Article: Kansas State U. students take advantage of foster pet program

Natasha Meyers
University Wire
02-26-2007
(Kansas State Collegian) (U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Foster parenting is no longer limited to children.

People of all ages, including a handful of Kansas State University students, have volunteered to shelter animals during adoption arrangements.

In order to take in animals, those looking to foster have to be evaluated and obtain a Kansas Foster License. The Riley County Humane Society helps find a place for animals needing a temporary home. Foster coordinators Madelyn Short and Lisa Bryant work to find foster families for cats and dogs.

The state limits foster parents to 19 animals, Short said, including animals the owners might already have.

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