Literally What I Was Born To Do: Couple Fosters Cats on the Euthanasia List

This couple fosters cats that are on the euthanasia list and has gone viral on TikTok for being cat heroes! A video that the couple posted of a series of images of cats they rescued has now racked up over 1.2 million views.

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Alyssa Gommez and her boyfriend posted the now-viral TikTok with the caption reading: “literally what i was born to do.” Support for the couple has been pouring in on TikTok, with people saying, “Not all heroes wear capes” and “thank you for doing this”!

Each year more than 2.7 million animals are euthanized in shelters every year in the United States because they are not adopted into loving homes. Throughout their lifetimes, an unaltered pair of cats and their offspring can produce hundreds of thousands of cats. That’s a staggering number.

TNR programs can help to control feral cat populations and ensure that feral kittens don’t end up in shelters as strays. TNR stands for “Trap, Neuter, Release,” and it’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s the process of humanely trapping feral cats, neutering (or spaying) them, and then releasing them back into their colonies where they were originally trapped.

With an estimated 7.6 million animals entering America’s shelters every year, fostering is important because it helps reduce overcrowding in shelters and opens up space for other animals to be saved. It also helps prepare animals for adoption by giving them a chance to live in a home where they can fully express their personality, work to overcome fears, or recover from trauma.

Having foster kittens around is hard work, but it is so rewarding and very fun! It is something that will keep you up at night and steal time out of your day. But you won’t regret a second of it! As a foster parent, you will be loving, raising, and caring for the kittens so that they can grow up and find their forever homes.

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