Influx of kittens has P.E.I. Humane Society looking for more foster caregivers
The P.E.I Humane Society is searching for individuals to donate cat merchandise and to contemplate fostering kittens because the variety of cats being surrendered reaches document numbers.
With pandemic protocols lifting, the society held its first in-person periods for cat fostering in two years on Saturday.
Spokesperson Ashley Travis stated these types of occasions give individuals contemplating fostering the chance to be taught from present volunteers.
“Final yr, we truly broke all data on reminiscence and we [received] over 450 kittens,” she stated. “This yr, all predictions are displaying us that we might go as excessive as 600,” she stated.
“The foster community is rather well interconnected. So it is essential to share the knowledge as broadly as we probably can.”
Travis stated there’s a profit to having foster caregivers with the ability to share ideas in individual.
“Fostering is so completely different than proudly owning an animal.” stated Victoria MacLeod, one in every of society’s volunteer caregivers.
“You do not know the background…. It is simply the general studying expertise.”
MacLeod, who fosters a cat and likewise owns one, stated that by fostering she’s capable of open her house to extra animals whereas not feeling too tied down.
“It has been actually good for the children,” she stated. “It has been an excellent nice studying expertise.”
For these trying into different methods to get entangled, the society can also be working a donation drive this month. Islanders will be capable to donate cash or kitten-related merchandise within the society’s want listing, akin to toys, cat litter and dry meals, till Might 22.
Travis stated the society has set the “lofty purpose” of elevating $10,000 this yr.
Extra data on the donation drive and the foster program might be discovered on the P.E.I. Humane Society’s web site.
