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Charity No.SCO15672
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Charity No.SCO15672
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Rehoming |
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WHY WAS PET FOSTERING SERVICE
SCOTLAND STARTED AND WHAT DOES IT DO? For many elderly owners their pet provides companionship, fun and a sense of security as well as having positive mental and physical effects on their health. If however, through accident or illness, they are temporarily unable to care for their much loved pet and relatives or neighbours are unable to help, many worry more about their pet's circumstances than their own, causing unnecessary stress. |
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1. This minimises the anxiety and stress for both owner and pet during
periods of separation. 2. The service maintains the owner's sense of involvement keeping them informed as to their pets well-being. 3. It ensures that the owner and pet are reunited at the end of foster period. |
WHAT WE DON'T DO! It must be stressed that this is an emergency care service, unique to Scotland and does not provide an alternative to boarding kennels for holidays, or people working abroad, nor is it a rehoming agency. |
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PET Fostering Service Scotland has now been in existence for 22 years and we are still unique! Admittedly there have been, and currently are, other projects in England offering pet fostering for specific clients or in limited geographical areas, but none has existed for so long, independent of any "parent" organisation, or functions as PFSS does, entirely run by volunteers who foster, organise, fund-raise, provide transport, advise, recruit, publicise and donate so that pet owners and their pets can be helped when an emergency arises. We emphasise that we provide temporary pet care in emergencies - (many enquiries come from people who are not in a crisis but think that fostering means rehoming / is a cheaper alternative than kennels / is a good dumping ground for unwanted animals / has animals for sale / will look after pets whilst owners go on a cruise!). We endeavour to be flexible whilst sticking to our principle of providing for clients who have been unable to make alternative arrangements for the care of their pets when an emergency arose - because otherwise, we are alienating professional kennels/catteries and denying our services to those who genuinely merit it. Look at the
information about Emergency Pets
Placement - it is an ideal scheme for those who DO
have the opportunity to plan ahead - you might register with it
yourself, or recommend it to friends or to enquirers who are not
eligible for our service. It complements PFSS and should work well
alongside us. |
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In 2007 we cared for 219 pets, this consisted of 121 dogs, 84 cats and 14 small furries/birds. The most prevalent reason for fosterings was health related, with owners being admitted to hospital or hospice for respite care. The outcome of these fosterings was that 72% of pets were returned to their owners with 22% being rehomed. In 2008 our numbers dropped slightly due to a tightening of procedures, this was to ensure that all fosterings were eligible for the service. We cared for 121 pets, this comprised of 103 dogs, 16 cats and 2 small furries/birds. Again poor health was the most common reason for fosterings followed by owner's who lost their homes. 85% of our foster pets were reunited with their owners, with 12% being rehomed. |
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Donate Now! by clicking this link http://www.justgiving.com/pfss/donate/ All money raised will be spent directly on providing care for Scottish pets.
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