Karen has fostered nearly 200 kittens since she joined the team in 2017. However, this number doesn't account for the dozens of bottle-fed kittens Karen has fostered overnight because they had nowhere else to go or the endless number of ways she helps support the foster department.

Karen fosters some of our youngest and most critical care kittens. You name it, Karen has fostered it - kittens with panleukopenia, kittens with severe flea infestations and flea anemia, kittens needing subcutaneous fluids up to several times a day, several hours old kittens needing feeding every two hours (even throughout the night), and countless others. "I often say that if I were a kitten, I'd like Karen to foster me!" said Holly Faccenda, Foster Care Coordinator.

"In the spring and summer months, we in the foster department rely heavily on Karen with the sheer number of bottle-fed kittens we have come in," said Holly. "I don't know how much sleep Karen gets during these months (I know not enough!), but she always has a smile on her face and is offering to support in any way possible. Karen's husband, Mike, is also a huge help and will often jump into bottle feed and care for the kittens - dream bottle baby duo!"