A week of cat food
$15- Seven days for Admiral or Marmalade
- Delivered to their foster home
No kennels, no building. Pepper 
sleeps by the door, Marmalade 
guards the plants, Clover 
owns a box.
Who's waiting tonight
Every note is written by the family fostering them, and only from what they've seen. Tell us about your home and we'll dim anyone it wouldn't suit, with the reason.
Dogs
6 waitingCats
4 waitingRabbits
1 waitingBirds
1 waitingNobody fits all of that yet. Try taking a box off; new animals arrive most weeks.
How they get home
They arrive from everywhere, often all at once. A few weeks in a family's living room turns a frightened stranger into someone we can describe honestly, and that's how they find the right door.
- Arrive
Strays a neighbour brings in, animals whose people can no longer keep them, and litters born in foster care.
- Stay with a family
Two to eight weeks on a real sofa. The family writes down who snores, who steals socks and who needs a slow hello.
- Go home
Apply in about ten minutes, meet them at their foster home, do a short video home check, then take them home. We call after two weeks.
What adopting costs
Every fee includes vaccines, spay or neuter and a microchip, done before they leave.
- Puppies under 1$450
- Adult dogs$350
- Cats and kittens$175
- Seniors, 8 and up$150
- Rabbits$90
- Bonded pairsOne fee for both. They stay together.
- BirdsAsk us. Every bird's needs are different.
- No paperwork to startJust think about your home, who lives there and your usual week.
- If someone's ahead of youThe foster family tells you, rather than leave you waiting.
Letters from foster homes
He paced every night for weeks. Then I left the radio on low, and he slept.
Bruno's foster carerBruno, 7, went home with his adopters in the spring.
"He has claimed the left side of the bed and the right side of my heart. Also most of the sofa."
Waffles, adopted in March"They warned us she was shy. Three days later she was supervising dinner from the counter."
Nutmeg, adopted in June"She still sits in every patch of sun she finds, like she's checking it's real."
Toffee, adopted in July
Lend us a window
Host an animal for two to eight weeks between rescue and adoption. We pay for food, supplies and every vet visit. You give them a quiet room and somewhere to watch the birds.
Saturday dog walkers wanted. About two hours at adoption days, no experience needed. We'll pair you with a regular walker and a very patient dog.
Fill the fosters' shopping list
There's no building to heat, so every dollar goes to the animals. Pick something and we'll do the shopping.
A vet check and bandages
$60- One full check-up, bandages included
- Covers a senior like Mortimer
- Or a rabbit's first health check
One spay or neuter surgery
$150- Surgery, pain relief and aftercare
- The thing most adoptions wait on
Juniper's surgery: $95 of $150 raised.
Where last year's money went
- Vet care and medicine
- 58%
- Food and supplies for fosters
- 22%
- Transport and adoption days
- 12%
- Admin and insurance
- 8%
Donations aren't connected yet: on a live site these buttons open a secure donation form. Tax receipts would be emailed for gifts of $20 or more.
Ask about someone
The foster family reads every message first, then gets in touch to arrange a visit at their home.
Adoption days
Saturdays, 11am to 3pm. The address comes with your RSVP.
Meeting an animal
At their foster home, arranged after you apply.
Found an animal in trouble?
Call a local vet or animal control straight away. Nobody here can respond.