Foster Care at NSALA

My husband & I have fostered several kittens for North Shore Animal League America.  We currently have one kitten that is recovering from some medical complications.  Many fosters only need a temporary place to stay while they receive medication and gain enough weight to be spayed or neutered.  In the process, each kitten is socialized with people and other pets (we have one adult cat).  Each kitten receives oodles of love, care and affection from my husband and I while they are in our home.  Though I am always saddened by their departure from our home, I know that my husband and I have given them the skills they need to be quickly adopted into a new and loving forever home.

I bring this up because North Shore Animal League America desperately needs foster care parents for the many kittens, puppies, pregnant moms and injured animals.  Foster care gives them a chance to be socialized within a home setting while they recover from injury, give birth to their litters or simply to gain weight.  It’s a great way to have animal companionship without the long-term commitment of owning a pet!  Also, when a pet is fostered out, NSALA is able to take in another animal, so you’re helping 2 pets in 1!

In order to be a foster parent, you must be 18 years of age or older, live within 50 miles of NSALA and willing to donate a portion of your life to helping animals.  If you meet these requirements, I strongly encourage you to fill-out an application online.  From there, NSALA will contact your reference and set-up a foster care training session with you or to invite you to a foster care open house.  Then, you will be able to foster animals in you loving home!

Foster care is offered at many shelters across the United States, so I strongly encourage those who do not live within 50 miles of NSALA, to contact their local shelter and see how they can help.