Scottish SPCA needs your help with fostering scheme

Yet the organisation insists that its inspectors and animal rescue officers will continue to attend emergency reports of animals in need throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.

And the charity has also confirmed that it will introduce a fostering service in lieu of re-homing.

Within hours of this being introduced more than 100 homes signed up to take in all sorts of animals in the weeks ahead.

Scottish SPCA chief executive Kirsteen Campbell said: “In line with Government guidance, we must suspend rehoming activity to keep the public and our team safe.

“ As our inspectors and rescue officers continue to attend to animals in need, there will still be animals coming in to our nine animal rescue and rehoming centres and our wildlife hospital.

“We had planned for this and the fostering service will allow us to manage occupancy and staff workloads in the months ahead.”

“Our animal helpline team is fully functional remotely and remains open every single day from 7am to 9pm to provide advice and support and to pass on jobs to our frontline teams.

“We have put protocols in place to support health, safety and well-being to limit face-to-face contact.

The Scottish SPCA website is www.scottishspca.org and its animal helpline can be reached on 03000 999 999.