fstopinertia – photography of angela marklew

I met Danella through a mutual friend – he and I were planning on shooting together and he suggested Danella model.  That was back in late 2008, since then her and I have worked together (she was so kind as to get covered in ice cream for my ‘f word’ series) and have become friends.  I came to find out that she volunteers a lot of her time to fostering animals – kittens mostly.  I’ve been thinking about being a foster “parent” for a while and about a month ago, the opportunity arose.

Victor and Lenore are a brother and sister who were pulled from the shelter hours before euthanasia.  They were 2 1/2 weeks old (born around April 1st) when they were dropped off but the shelter couldn’t keep them/take care of them for the remaining 6 weeks it would take until they were old enough to be adopted.  I had spoken with Danella previously about fostering so when these little ones were almost 4 weeks old, she asked me if I could take them.  I had never owned a cat before but I said yes and it has been awesome.  They were still being bottle fed when I got them, and having a kitten that barely weighs a pound crawl up on you to drink milk out of a bottle just about breaks your heart.  In the past 4 weeks, I’ve watched them almost double in size and I’ve got to see their personalities emerging.  Lenore (second image, below) is cautious yet brave, whereas Victor (first image, below) is more of a sweetheart.

It will break my heart to see these little ones go, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having them for the last 4 weeks. To find out more about becoming a foster parent to orphaned puppies and kittens, please contact the Los Angeles Animal Services.