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LILLIAN

BARDEN,

KITTEN KID

Lillian Barden (they/them) was 12 years old when they clicked on a video of
the famous “Kitten Lady,” Hannah Shaw. The Kitten Lady was rescuing two
kittens. They had become separated from their mother and needed a foster
caregiver. A kitten foster caregiver is someone who takes care of kittens until
they can eat on their own.
“I thought, ‘Wow, that looks super awesome,’” to be adopted. But it is also the most rewarding,
says Lillian, “because I want to rescue cats.” Lillian because they know that they help them get to
became a foster caregiver volunteer for Dakin their forever homes. Lillian, who is now 14 years
Humane Society in Springfield, Massachusetts. They old, has cared for 38 kittens!
need their parents’ support, but Lillian does the Lillian’s advice to others who want to help
day-to-day tasks. They keep each litter of kittens in kittens? They say, “Fostering is a great thing to
their bedroom where they feed them with a do if you have the time and the space,” such as a
syringe. A syringe is a tube with a nozzle for slowly room or playpen. “You need to feed them, clean
pushing formula into the animals’ tiny mouths. At their litter boxes, and play with them before and
first they need to feed them every four hours. That after school.” If you don’t have that space and
means they need to wake up in the middle of the time, you can still help! Lillian suggests, “Another
night! good way is setting up fundraisers or food drives
The hardest part of Lillian's work is bringing the for the animals.”
kittens back to the shelter when they’re old enough

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RIDDLE RAT! (answer on p. 7)