{
  "note": "Generated demo animals. NOT real members’ pets. Replace with opted-in member photos before launch.",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-25T00:01:34.624Z",
  "count": 52,
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    {
      "key": "bindi",
      "name": "Bindi",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Castlemaine, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/bindi.webp",
      "looks": "Red-coated, chin on paws",
      "coat": "Red",
      "caption": "Chin on paws on the sun-warmed back step, late afternoon.",
      "setting": "The timber back step of a weatherboard house",
      "breed": "Kelpie",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "rocket",
      "name": "Rocket",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Torquay, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/rocket.webp",
      "looks": "Wet through",
      "coat": "Wet — no colour given",
      "caption": "Mid-shake on the sand, water flying off him.",
      "setting": "A windy Victorian surf beach",
      "breed": "Border collie",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "nugget",
      "name": "Nugget",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Bendigo, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/nugget.webp",
      "looks": "Stout and tan",
      "coat": "Tan",
      "caption": "Asleep on the worn couch with one leg in the air.",
      "setting": "A lounge-room couch, morning sun through the curtain",
      "breed": "Staffy",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "juno",
      "name": "Juno",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Adelaide Hills, SA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/juno.webp",
      "looks": "Black and tan, sitting up alert",
      "coat": "Black and tan",
      "caption": "Sitting alert in the tray of a dusty ute.",
      "setting": "The tray of a ute, gum trees behind",
      "breed": "Kelpie",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "moss",
      "name": "Moss",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Hobart, TAS",
      "src": "/demo-pets/moss.webp",
      "looks": "Shaggy and grey",
      "coat": "Shaggy grey",
      "caption": "Standing in the long wet grass with the mist still low.",
      "setting": "A cold Tasmanian paddock",
      "breed": "Wolfhound cross",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "pepper",
      "name": "Pepper",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Newtown, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/pepper.webp",
      "looks": "Small and scruffy",
      "coat": "Scruffy — no colour given",
      "caption": "Out on the courtyard paver among the potted herbs.",
      "setting": "An inner-city terrace courtyard",
      "breed": "Terrier",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "banjo",
      "name": "Banjo",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Dubbo, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/banjo.webp",
      "looks": "Blue heeler colouring",
      "coat": "Blue",
      "caption": "Drinking straight from an arcing garden hose.",
      "setting": "A dry lawn in harsh summer light",
      "breed": "Blue heeler",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "olive",
      "name": "Olive",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Fremantle, WA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/olive.webp",
      "looks": "Grey around the muzzle",
      "coat": "Grey muzzle",
      "caption": "Lying on the cool bathroom tiles on a hot afternoon.",
      "setting": "A bathroom floor, fan going",
      "breed": "Golden retriever",
      "lifeStage": "senior"
    },
    {
      "key": "scout",
      "name": "Scout",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Cairns, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/scout.webp",
      "looks": "Short-haired and brown",
      "coat": "Short-haired brown",
      "caption": "Standing in a shallow creek among smooth stones.",
      "setting": "A tropical creek, dense green foliage",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "tilly",
      "name": "Tilly",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Ballarat, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/tilly.webp",
      "looks": "Small, white and fluffy",
      "coat": "White and fluffy",
      "caption": "Wrapped in a knitted blanket on the armchair.",
      "setting": "An armchair in winter, heater glow",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "ranger",
      "name": "Ranger",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Alice Springs, NT",
      "src": "/demo-pets/ranger.webp",
      "looks": "Lean and tan, dingo-like",
      "coat": "Tan",
      "caption": "Lying in the shade on the red dirt under the verandah.",
      "setting": "Under a verandah, bright desert light beyond",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "muffin",
      "name": "Muffin",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Geelong, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/muffin.webp",
      "looks": "Wearing a knitted jumper",
      "coat": "Not visible — she is in a jumper",
      "caption": "Standing on a damp footpath among the fallen leaves.",
      "setting": "An autumn footpath",
      "breed": "Dachshund",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "digger",
      "name": "Digger",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Mildura, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/digger.webp",
      "looks": "Covered in dirt",
      "coat": "Under the dirt, not visible",
      "caption": "Sitting proudly beside a freshly dug hole.",
      "setting": "A suburban backyard",
      "breed": "Jack Russell",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "sable",
      "name": "Sable",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Blue Mountains, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/sable.webp",
      "looks": "Black, with a german shepherd build",
      "coat": "Black",
      "caption": "Out on the escarpment track with the valley behind.",
      "setting": "A sandstone escarpment track, morning haze",
      "breed": "German shepherd",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "bluey",
      "name": "Bluey",
      "type": "dog",
      "where": "Toowoomba, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/bluey.webp",
      "looks": "Small enough to sit in a cardboard box",
      "coat": "Not given in the description",
      "caption": "Sitting in an empty cardboard box on the kitchen floor.",
      "setting": "A kitchen floor",
      "breed": "Australian cattle dog",
      "lifeStage": "puppy"
    },
    {
      "key": "nyx",
      "name": "Nyx",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Brunswick, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/nyx.webp",
      "looks": "All black",
      "coat": "Black",
      "caption": "Curled up tight on a stack of folded washing.",
      "setting": "A laundry with one window of light",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "marmalade",
      "name": "Marmalade",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Perth, WA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/marmalade.webp",
      "looks": "Ginger tabby markings",
      "coat": "Ginger tabby",
      "caption": "Stretched out full length along the sunlit windowsill.",
      "setting": "A windowsill with the blinds casting stripes",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "pickle",
      "name": "Pickle",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Launceston, TAS",
      "src": "/demo-pets/pickle.webp",
      "looks": "Grey tabby kitten",
      "coat": "Grey tabby",
      "caption": "Sitting inside a terracotta plant pot.",
      "setting": "A cold back porch",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": "kitten"
    },
    {
      "key": "shadow",
      "name": "Shadow",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Coffs Harbour, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/shadow.webp",
      "looks": "Sleek and black",
      "coat": "Sleek black",
      "caption": "Watching from inside the catio.",
      "setting": "A mesh catio on a suburban house, native garden beyond",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "biscuit",
      "name": "Biscuit",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Wagga Wagga, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/biscuit.webp",
      "looks": "Cream and brown",
      "coat": "Cream and brown",
      "caption": "Sprawled upside down on the rug, belly up, mid-yawn.",
      "setting": "A rug",
      "breed": "Ragdoll",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "mochi",
      "name": "Mochi",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Sunshine Coast, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/mochi.webp",
      "looks": "White with one grey ear",
      "coat": "White with one grey ear",
      "caption": "On the kitchen bench by the fruit bowl, looking away.",
      "setting": "A kitchen bench",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "jasper",
      "name": "Jasper",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Bendigo, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/jasper.webp",
      "looks": "Large, with tabby markings",
      "coat": "Tabby",
      "caption": "Asleep on top of the bookshelf in a shaft of afternoon light.",
      "setting": "The top of a bookshelf",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "willow",
      "name": "Willow",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Margaret River, WA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/willow.webp",
      "looks": "Tortoiseshell, up on the top fence rail",
      "coat": "Tortoiseshell",
      "caption": "Picking its way along the top rail of a wooden fence.",
      "setting": "The top rail of a wooden fence, vineyard behind",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "smudge",
      "name": "Smudge",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Darwin, NT",
      "src": "/demo-pets/smudge.webp",
      "looks": "Short-haired, white and grey",
      "coat": "Short-haired white and grey",
      "caption": "Lying flat on cool concrete under a ceiling fan.",
      "setting": "Concrete under a ceiling fan, wet season light",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "clover",
      "name": "Clover",
      "type": "cat",
      "where": "Hobart, TAS",
      "src": "/demo-pets/clover.webp",
      "looks": "Long-haired grey, fur backlit",
      "coat": "Long-haired grey",
      "caption": "Sitting in front of the wood heater, fur backlit.",
      "setting": "In front of a wood heater, winter evening",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "kiwi",
      "name": "Kiwi",
      "type": "bird",
      "where": "Adelaide, SA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/kiwi.webp",
      "looks": "Green and yellow, head tilted",
      "coat": "Green and yellow plumage",
      "caption": "On the curtain rail with its head tilted.",
      "setting": "A curtain rail in a lounge room",
      "breed": "Budgerigar",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "sunny",
      "name": "Sunny",
      "type": "bird",
      "where": "Ipswich, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/sunny.webp",
      "looks": "Yellow and white, crest raised",
      "coat": "Yellow and white plumage",
      "caption": "Perched on the back of a kitchen chair, crest raised.",
      "setting": "The back of a kitchen chair",
      "breed": "Cockatiel",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "gilbert",
      "name": "Gilbert",
      "type": "bird",
      "where": "Newcastle, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/gilbert.webp",
      "looks": "Pink and grey, one foot raised",
      "coat": "Pink and grey plumage",
      "caption": "Standing on a verandah rail with one foot raised.",
      "setting": "A verandah rail, morning light",
      "breed": "Galah",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "echo",
      "name": "Echo",
      "type": "bird",
      "where": "Katoomba, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/echo.webp",
      "looks": "Crest half raised",
      "coat": "Not given in the description",
      "caption": "On a wooden perch beside an open window, crest half raised.",
      "setting": "A wooden perch beside an open window",
      "breed": "Sulphur-crested cockatoo",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "peach",
      "name": "Peach",
      "type": "bird",
      "where": "Bunbury, WA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/peach.webp",
      "looks": "A pair — one blue, one green",
      "coat": "Blue on one, green on the other",
      "caption": "Side by side on a swing inside a large cage.",
      "setting": "A swing inside a large cage",
      "breed": "Budgerigar",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "basil",
      "name": "Basil",
      "type": "bird",
      "where": "Shepparton, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/basil.webp",
      "looks": "Green, on the rim of a teacup",
      "coat": "Green plumage",
      "caption": "Standing on the rim of a teacup on a kitchen table.",
      "setting": "A kitchen table",
      "breed": "Quaker parrot",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "clementine",
      "name": "Clementine",
      "type": "rabbit",
      "where": "Bathurst, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/clementine.webp",
      "looks": "Lop ears, hanging down",
      "coat": "Not given in the description",
      "caption": "Sitting in the grassy backyard run, ears down.",
      "setting": "A grassy backyard run in soft overcast light",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "thumper",
      "name": "Thumper",
      "type": "rabbit",
      "where": "Warrnambool, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/thumper.webp",
      "looks": "Grey, stretched out flat",
      "coat": "Grey",
      "caption": "Stretched out flat on the floorboards, fully relaxed.",
      "setting": "Floorboards indoors",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "pip",
      "name": "Pip",
      "type": "rabbit",
      "where": "Rockhampton, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/pip.webp",
      "looks": "Small, white and brown",
      "coat": "White and brown",
      "caption": "Nose-first in a bowl of leafy greens.",
      "setting": "A bowl of leafy greens; no place given",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "nibbles",
      "name": "Nibbles",
      "type": "guinea_pig",
      "where": "Mount Gambier, SA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/nibbles.webp",
      "looks": "Tricolour, mid-chew",
      "coat": "Tricolour — colours not named",
      "caption": "Mid-chew in the hay-filled hutch, straw everywhere.",
      "setting": "A hay-filled hutch",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "crumpet",
      "name": "Crumpet",
      "type": "guinea_pig",
      "where": "Wollongong, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/crumpet.webp",
      "looks": "Long-haired and ginger, wrapped in a towel",
      "coat": "Long-haired ginger",
      "caption": "Wrapped in a towel, held on somebody's lap.",
      "setting": "A towel on a lap, nothing else in frame",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "gus",
      "name": "Gus",
      "type": "guinea_pig",
      "where": "Devonport, TAS",
      "src": "/demo-pets/gus.webp",
      "looks": "Pressed together with a second guinea pig",
      "coat": "Not given in the description",
      "caption": "Pressed together with another guinea pig in a hutch corner, one asleep.",
      "setting": "The corner of a wooden hutch",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "archie",
      "name": "Archie",
      "type": "horse",
      "where": "Yea, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/archie.webp",
      "looks": "Bay, leaning over the fence",
      "coat": "Bay",
      "caption": "Leaning over the wire paddock fence toward the camera in the late light.",
      "setting": "A wire paddock fence, dry grass, late light",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "daisy-h",
      "name": "Daisy",
      "type": "horse",
      "where": "Scone, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/daisy-h.webp",
      "looks": "Pony-sized and grey, breath visible",
      "coat": "Grey",
      "caption": "Standing in the morning fog with breath visible and frost on the grass.",
      "setting": "A paddock in morning fog, frost on the grass",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "comet",
      "name": "Comet",
      "type": "horse",
      "where": "Gippsland, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/comet.webp",
      "looks": "Chestnut, on its back with legs in the air",
      "coat": "Chestnut",
      "caption": "Rolling on its back in a dusty yard, legs in the air.",
      "setting": "A dusty yard",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "clarabelle",
      "name": "Clarabelle",
      "type": "farm_animal",
      "where": "Bega, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/clarabelle.webp",
      "looks": "Head over the top rail of the gate",
      "coat": "Not given in the description",
      "caption": "Standing at the farm gate with her head over the top rail.",
      "setting": "A farm gate, green pasture behind",
      "breed": "Friesian",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "kevin",
      "name": "Kevin",
      "type": "farm_animal",
      "where": "Tamworth, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/kevin.webp",
      "looks": "Large and white, lying in the mud",
      "coat": "White",
      "caption": "Lying contented in the cool mud in the shade of a shed.",
      "setting": "Cool mud in the shade of a shed",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "shirley",
      "name": "Shirley",
      "type": "farm_animal",
      "where": "Ballan, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/shirley.webp",
      "looks": "Brown, with a fringe over the eyes",
      "coat": "Brown fleece",
      "caption": "Looking straight at the camera over the fence, fringe over the eyes.",
      "setting": "A fence, paddock behind",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "doris",
      "name": "Doris",
      "type": "farm_animal",
      "where": "Bridgetown, WA",
      "src": "/demo-pets/doris.webp",
      "looks": "Speckled, standing on the path",
      "coat": "Speckled plumage — no colour given",
      "caption": "On the garden path among the vegetable beds, other chooks blurred behind.",
      "setting": "A garden path between vegetable beds",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "nutmeg",
      "name": "Nutmeg",
      "type": "farm_animal",
      "where": "Kyneton, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/nutmeg.webp",
      "looks": "Small and brown, up on the trough",
      "coat": "Brown",
      "caption": "Standing on top of an upturned water trough in the paddock.",
      "setting": "A paddock",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "norman",
      "name": "Norman",
      "type": "reptile",
      "where": "Brisbane, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/norman.webp",
      "looks": "Tongue out",
      "coat": "Scales — no colour given",
      "caption": "Out on the warm concrete pavers beside the garden bed, tongue out.",
      "setting": "Warm concrete pavers beside a garden bed",
      "breed": "Blue-tongue lizard",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "spike",
      "name": "Spike",
      "type": "reptile",
      "where": "Broken Hill, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/spike.webp",
      "looks": "On a branch under the heat lamp",
      "coat": "Scales — no colour given",
      "caption": "Basking on a branch under the heat lamp.",
      "setting": "A glass terrarium",
      "breed": "Bearded dragon",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "monty",
      "name": "Monty",
      "type": "reptile",
      "where": "Townsville, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/monty.webp",
      "looks": "Coiled, patterned scales",
      "coat": "Patterned scales — no colour given",
      "caption": "Coiled on a warm branch inside the enclosure.",
      "setting": "A large enclosure",
      "breed": "Carpet python",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "shelly",
      "name": "Shelly",
      "type": "reptile",
      "where": "Albury, NSW",
      "src": "/demo-pets/shelly.webp",
      "looks": "Small, neck extended",
      "coat": "Shell — no colour given",
      "caption": "On a rock at the edge of the tank, neck extended.",
      "setting": "The edge of an indoor tank",
      "breed": null,
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "bubbles",
      "name": "Bubbles",
      "type": "fish",
      "where": "Melbourne, VIC",
      "src": "/demo-pets/bubbles.webp",
      "looks": "Orange and white, the only fish in the tank",
      "coat": "Orange and white scales",
      "caption": "On its own in the planted aquarium, green plants and soft blue water.",
      "setting": "A planted aquarium, soft blue water",
      "breed": "Fancy goldfish",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "finn",
      "name": "Finn",
      "type": "fish",
      "where": "Gold Coast, QLD",
      "src": "/demo-pets/finn.webp",
      "looks": "Blue and red, fins flowing",
      "coat": "Blue and red, with flowing fins",
      "caption": "In the planted tank against a dark background, fins flowing.",
      "setting": "A planted tank, dark background",
      "breed": "Siamese fighting fish",
      "lifeStage": null
    },
    {
      "key": "ripple",
      "name": "Ripple",
      "type": "fish",
      "where": "Canberra, ACT",
      "src": "/demo-pets/ripple.webp",
      "looks": "Several fish, iridescent scales",
      "coat": "Iridescent scales — no colour given",
      "caption": "A small school among the aquarium plants, scales catching the light.",
      "setting": "A planted aquarium",
      "breed": "Rainbowfish",
      "lifeStage": null
    }
  ]
}