{"id":299655,"date":"2026-06-08T06:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299655\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:23:23","slug":"kitten-season-creates-critical-need-for-foster-homes-at-lee-county-domestic-animal-services-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299655\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitten season creates critical need for foster homes at Lee County Domestic Animal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Domestic Animal Services is asking for the community\u2019s assistance during the busy kitten season.<\/p>\n<p>Each year at this time, warmer weather triggers feline mating and causes shelters to see a large influx of kittens of all ages needing care. Cats can begin reproducing as young as four months old and may have multiple litters each year.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Animal Services needs foster homes for newborns needing bottle feeding, moms with litters and kittens needing a bit more time before being available for adoption. The foster commitment ranges from two to six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming part of Animal Services foster family, email\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northfortmyersneighbor.com\/news\/community-news\/2026\/06\/kitten-season-creates-critical-need-for-foster-homes-at-lee-county-domestic-animal-services\/mailto:fostering@leegov.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fostering@leegov.com<\/a>\u00a0or call the shelter at 239-533-7387.\u00a0 Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/animalservices\/foster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leegov.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Lee County Domestic Animal Services\u2019 social media sites: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeeCountyDomesticAnimalServices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leeanimalservices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The county has additional options for the community to help the shelter, including its Weekend Warrior program. This program lets community members give a shelter pet a break by fostering for a weekend or week. Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/animalservices\/weekendwarrior\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leegov.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To receive updates from Lee County Government, sign up for the newsletter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/resources\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0and follow on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/socialmedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee County Domestic Animal Services is asking for the community\u2019s assistance during the busy kitten season. Each year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-299655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}