Foster Highlight: Elizabeth Stallings

Posted By SLCo Animal Services
October 14, 2020

Opening your home, heart, and time to pets in need can be rewarding. Every year, hundreds of pets grow healthy and strong in a foster home, enabling them to be adopted into a new home. Find out more about fostering from our kitten foster, Elizabeth Stallings, our October Foster Highlight.

Q & A with our Foster: Elizabeth

How long have you been fostering?
Two years at the Salt Lake County Animal Services, 7 years at a different organization prior.

What had you interested in joining our foster program?
Salt Lake County Animal Services is an incredible asset to the community and I wanted to be a part of it. 

What types of animals have you fostered?
Kittens!

What is the most rewarding aspect of fostering?
Watching their little personalities bloom. They are the most fun to watch, play with and love on! 

What advice would you give to a new foster in the program?
Old towels and rags are a must.

Learn the signs of illness.

Check their weight every few days.

Spend all the time you can just enjoying them.

What is your favorite foster memory?
My very favorite is teaching my nieces and nephews to love and respect animals.