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Volume 21 • Issue 4 • APRIL 2026
Fosters are Vital to Animal Nonprofits Success By Susan Spisak
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hat does “fostering” or “to foster” mean? The Merriam Webster Dictionary offers a few definitions, but one addresses pet rescue: “being, relating to, or involved in a situation in which temporary care is given to an animal (such as one that is injured or awaiting adoption) in a household or similar setting.” Our friends in area shelters and rescues need assistance with fostering animals. The all-important fosters provide them with loving homes where they can place new pets as their resources are often stretched. It allows the organization to have respite homes so current fosters can take a break or go on a vacation. Most importantly, extra fosters allow them, if this applies to
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