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Thank you for looking into volunteer opportunities with us! Please contact us if you would like to join the effort in bringing an end to mistreatment and suffering of companion animals. Here are a few of the many ways that you can help:

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Volunteer Interest Form

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Fostering

Do you love the company of dogs or cats or both? Are you a nurturing person with time you can spare to help a homeless pet? If so, you may want to consider becoming a Hope for Animals foster person.

A considerable amount of our energy goes into rescue work. After rescuing the cat or dog, we quarantine them under medical supervision for two weeks. If they are free of disease and demonstrate a sound temperament, we match them with foster homes.

Why foster?
Hope for Animals operates foster homes between Los Angeles and San Diego and is currently seeking more foster homes to help with the many dogs, cats, puppies and kittens in need. In foster care the pet learns not only to trust that food and water are a daily occurrence, but also learns about life in a home. Instead of waiting to be adopted from a barren holding pen, foster animals get a head start in a therapeutic environment where they transition from uncertainty through consistency and gentle care. It is often the first kindness these animals have known. This is the point at which the homeless pet is truly rescued; when they are rehabilitated both physically and physiologically and placed into a loving, responsible and permanent home.

The foster family not only prepares the rescue for home life, but is also able to inform prospective adopters all about the personality of the foster pet. The foster person can pass along information for the adopter, such as whether the dogs are good with kids or cats and whether they will need an active home or a quieter home. Within the foster home the animals' confidence and trust builds.

Are foster animals healthy?
Is fostering an animal expensive?
None of the animals we place in foster care have transmissible illnesses. In fact, most of the dogs and cats we rescue are not in need of medical attention, but some do need special care. Hope for Animals will pay for necessary veterinary care. Although we prefer that foster families provide food, we will be happy to donate food to those who need it. Many of our rescued pets simply need good food, a warm bed, consistency, and most of all, lots of love and affection.

We rescue all shapes, sizes, breeds and ages. Each foster person chooses the pet or pets they wish to help. But they must remain committed once they agree to help, which may include bringing their foster to adoption events and vet visits (paid by Hope for Animals). As soon as the pet has received all the pre-adoption care it requires, he/she is ready to find its permanent home!

Before you decide to be a Hope for Animals foster person, consider whether you have the time. Foster pets are "special" and cannot be left alone for long periods of time. Also consider whether you have the support of the whole family and whether you will be able to "let go" when the perfect adopter comes along!

Volunteer Interest Form - Click here to provide us with some information and let us know that you are interested in volunteering.