We Foster Challenge

March 31, 2020

Emergency foster initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in more shelter pets placed in foster care than ever before. Shelters in cities like Detroit, Kansas City and Norfolk have cleared their kennels with help from foster caregivers in their communities. Now that the pets are in temporary homes, we need to take the next step: moving them from foster to adoptive homes without returning to the shelter.

“In Jacksonville, we had an amazing response from our community when we asked for foster support,” says Denise Deisler, Chief Executive Officer of the Jacksonville Humane Society. “Our next step was to provide them with the tools they need to find homes for their new fosters!”

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