Animal shelters see spike in pet fostering amid quarantine

Animal shelters see spike in pet fostering amid quarantine

One unexpected upside of an indefinite global quarantine?.

Bored people who are stuck at home seem to be adopting and fostering pets at an unprecedented rate —.

So much so that shelters in New York City, the United States’ coronavirus epicenter, are running out of cats and dogs.

Anna Lai, the marketing director at NYC-based Muddy Paws Rescue.

Told Bloomberg a majority of the shelters her organization works with are either all out of or nearly out of cats and dogs.

Melissa Levy, the executive director of the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).

Told the Philadelphia Inquirer her group was able to place 123 animals into foster homes between March 15 and March 24 this year.

Up from 38 during the same 10-day period in 2019.

In Los Angeles, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)... recently reported a 70% jump in animals matched with viable foster homes, according to Bloomberg