{"id":4194,"date":"2020-05-19T03:01:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2020-05-19T03:01:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:01:41","slug":"newsday-tuesday-curbside-pet-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4194","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Curbside Pet Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cat-shelter2-e1573734749371-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cat-shelter2-e1573734749371-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cat-shelter2-e1573734749371-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cat-shelter2-e1573734749371-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cat-shelter2-e1573734749371.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong>I\u2019m reading that some shelters are virtually empty because there are so many people wanting to give a pet a home even in these uncertain times\u2014or maybe because of them. Other shelters have emptied out\u2014the animals being taken in by foster parents. If you\u2019ve ever thought of fostering one or a litter of animals, this might be a good time to start because there certainly is a need.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t expect to take the family to visit and socialize<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CatEyes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CatEyes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CatEyes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CatEyes-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> kittens and puppies this year because shelters aren\u2019t doing business quite as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Some shelters are offering curbside adoption. How does this work? You visit the shelter\u2019s website and view pictures of the cats, dogs, horses, and so forth, that are available for adoption, call for an appointment, and get to know the animal at curbside. It\u2019s not ideal, but necessary and it\u2019s working.<\/p>\n<p>Some shelters continue to invite the public inside, but in limited numbers and with time limits and most shelters are either discounting or waiving adoption fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I\u2019m reading that some shelters are virtually empty because there are so many people wanting to give a pet a home even in these uncertain times\u2014or maybe because of them. Other shelters have emptied out\u2014the animals being taken in by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4194\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4195,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4194\/revisions\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}