Pay Minnesota residents to foster animals until they get adopted

 

The purpose of this bill is to promote fostering animals in various ways to help shelters from becoming overcrowded. A

few ways people can help are fostering animals in their homes to help with the shelters' costs and the amount of

euthanization that happens in them. People can either get funds to pay for food or get paid weekly for taking care of

them in their own home. The people of Minnesota should foster more animals, and there will be fewer out on the streets!

 

With shelters being so full nowadays, they are shutting down left and right, and all those animals don't have anywhere

to go. As a result, they die or wander, and I want to prevent that by promoting fostering to the public and providing

them with pay to care for them. The more the public fosters, the fewer animals that would be euthanized or die from not

having the food or shelter they need. If more animals are adopted/ fostered, that will also cut their costs, so they

won't have to shut down because of it.

 

-An animal refers to any living creature except humans.

-Euthanzation refers to putting down or killing an animal

-Foster refers to taking care of animals in your own home (Usually from shelters)

 

These shelters can partner with funding organizations to compensate. Then those shelters can advertise to foster for

paychecks, and people who maybe need a job or want a side hustle can foster, and they would have benefits.

 

Before people can foster, they must be informed of the current laws regarding what to do and not do with animals, and

they must sign off on the animal. In the case they break any of the current laws, like abusing them or keeping them

outside and not feeding them, and anything related to that, they won't be eligible to foster or adopt again. These

people will be fined for the amount they were being paid. For example, if they were paid 3 weeks of fostering but

authorities find out they broke the law, they will pay their 3 weeks back.

 

July 1st 2027