Do you how important is a foster parent in the running of an animal rescue organization? 1. Fostering is an ideal activity for people that love animals but cannot commit to having a lifelong pet in China. In fact, every additional foster parent that animal rescue groups can get represents in most cases the difference between life and death for animals abandoned in Shanghai. 2. Most animal rescue groups in Shanghai do not have a shelter, so they depend on the help of rescuers and foster parents to take care of cats until they are adopted. The more foster parents they have, the bigger the number of abandoned and/or neglected animals they can help. 3. It is a hugely rewarding experience to give an abandoned and/or mistreated animal a second chance to recover its health, as well as to provide him with love and affection while he/she is waiting for a forever loving home. PPAR is a non-profit animal rescue group founded in 2007 by a group of individual animal rescuers. Their main objective is to find loving homes for homeless cats. PPAR always need more foster parents! For you it is a great way to have a "temporary" pet in Shanghai if you cannot adopt, miss your own pet from home or if your own pet needs a friend to play. By being a foster parent you get a companion and help save an animal at the same time! If you like the idea of being a foster parent, send us an e-mail to: yelin28@hotmail.com Go to http://bbs.movshow.com/forum-204-1.html to learn more about PPAR!