Take In
01. Adopt or Foster
Adopting and fostering animals both help pets in need, but they serve different purposes. Adoption is a permanent commitment in which an animal becomes a lifelong member of your family. Adopters assume full responsibility for the pet’s care, health, and well-being. Fostering, on the other hand, is a temporary arrangement that provides a safe, loving home until the animal is adopted. Foster families help pets recover, socialize, or simply avoid long shelter stays. While adoption offers a forever home, fostering creates space for shelters to rescue more animals, giving countless pets a better chance at finding permanent, loving families.
Show Up
02. Learn more about Fostering animals with the Friends of The Tracy Animal Shelter.
Pet fostering provides a safe, loving temporary home for animals waiting for adoption. It helps reduce overcrowding in shelters while giving pets a calmer environment where they can build confidence and develop social skills. Foster families also learn valuable information about an animal’s personality, behavior, and needs, helping shelters find the right permanent home. Best of all, fostering saves lives while allowing people to enjoy the companionship of a pet without making a permanent commitment.
Give Back
03. Make a Donation
Animal shelters play a vital role in protecting homeless, abandoned, and vulnerable animals, but they often rely on community support to continue their work.
Speak Up
04. Spread the Word
Help us get the word out by following us on social media, commenting on our posts and sharing our information with you friends and followers!