https:\/\/www.insider.com\/animal-shelters-encouraging-people-to-foster-pet-during-coronavirus-outbreak-2020-3<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So many things have changed this year for us and for our animals. Those of us who\u2019ve been isolating at home have happy happy pets who adore having us around more often. But not all cats and dogs are so … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289"}],"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=4289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4290,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions\/4290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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So many things have changed this year for us and for our animals. Those of us who\u2019ve been isolating at home have happy happy pets who adore having us around more often. But not all cats and dogs are so lucky. Way too many of them have lost their people. Overwhelmed families are surrendering their pets. And, at a time when animal shelters are needed most, they\u2019ve had to close. Who\u2019s caring for this country\u2019s homeless animals? Foster parents. This is the era of the pet foster home.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SmokeyKittyBooboo-225x300.jpeg\")
animal lovers are stepping up to the plate and volunteering to foster adult pets as well as litters of kittens and puppies. It\u2019s really rather a nice arrangement for a cat or a dog to live in a caring home instead of a pen while waiting for their forever home. And sometimes the foster home becomes their forever home, but this can\u2019t be the case for those who continuously foster. You can\u2019t keep every cat and dog you fall in love with. If you’re interested in additional information explaining how the pandemic is affecting our pets, visit here: