Foster Homes Needed For Pets In Encinitas, San Diego County

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA – With the Fourth of July around the corner, the San Diego Humane Society needs foster homes for the influx of animals typically lost after the holiday.

In addition, beginning July 1, the San Diego Humane Society will start providing animal services to six additional cities: Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, San Diego, Santee and Solana Beach. This will increase the number of animals under the society's care from roughly 30,000 animals to more than 50,000 each year.

Space will be even tighter with the need to shelter the lost and stray animals that appear after being spooked by fireworks on Independence Day.

"We're doing all we can to empty our shelters to make space for more animals that will be coming very soon," said Jennifer Brehler, chief operating officer of the San Diego Humane Society.

About 200 pet foster homes are needed, according to the society.

Visit sdhumane.org/foster to become a volunteer. The society will provide the training and supplies needed to care for a foster pet.

"Every animal that's placed into a foster home makes space for another animal who is in urgent need of our care. By opening up their homes, foster volunteers significantly expand our shelter's capacity to take in more vulnerable animals from the community and from other shelters," Brehler said. "Plus, it gives us invaluable information about how that pet behaves in a home that we can pass along to potential adopters."

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