Foster Care Responsibilities & Agreement
As a foster caregiver for H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue (“H.A.L.O.”), I agree to provide safe,
humane, and loving care for the H.A.L.O. animal(s) placed in my care and to comply
with the following requirements:
Foster Care Responsibilities
● Food & Water: Provide appropriate food and fresh water on a regular schedule
and follow any diet or feeding instructions provided by H.A.L.O.
● Medical Care & Medication: Administer medications as directed. All veterinary
care and related expenses must be approved by H.A.L.O. in advance, except in
a true emergency when immediate life-saving treatment is necessary. H.A.L.O.
must be notified immediately of any illness, injury, or medical concern.
● Emergency Care: If H.A.L.O. cannot be reached during an emergency, seek
necessary life-saving veterinary care immediately while continuing to attempt to
contact H.A.L.O.
● Supervision & Safety: Provide appropriate supervision, exercise, grooming, and
training. Dogs must be kept in a secure, fenced area or on a leash when outside.
Cats must remain indoors.
● Transportation: Assist with transportation to and from approved veterinary
appointments, H.A.L.O. adoption events, and other H.A.L.O. approved activities
when requested.
● Travel/Alternate Care: Foster animals may not be left with another caregiver,
boarded elsewhere, transferred, or given to another person without prior approval
from H.A.L.O.
● Isolation: Maintain an appropriate area to safely separate the foster animal from
household pets when necessary.
● Household Pets: Foster caregivers are responsible for ensuring their own pets
are appropriately vaccinated and spayed/neutered. H.A.L.O. is not responsible
for the transmission of parasites, infectious diseases, or other conditions from a
foster animal to a caregiver’s personal animals.
● Training & Behavior: Notify H.A.L.O. if the animal requires assistance with
housebreaking, training, behavior, or socialization.
● Adoption & Ownership: All foster animals remain the sole property of H.A.L.O.
Foster caregivers may not sell, give away, transfer, co-foster, or arrange an
adoption without H.A.L.O. 's express approval. If the caregiver can no longer
provide care, the animal must be returned to H.A.L.O. or handled as directed by
H.A.L.O.
● Information & Promotion: Provide H.A.L.O. with accurate information regarding
the animal’s behavior, personality, habits, interactions with people and animals,
and any concerns. Foster caregivers are encouraged to provide photographs and
videos for adoption promotion.
● Home Inspection: H.A.L.O. may inspect the foster environment before or during
the foster placement to ensure that it is appropriate and safe.
● Length of Foster: A foster placement may last from one day to several years.
H.A.L.O. may request that a caregiver continue fostering an animal if it is
returned after adoption or another placement.
Liability, Assumption of Risk & Indemnification
I understand that animals can be unpredictable and that fostering an animal involves
inherent risks, including, but not limited to, bites, scratches, wounds, injuries, illness,
property damage, destruction of personal property, escape, and injury to or death of
another animal or person.
I voluntarily assume all risks and responsibility associated with the care, custody,
control, and possession of the foster animal while the animal is in my care or
under my control. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I agree that H.A.L.O. No-Kill
Rescue, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, agents, and representatives shall
not be liable for any injury, loss, damage, or expense arising from or related to the foster
animal, including any bite, scratch, wound, injury, illness, death, or destruction or
damage to property caused by the animal while in my care or under my control, except
to the extent caused by H.A.L.O.’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
I agree to be solely responsible for and to assume all liability arising from my
care, custody, supervision, or control of the foster animal, including any claims,
damages, losses, medical expenses, veterinary expenses, property damage, or
other costs resulting from injury to any person or animal or damage to any
property caused by the foster animal while in my care or under my control.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, I further agree to defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers,
agents, and representatives from and against any claims, demands, liabilities,
damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
arising out of or related to the foster animal while in my care or under my control,
except to the extent caused by H.A.L.O.’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
I understand that H.A.L.O. does not guarantee the temperament, health, behavior, or
history of any foster animal and that an animal’s behavior may change unexpectedly.
Acknowledgment
By signing below, I acknowledge that I have read, understand, and agree to the
responsibilities, requirements, assumption of risk, liability, and indemnification provisions
contained in this Foster Care Agreement. I understand that H.A.L.O. may require the
immediate return of any foster animal if these requirements are not followed or if
H.A.L.O. determines that the placement is no longer appropriate or safe.
Foster Coordinator – Jacque Petrone
Phone: 772-589-7297
Email: jpetrone@halorescuefl.org