Jim Spalding
said more foster homes are needed to help house the animals.
Not exact matches
During peak breeding months, the shelter may have up to 500 kittens in
foster homes and
more than 40 in its nursery,
says Bianca Cao, the shelter's neonate coordinator.
«With millions of dogs waiting in shelters and
foster homes every day for a loving
home, I had to do something
more than share a Facebook post to help,» Wigglebutt Warriors founder, Carol Bryant
said.
«We are really looking for
fosters and people who can give temporary
homes to these animals, as we are taking in
more animals then we have room for at our shelter,» Picard
said.
Instead, these pets are now safely in
foster homes,
said Kiska Icard, Sonoma Humane Society's executive director — who spoke to The Huffington Post as she was heading over to the fairgrounds to take over for some other animal workers, who'd been up for
more than two days straight
While
foster homes are still integral to the raising of young kittens, Renee
says having the nursery provides the ability to save
more kittens than through
foster homes alone.
«Currently, we have
more than 600 cats and kittens in our care within our ICUs, hospital and up for adoption as well as in our
foster hero
homes,»
said Bretta Nelson, spokesperson for the agency.
«We could save so many
more animals if we just had enough
foster homes,»
said Taylor Brand, founder of Rescue Me!
Saying goodbye can be the most difficult part of
fostering, but remember that we always have
more kittens who need wonderful
foster homes.
«The
more we are able to facilitate the basic needs of shelters, like Pet Project Rescue, the
more they can focus on what they do best —
fostering abandoned animals and helping them find their forever
homes,»
said Mark Hughes, national sales and marketing manager of Pet Care Systems, makers of Swheat Scoop.
First Nations child advocate Cindy Blackstock
said the first numbers she
homed in on were that Indigenous children account for
more than half the kids under 4 — a critical development age — who are in
foster care.
DCYF
said in October that the state needs
more foster families after a survey found a high number of teens being put into group
homes and shelters.