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Lombard, IL 60148
Fosters Needed Now! Can you open your home and heart to foster some kittens? Loving foster homes are an essential part of animal rescue. Without foster homes, we cannot rescue. Kitten season begins in April but is heaviest from June to September, we need many, many foster homes to care for our high volume of young kittens. We will provide the supplies and guidance. You provide the home, love, and TLC to help these kittens thrive and prepare them for adoption. Side benefit - lots of laughs, love, and fun from adorable kittens without a long term commitment! Requirements: - Have a safe room with a secure door that can be used as a foster room - Understand & accept kittens who might be fearful & shy and may hiss initially - we will provide lots of guidance on how to turn them into confident, social kittens - Located within ~15 miles of Lombard, IL We need your help with young kittens all the way up to adult age cats. If you would like to help, please fill out an application, it will be greatly appreciated. https://feralfixers.org/cf-foster-questionnaire Any questions? Email Foster@FeralFixers.org We will be in touch with you, Thank you!
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2025
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Flexible Schedule
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Lombard, IL 60148
As part of our Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) activities, we are looking for volunteers to help transport cats to/from the spay-neuter clinics that we use. We need volunteers to assist in both the "morning runs" (usually 7AM to 10AM) and the "afternoon runs" (usually 4PM to 7PM). Occasionally these times are extended if conditions warrant. You need to have a vehicle that can carry 10 cats in traps/carriers at a minimum, 20 cat volume is preferred. For the morning runs, you will need to review the paperwork which is to be delivered to the spay-neuter clinic. When doing the afternoon runs, you will need to review the paperwork you receive from the spay-neuter clinic as well. You must be at least 21 years of age, agree to follow all Feral Fixers and clinic procedures and be willing to sign a waiver. If you are interested, please visit our website (www.feralfixers.org) and click on the Want to Help? link at the top. There you will find a link to an online Questionnaire that you can complete and submit to Feral Fixers. https://www.feralfixers.org/want-to-help/volunteer Once this form has been filled out and submitted to Feral Fixers, our team will review it and, if we think there's a match, we'll get back to you. Thank you for your interest!
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2025
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Flexible Schedule
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Lombard, IL 60148
Through our TNR activities, Feral Fixers rescues potentially adoptable cats and kittens. We need experienced volunteers to care for these cats and kittens while they are temporarily at our building awaiting transition to a foster home! Cats and kittens recently living outside often require some basic medical care like the administration of medication. Additionally, they can be shy, hissy, and scared of humans which requires special handling and socialization. Due to this, an ideal volunteer would have prior cat experience as a pet parent, from fostering, or from working in a shelter or veterinary setting. This is a rewarding opportunity to help a cat on its journey from rescue to adoption! Volunteers must be 18+, commit to a recurring weekly shift, and attend training. Morning availability is particularly needed. Interested? To apply, visit FeralFixers.org or use this link to an application: https://www.feralfixers.org/cf-general-volunteer-questionnaire Once this form has been filled out and submitted to Feral Fixers, our team will review it and, if we think there's a match, we'll get back to you. Thank you for your interest!
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2025
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Flexible Schedule
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Lombard, IL 60148
A major part of our activities includes humanely trapping cats that are living outdoors, having them spayed/neutered and then returning to their homes. To help us in this mission, we are looking for volunteers to help care for these feral cats while they are temporarily in our care. Feral cats are brought to our location by trappers and caretakers throughout the week in preparation for them being taken to a spay/neuter clinic. Once they are done at the clinic, they are returned to our location for rest and recovery before they are picked up by their caretakers and returned to their home. While the cats are in our care, they are kept in traps or transfer cages, need to be fed and watered every day and need to have their litter paper changed at least once per day. Feral cats cannot be treated like house cats as they are unsocialized to humans and require careful handling. Trap dividers are used to enable safe access to the traps and transfer cages and allow for cleaning and feeding without contact with the feral cat. If you are at least 21 years old with prior cat experience (experience with feral cats a plus) and would be comfortable working with this population along with following our safe handling protocols, please complete our online questionnaire. https://www.feralfixers.org/want-to-help/volunteer All volunteers must agree to follow all Feral Fixers procedures and be willing to sign a waiver. We need volunteers both in the morning and in the afternoon, with "sessions" running from 1-3 hours. Volunteers are needed most days of the week, but this varies according to how busy we are. Once this form has been filled out and submitted to Feral Fixers, our team will review it and, if we think there's a match, we'll get back to you. Thank you for your interest!
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2025
