on every phone.

memory Microchips

A microchip identifies a pet only once it reaches a vet or shelter with a scanner. A FiFi Alert QR tag can be scanned by anyone with a phone camera, so the finder can contact you on the spot. The two work well together.

local_hospital Vets and shelters

Vets and shelters are essential when a pet is handed in. FiFi Alert helps in the hours before that, when neighbours who have just seen the pet can report where and when.

How does FiFi Alert protect privacy?

Your phone number and email are never shown publicly. When you raise an alert you decide whether to share a contact number. On the QR tag page a finder writes to you through FiFi Alert, and only you see their message.

Location is used only for the purposes you choose: the centre of your alert zones, the last seen point of an alert, the place of a sighting, or the position a finder decides to share. Sessions use secure, HTTP-only cookies.

Frequently asked questions