‘We need your help urgently,’ Animal shelter desperately seeking foster families

A Barrie shelter is urgently seeking foster homes for pregnant cats it hopes to rescue from a hoarding situation.

“We need your help urgently to be able to pull this off before the situation gets out of hand,” Furry Friends Animal Shelter posted on its Facebook page Wednesday.

The non-profit, no-kill organization says 20 cats need rescuing and at least seven are confirmed to be pregnant. Fosters would need to dedicate roughly four months to a pregnant cat expecting a litter.

“The average cat will give birth to 4-6 kittens, sometimes even more. If we can’t secure foster homes for those pregnant cats, that’s over 40 kittens that will grow up unspayed and unneutered, only to have more and more babies,” the post continued.

To get started, fosters need to have a litter box, litter and space, such as a spare room or bedroom, where the feline can raise her babies. Furry Friends covers the costs of any medical care and food for fostered cats.

“Please help us save these cats and stop this vicious cycle of overpopulation,” the charity pleaded online. “We need to get this situation under control before it devolves into utter chaos.”

Potential fosters need to apply online.