Fostering

Fostering with us

Do you love animals? Would you love to help them? Then look no further!

Fostering an animal can help them recover from neglect, abuse, illness or injury.

These are the first steps towards finding a new, loving forever home by helping their rehabilitation in getting them ready for their next step.

When you foster an animal you'll be freeing up space in our rescue so that we can rescue

more animals in desperate need. It also helps some animals to get out of the rescue sooner who need more 1 on 1 care/attention or don’t cope well in a rescue/multi-animal environment. Some animals can also blossom/progress more quickly when in a

home like environment.

Fostering is a very rewarding thing to be a part of. By fostering 1 animal, you would be saving 2 lives! The pleasure, happiness and fulfilment you get out of fostering is like no other and it plays a VITAL part in helping animal’s chances of finding a furrever home.

Different people have different skills and all come in very handy for different fostering situations.

If you’re used to the usual calm, caring, gentle animal then your help can come in handy to look after ones that are simply ready to go, we just need to find their furrever home.

If you’ve a nice calmer home with a little extra time and patience then you might help benefit our more nervous shy animals who just need a little extra coxing into trusting and adapting to the presence and touch of a human.

Or how about ones who are a little…spicy/vicious/feisty/feral/reactive? Having people with knowledge/experience in this is crucial as they are not for the faint hearted yet truly benefit the most from a foster home situation to understand they don’t need to fight for their life anymore or be mad for things that weren’t their fault and they are finally safe and ARE worthy of love.

Nearly everyone will have something important to offer so if you think you don’t, please think again. We’d love to hear from you!

Please read our terms and conditions below, click I agree and then fill in the form and we will be in contact with you ASAP.

Terms and Conditions:

Home checks will be carried out prior to being accepted.

If accepted, you will be expected to sign a contractual agreement between us (Zoe's Ark) and yourself. This contract will be personalised to what we expect of you based on the information you’ve filled out on here to what animal/s you will be looking after.

If accepted as a fosterer for Zoe's Ark a photo of your ID (if a passport, something with your name and proof of address will have to be given). Your personal information will be stored for a minimum of 6 months unless the contract is broken out of earlier. All personal information will be stored safely and securely
following the laws of GDPR regulations. This is to ensure the safety of our
animals.

References must be given to again ensure the safety of our animals.

Zoe's Ark will not be liable for any damage caused by fostering one of our animals.

By fostering our animals, you will be liable for any wrong-doing or neglect towards our animals.

When fostering our animals under NO circumstances should any private rehomings or discussions happen. Everything must go through our rescue page and website.

Daily contact between Zoe's Ark and yourself must be made.

Zoe’s Ark will supply food, litter, trays, medication and equipment where and when needed. Any equipment borrowed must be looked after and returned when finished with.

I agree to the terms and conditions for fostering listed above