Page 5 - Kind News, Jr. November/December 2020

When schools closed in Massachusetts because of the COVID-19 pandemic,

Jayden and Brianna Anderson and their stepsister Madison got what
they begged for: Their family adopted two kittens, Merlin and Mystique,

from the Dakin Humane Society.

“It was all done with videos,

texts, and phone chat,” says

Mr. Anderson. The shelter met

adopters outside. The workers

wore masks in the building.

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In Virginia, the Prince William
County Animal Shelter had more

volunteers than usual sign up to

take care of animals in their homes.
Volunteers who take care of very Check with an adult for how you can
young or sick shelter pets in their help safely. Many shelters need pet

homes are called foster caregivers. food. They give the pet food to

A volunteer named Ingrid Sensor people who need it for their pets.
cared for three kittens who were
without a mother. They were

brought to the shelter in a shoebox “Taking care of animals is something

at just two weeks old. to look forward to and enjoy when
You can help! Ask an animal shelter there is so much we can no longer do,”
in your community what it needs.
says Ms. Sensor.

www.pwspca.org Prince William SPCA, a group that
supports the county shelter, gives
Kind News to over 450 classrooms!
That’s more than 13,000 students!

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