07/07/2026
Sadly the truth! FOA has forever fosters and has had for many years. There are just not enough homes for everyone and we do our best to keep them and give them a loving home. Spay and neuter is the only answer to this problem and it is a problem. We will never ever win this until people will listen to us.
The following was written by a fellow rescuer. We debated posting it, but if the public is not educated and/or keeps putting their heads in the sand, this rescue crisis will never end. Adopt, Foster, Volunteer.....Please do Something!
This is what the Rainbow Bridge looks like for unwanted dogs. Their lives didn’t matter to anyone. They had a s**t life and a s**t death — alone, terrified, and then tossed away like garbage. Does this look peaceful? Watching other dogs die and knowing you’re next. It’s not.
And before the next furbaby warrior chimes in about “keeping them alive,” go ahead and fill out a foster application for unlimited dogs, for unlimited time. Because some of them never get adopted. Shelters are out of space. Rescues are out of fosters. These dogs have nowhere to go.
Spay and neuter is the only path forward. We are not going to rescue our way out of this crisis. We cannot keep up.
And for anyone ready to argue that pediatric spay/neuter is “dangerous”… you know what else is dangerous? Death. The average person cannot be trusted with an unaltered dog. Kudos to the professionals who can manage it — you’re the exception.
But the people buying $25 puppies in Walmart parking lots should not have intact dogs.
We are exhausted. And dogs are dying by the millions.
