Portage Animal Protective League is seeking more foster parents after influx of pets

The Portage APL posted this image on its Facebook page with the message, “We have been inundated so far this spring, and now… TWENTY-SEVEN sick, injured and abandoned kittens and cats have been rescued in the last week! Some left in boxes, infected with fleas, some found motherless, and all in need of serious care.”

Portage Animal Protective League is seeking more foster parents after influx of pets

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Having taken in 27 sick, injured and abandoned kittens and cats in the past week, the Portage Animal Protective League is looking for caring foster parents.

The APL’s 70 cat cages are full, about 50 cats and kittens are with foster parents and about five more fosters willing to bottle feed and care for infant kittens are needed, APL Executive Director Chalan Lowry said.

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