Scottish SPCA charity is asking people to foster an animal

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The Scottish SPCA is appealing to animal lovers to open their hearts and homes to pets in need by signing up to become a foster carer for the charity.Fostering was initially piloted by the animal welfare organisation during the first lockdown in March 2020 when animals were unable to be rehomed.The scheme proved so successful that it was then trialled on a larger scale at the Scottish SPCA’s Dunbartonshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in December 2021. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. Now, the fostering scheme has rolled out across the West of Scotland and the charity is looking for even more loving foster families to care for animals from their Glasgow, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire centres.Buddies looking to foster a furry friend can do so at their closest centre, which is Scottish SPCA’s centre in Cardonald.Scottish SPCA animal fostering coordinator David McBeth said: "We’d be delighted if some of Scotland’s animal lovers would sign up to foster for us.“We have roles fostering either dogs or cats and we’ll work with fosterers to find animals suited to their homes and level of experience.“Introducing this scheme will give even more animals the chance to recuperate in a stable home environment rather than kennels, which in turn frees our kennel space up for urgent cases of animals in need.”Fostering animals can be a great help as many cats and dogs find their time in kennels quite a stressful experience and by getting them out can ensure they find