Concord Monitor
‘What’s best for the animal’: State claws back foster care, shelters warn of danger to mothers and newborns
New Hampshire's stricter interpretation of foster laws forces rescues to keep pregnant and nursing animals in shelters, worrying advocates who say fosters better protect mothers and fragile kittens.
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