Want to foster shelter kittens? Front Street Animal Shelter will show you how

(FOX40.COM) — Springtime means it is kitten season and Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter is hosting a one-hour session for people who would like to be volunteer foster parents.

The kittens need some care before they are old enough to be spayed or neutered and ready for adoption.

“Because our shelter lacks the space and staffing to care for so many kittens, the volunteers are true lifesavers,” said a statement from the shelter’s communications manager Ryan Hinderman.

The volunteers will be provided all necessary supplies and medical care for free during the foster care, which is usually for one to two months.

The shelter said that volunteers can choose the kittens they take home, be it kittens that are healthy and eating on their own or others that are ill, injured or need to be bottle-fed.

The instructional session will be on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the shelter, located at 2127 Front St., but the shelter accepts volunteer foster parents year-round, although they’ll still have to take a foster session that lasts about an hour.

People interested in learning more about the shelter’s fostering programs, including for dogs, can visit their website .

The site also has instructions on what to do if you find stray kittens without their mother , which detail steps that many may not be familiar with.

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