Media Contact: Cara MacVane, Email; 561.685.2342
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League Contact: Lauren Ellis, Email; (Office) 561.472.8845
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (April 25, 2023) Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is expecting another busy kitten season. To prepare, Peggy Adams is looking for additional temporary foster homes to help assist with the care of these kittens.
During Kitten Season, many neonatal kittens are brought to Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League every day because they are separated from their mothers. Many of these kittens are too young to eat on their own and require around-the-clock care, such as being bottle fed every 2-4 hours. These kittens are placed with foster families who assist Peggy Adams in nurturing them until they are old enough to be adopted. The goal is to have enough foster volunteers to take care of the kittens, so they don’t have to grow up in a shelter environment.
“Fostering is rewarding – and incredibly important,” said Sue Berry, CEO of Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League. “When you become a foster volunteer, you are providing these kittens with a safe and healthy environment and providing individualized attention that is so important to their behavioral development. Kittens raised in foster care are typically more social and adapt more easily to new homes once adopted. “
Peggy Adams provides all the supplies, and community service hours are available for fostering. For more information, please visit PeggyAdams.org/Foster or call 561-686-3663. Can’t foster? Another way to get involved is to collect and/or donate much needed items from Peggy Adams’ wish list available at PeggyAdams.org/WishLists
Kittens less than four weeks old have little chance of survival if separated from their mothers. In fact, cats and kittens are the most at-risk animals for euthanasia in Palm Beach County. Most discoveries of newborn kittens don’t call for human assistance, and no intervention is generally best until kittens can eat independently. For more information on what to do if you have found kittens, please visit PeggyAdams.org/Found-Kitten-Resources.
About Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League:
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is a nonprofit organization that provides critical services to more than 35,000 animals each year and collaborates with local area rescues to expand the lifesaving work in Palm Beach County.
The Mission of the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is to provide shelter to lost, homeless, and unwanted animals, to provide spay and neuter and other medical services for companion animals, and to care for, protect, and find quality homes for homeless and neglected companion animals, to advocate animal welfare, community involvement, and education to further the bond between people and animals. Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity navigator. Peggy Adams is an independent nonprofit animal rescue organization operating continuously since 1925. For more information and to donate, please visit PeggyAdams.org
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