What Is Fostering?
Fostering
is accepting an animal into your home for a temporary
amount of time until they can be placed in an appropriate,
loving home. Fostering is necessary for under socialized,
unweaned, pregnant, sick, injured, or displaced animals.
Fostering is also a critical step for some animals that
need to be rehomed, but who are weaned, healthy, and not
pregnant. It provides a home environment with one-on-one
specialized attention that is needed by animals in order
to heal, grow-up, learn to love people, and flourish.
What are the Benefits of Fostering?
Fostered
animals tend to be adopted quickly and good family matches
tend to be easier to make. Not only are the animals more
highly social, there is more information known about them.
The more interactions, the more you'll understand and
know your foster animal, the more information Angel's
Wish can provide to potential adopters, elevating the
opportunity for a good match, which will result in a permanent,
loving home.
What Types of People Foster Animals?
People
from all walks of life find fostering a rewarding experience.
Some families foster as a way to teach their children
about compassion and responsibility in a creative and
collaborative way. Home schooling families have found
fostering a great teaching endeavor. Youth have done it
for community service projects, either for schools or
through organizations like Girl Scouts and 4-H. Sometimes
people that are looking to adopt do foster care until
they find the perfect match and adopt their foster animal.
Whatever your reason, foster care helps reduce euthanasia
of adoptable animals in our communities.
How Can I Find Out More?
To
find out more about foster care, please browse through
our Foster
Home Orientation (PDF).
If you think you are ready to become a foster home or would like more information, please contact us at (608) 848-4174 or send us an e-mail message.