Kitten Fostering Programs?

[kml1721]

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I am a DVM student working on my MPH this summer and I am very evaluating Purdue’s kitten fostering program that started up this year as one of my projects. I am wanting to know if any other vet schools have kitten fostering programs (formal and informal) so I can compare it with ours for ideas of areas of improvement. I’ve already heard from UF, UC Davis, Ohio State, Missouri, and NCSU. I would like to know if the school offers support for students fostering (areas kittens can stay during the day, allowing students to bring them to class, etc.), how students hear about the program or fostering opportunities, and perceived barriers/facilitators to fostering kittens.

Feel free to DM me too! Thanks in advance!

 

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As far as I know, UMN does not specifically have a fostering program, however, many students are connected to outside organizations. I myself volunteer at a vaccine/microchip clinic for a rescue to keep foster kittens on track for age appropriate veterinary care. One of the students a class or two above me works with a rescue and actually triages calls from fosters and helps the rescue make medical decisions if the animal needs to go to a vet outside the organization. The school itself does not provide any support to my knowledge.

 

[supershorty]

As far as I know, UMN does not specifically have a fostering program, however, many students are connected to outside organizations. I myself volunteer at a vaccine/microchip clinic for a rescue to keep foster kittens on track for age appropriate veterinary care. One of the students a class or two above me works with a rescue and actually triages calls from fosters and helps the rescue make medical decisions if the animal needs to go to a vet outside the organization. The school itself does not provide any support to my knowledge.

UMN used to, it was called the Orphan Kitten Project, but I'm not sure what happened to it. It may not have survived COVID.

 

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I am a DVM student working on my MPH this summer and I am very evaluating Purdue’s kitten fostering program that started up this year as one of my projects. I am wanting to know if any other vet schools have kitten fostering programs (formal and informal) so I can compare it with ours for ideas of areas of improvement. I’ve already heard from UF, UC Davis, Ohio State, Missouri, and NCSU. I would like to know if the school offers support for students fostering (areas kittens can stay during the day, allowing students to bring them to class, etc.), how students hear about the program or fostering opportunities, and perceived barriers/facilitators to fostering kittens.

Feel free to DM me too! Thanks in advance!

What did you hear from UF? I’m starting there in August so they’ll probably tell me once I get there, but I’d love to get involved in a kitten foster program if there is one!

 

[kml1721]

What did you hear from UF? I’m starting there in August so they’ll probably tell me once I get there, but I’d love to get involved in a kitten foster program if there is one!

They have an informal program where students foster on their own with local shelters. From my understanding, it sounds like the entire student body is emailed about fostering (not limited to kittens).