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Volunteer Animal Foster Carer

Opportunity hosted by: Blue Cross for Pets

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Volunteer Animal Foster Carer

Opportunity hosted by: Blue Cross for Pets
Description:

• Care for Blue Cross pets in your own home until they can be rehomed. Depending on your preference this might include dogs, cats, cats or small animals
• Monitoring and caring for pets that might be recuperating from operations, too young to rehome or cannot cope with kennel life
• Fostering pregnant females or mums and litters
• Providing all the care they need – feeding, exercising, cleaning, socialising, giving medication and grooming
• Keeping accurate records

What type of activity will volunteers be doing?: Animals
Where is the opportunity based?: Home-based
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What is the duration of the volunteering opportunity?: Long term
Skills and qualifications that may be needed or developed:

• Experience of handling and caring for pets
• You need to live within 45 minutes of the centre (M26 1NQ) and have use of suitable transport.
• A spare room if fostering cats, a garden is beneficial if fostering dogs
• You will need to be at home most of the time to care for the pet and to be available at short notice
• Preferably no other pets
• Competent, flexible and self motivated
• Willingness to learn and follow Blue Cross procedures
• Minimum age requirement: 18 years

Is this opportunity suitable for under 18s?: No
Does this opportunuity have gender restrictions?: No
Are out of-pocket expenses covered for volunteers?: Yes