Angels needs foster homes for cats, kittens, dogs

GREEN

It’s kitten season and Angels for Animals needs foster homes.

Every day, the shelter at 4750 W. South Range Road gets in 20 to 30 kittens and cats and there’s just not enough room to keep them all at the shelter.

“The goal is to save every adoptable animal,” said Diane Less, founder of the shelter, which started 27 years ago. “The no-birth concept is so important.”

Right now, Angels has 300 to 400 kittens and cats in foster care, but is in need of more. The foster homes basically hold a spot in line for the animals to make it to the floor for adoption.

Dog foster homes, which are harder to find, are also needed.

Angels provides the food, litter and health care for the fostered pets, and, in return, the foster parents take care of the animals and Less hopes they help look for permanent homes.

“These fosters are little satellites for the shelter,” Less said.

“The biggest problem is the free roaming cats,” Less said.

Loose kittens and cats tend to be ignored until the population of them gets overwhelming, Less explained.

“We need to empower [owners] and put it out there that if you have these cats, fix the cats,” Less said.

Read more about the situation in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.