The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Agency (SCRAPS) in Spokane Valley is looking for foster “parents” for the large number of kittens and cats that arrived at the shelter around Halloween.
Fostering animals helps them learn to cope with life in a shelter, and then ultimately in their forever homes.
Janet Dixon is the special program manager at SCRAPS, and says the organization has about 60 volunteers currently, who foster animals until they are healthy enough, and old enough, to be adopted. However, Dixon adds, they need many more volunteers than they have—700 would be an ideal number, she says, perhaps not as a joke.
SCRAPS provides all the medical attention and food the animals need, and animals are always neutered or spayed before leaving the shelter. The shelter provides financial support for all its animals, then foster parents provide a loving home and serve as their advocates.
Dixon says many of the animals brought to the shelter have been injured. Animals in this situation do better in foster homes, where people can provide one-on-one care and pay them a lot of attention that is not available in the more clinical setting of the shelter.
People who are interested in fostering animals should apply at ScrapsVolunteer.org. Organizations like this that need to increase their active membership can work with a flyer printing company to create a mailer for area residents, outlining their goals.
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