Today we’re sharing with the whole world our entirely new local listings area. Since opening to our membership over 70,000 pet-friends places, businesses and services have been added, complete with contact info, dynamic maps, and downloadable address cards. Over 10,000 reviews have been written and 1,000 photos uploaded.

So go check out Dogster Local or Catster Local and see what you can find near you.

Anyone can now find information on local resources, ranging from veterinarians and dog parks to boutiques and cat sitters to dog-friendly diners in every town in the United States and beyond. Users to search, list, rate and review pet-specific businesses and pet-friendly locations by city, ZIP code and category. All these features are now freely available for anyone in the world to read, review, rate and add their own favorite places.

Have you ever needed to find a new trustworthy vet in a hurry? Have you ever been out of town and wanted to find a great dog park? Or how about a last minute sitter? Having obenience problems you can’t resolve? Now if you go to Dogster.com/local or Catster.com/local you’re one search away from finding names, addresses, maps, reviews, of the places near you. There’s also a Welfare area dedicated to rescue, adoption, and shelters, as well as a Travel feature for the pet jet-set.

We just thought it was about time that dog and cat owners could have one site to share the places that are important to them, and share their thoughts, good or bad, about them. If you had a bad experience at a vet or groomer, this would be the place to share that experience. Do you think a dog park is too rough for a small dog, then you can alert others to that fact.

It just seemed natural to us that our members would be the best and most credible source for information on pet-related businesses, services and locations. So we’ve built the best tool we could so they can do that in a way that everyone can benefit from.

If you are a writer or reporter you may also be interested to see our offical release for more details and quotes.

Pete Cashmore of Mashable, also has a good write-up