{"id":13395,"date":"2020-01-29T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?p=13395"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:07:06","slug":"the-foster-factor-orange-county-animal-services-offers-program-for-kittens-to-be-adoption-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/2020\/01\/the-foster-factor-orange-county-animal-services-offers-program-for-kittens-to-be-adoption-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foster Factor: Orange County Animal Services Offers Program for Kittens to be Adoption Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Orange County Animal Services<\/a>, offering a foster care program that places pets in temporary homes until ready for adoption saves thousands of lives every year. Animal Services relies heavily on foster parents and their expertise to help animals, especially kittens, that would not otherwise thrive at the shelter due to being sick, injured, in need of socialization skills and\/or are too young for adoption.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the summer months, we get up to 80 animals a day entering the shelter, mostly underage kittens,\u201d said Amy Sullivan, Orange County Animal Services\u2019 adoptions and foster coordinator. \u201cKittens, when they\u2019re less than 8 weeks old, don\u2019t do well in shelters because their immune systems aren\u2019t fully developed yet. They require around-the-clock care and need to be placed in foster homes quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Animal Services\u2019 busiest season, it typically has 300-350 kittens out in foster care at any given time, with additional underage kittens being brought to the shelter every day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEach individual foster parent helps save dozens of lives by helping these animals get ready for adoption,\u201d said Sullivan. \u201cThe more foster parents we have, the more pets we\u2019re able to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Becoming a foster parent requires attending the shelter\u2019s foster orientation to learn more about the program. The shelter \u201cposts\u201d out animals in need of foster care via e-mail, and the foster parent can select from any of them, but they are expected to transport the pets to the Animal Services clinic for rechecks every two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend of mine had been fostering kittens, and she told me how fulfilling it is,\u201d said Jessica Garcia, foster parent who resides in Baldwin Park. \u201cI went to an orientation course at Orange County Animal Services and picked up my first foster kitten, Coco, a week and a half ago. It\u2019s a big commitment, but well worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fostering a kitten can be up to an 8-week commitment, but Coco is now ready for adoption, and she already has an interested family filling out the paperwork. They will be able to take her home as soon as she\u2019s spayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be fostering more cats now,\u201d added Garcia. \u201cI already have two cats, and my father told me there was no way I was going to be able to foster and not adopt, but I understand the important role fostering plays. I still get attached, and I would have kept Coco in a heartbeat, but I found her a home and that was my goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kitten foster parents must reside within Orange County and\/or be an employee of Orange County Government. For more information, contact Orange County Animal Services at 407-836-3111 or visit www.orangecountyanimalservicesfl.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo Caption: Jessica Garcia with foster kitten\u00a0Coco. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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