PETS: Consider Fostering A Dog Or Cat If Someone Gets Too Sick To Care For Them

Photo Credit: DSPCA. Pictured here is Horace: He is 2 years old, and available for adoption.

Looking around us today, we do not personally see a lot of people out super sick. But do you? Do you know if someone is inside their home, too sick to care for their pet? Animal enthusiasts are trying to spread the word to encourage people to foster a cat or dog, in the unlikely or unplanned event that their human owner cannot take care of them while they are healing.

Animal shelters are deemed as necessary businesses under New York State’s PAUSE Plan, and not closing, but they have put emergency plans into place. DSPCA is closed to the public for adoptions, yet are taking adoptions by appointment). DSPCA is only accepting emergency intakes only, according to their website. They are highly encouraging fostering if many people at once cannot care for their animal while they are infected and healing.

Form From DSPCA If You Want To Foster: Apply Here

Recommendations from the ASPCA On How To Prepare Your Pet Life: Get Ideas Here

Adopting Through ARF of Beacon (the place near the cat sanctuary … yes, they have dogs): Learn how to adopt here

NEED YOUR HELP NOTE: ARF, a no-kill shelter here in Beacon, was in the midst of promoting their annual fundraiser for this year when this shutdown happened. Consider donating to ARF now, as this was supposed to be a time of fundraising for them.