Coronavirus: UAE teachers help out at dog rescue centres – The National

Coronavirus: UAE teachers help out at dog rescue centres – The National

Coronavirus: UAE teachers help out at dog rescue centres. Stray Dogs Centre in Umm Al Quwain, the largest non-profit animal shelter in the UAE, currently has 462 dogs seeking new homes, with 35 fostered since the announcement of school closures.. "We have had an influx of teachers coming to the centre to volunteer and offering foster homes for a month," said owner Amirah William.. "Our minimum foster period is two weeks, it is hard work but rewarding.. Animal Action, part of the Emirates Animal Welfare Society, is another volunteer group appealing to teachers to offer a temporary foster home to stray dogs.. "It would be great if we could get teachers who may be off school for a few weeks to help out with volunteering or by offering temporary foster homes for the many dogs and cats we have," said Briton Natalie Stones, a volunteer with the group.. "If we can take dogs like that off the streets it will give us time to get them vaccinated and cleaned up and into a proper home.". Animal Action currently has more than 150 dogs and 30 cats in temporary accommodation, awaiting new homes.. "The dogs become much calmer, more gentle and