NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Melissa Gutierrez and Ashley Murphy with Redemption Animal Rescue said their mission right now is to help out the Hutchinson Animal Shelter.
"A lot of people probably know shelters and rescues for that matter are overflowing," Murphy said. "Unfortunately, oftentimes that means tough decisions have to be made by the shelters by no fault of their own, and so we want to try to help them with reducing the number of animals in their care, helping to get them out of there into a more comfortable environment that will really help them shine and find a good home."
The way they are helping is through fostering pets.
"Fostering a pet means that we are not housing them in a facility," Gutierrez said. "They actually go into a foster's personal home and they are cared for and loved and just basically shown how to be a pet in a home. During that time, we start advertising them and look for their forever home."
Foster relationships really depend on the needs of the pet.
"Sometimes we can have them in there for a few days, Murphy and Gutierrez said," Sometimes it's a few weeks. Sometimes it's a few months. I've heard of fosters being in other rescues care for years. It just depends on the dog. Right now, adoptions are pretty low, I think, all across the country."
If you'd like to help more pets stay alive and show how they can behave in a home, check out Redemption Animal Rescue's Facebook page.