Rent-A-Cat Just Like Mark Twain
In an age of subscription services and the idea that it might be better to subscribe to things rather than own things this might be a moment to discuss the undiscussed, to rent a cat rather than to own one. … 
Tag Archives: cat foster care
Seventy Adorable Kittens Were Found Foster Homes in Hours
It is a testament to the wonderful and efficient work of cat rescuers that seventy adorable kittens found foster homes in hours. Great work. Please, though, can we have less kittens?
Cat Foster Family Fed Their Foster Cat A Vegan Diet
In an extraordinary breakdown in cat fostering standards, a cat foster family fed their foster cat a vegan diet and he died as a consequence. Someone should be held to account.
Cat foster carers need a spare room for cats to use. Discuss.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London require that a foster carer has a spare room dedicated to their cat’s use before they will allow them to foster a cat. Is this being too picky? Is this being unjustifiably too …
Human and Cat Are Foster Caring Team
This is the nice story of a cat foster carer, Chandler Alteri, who has an assistant, her cat, Charlie. The two work side-by-side to foster cats and kittens and they specialize in kittens who are shy and in need of …
Is fostering a cat a good idea?
Fostering a cat is a good idea if you want to help in the cat rescue process without adopting a cat. But you have to have a certain mentality to do it. When you foster a cat you look after …
Not sure whether you want a cat? Try fostering first
With kitten season already in full swing, cat rescues are scrambling to find a way to get cats and their kittens out of the local shelter and into a loving home. The problem is there are far more many cats …
A Cat’s Unalloyed Joy And Love After Release From Living In Dog Crate (Video)
“She was in a hoarding situation where she was left confined to a dog crate for most of her life. Luckily she has been rescued from that horrible life!” – Furry Nation Salvation. “Meet ‘Love Bug’. It is easy to …
It’s a Win-Win Situation When Female Prison Inmates Foster Rescue Cats
It’s good to see a truly enlightened approach taken to the rehabilitation of prison inmates while at the same time rehabilitating, socialising and getting ready cats that have come from rescue centres where they could have ended up being euthanized. …
Cat Fosterers Suffer When Rescues Crumble
This is one of those articles where I will likely ramble a bit, as it can’t be helped. The fault that causes cat fosterers to suffer as rescues crumble and go under can be traced back to the shelter systems …
British animal rescue organisation insists that adopted cats are free to roam outside
A British animal rescue organisation, which I can’t name today, insists that cats adopted from them are allowed to roam outside entirely freely. On what I have heard first hand, it makes no difference if you live in London or …
A cat fosterer should not adopt the cat she is fostering
A cat fosterer should have committed to the role before embarking on it and the role is about improving cat welfare generally. My first foster cat has been adopted and I have mixed emotions: sadness at losing him and pride …
Shelter fosters given responsibility to market cats and find adopters
This article deals with a new approach in finding homes for the unwanted shelter pets at Greenville County Animal Care Services, a high-kill shelter in upstate South Carolina. Please read over their new system, and leave a comment on whether …
Fostering Cats Versus Sheltering Cats
This is a quick note to raise a question about whether the cat shelter system in America should be shifted towards a universal fostering system. In a cat or animal shelter the cats live together in a confined space. If …
Fostering Out Your Cat
In this article “fostering out your cat” means handing over your cat to someone else for a period of time that is longer than, for example, a typical holiday. In other words longer than 2 weeks. The sort of fosterer …