The 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com web site is setting up an online database on which people can offer to provide foster care for animals.
"It can work if it's done properly and the people who are fostering the animals understand they are providing a temporary home," said David Meyer, president of the nonprofit adoption group.
More than 5,000 animal shelters post pets for adoption on the Save-A-Pet site.
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