shelter
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“It’s important for fosters to get involved so that we have somewhere to keep the cats until they get adopted,” said Mibbby Butler, the adoption coordinator at the no-kill shelter Kitten Rescue Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Communicate with your shelter about what medical responsibilities, if any, you’ll have during your foster period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"These families are still suffering from a lack of assistance with food, shelter and basic supplies," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The round the clock attacks have forced people to head for shelter as many as 13 times a day, with air raid alerts lasting from a few minutes to nearly four and a half hours.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
He crept out of the shelter without waking Abby, and quickly gathered a pile of dry leaves.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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He has designed and installed small concrete shelters for them in the lake itself, and set up his own captive population in a greenhouse at his home in Llanarth.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Fostering even for a night or two alleviates that crunch for space, allowing shelters to host cats they might not otherwise be able to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Locals have expressed safety concerns and some have destroyed shelters and blocked aid being supplied to the migrants.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Her mother was always going to places like schools and shelters and giving them money.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Many people sheltered in a nearby gymnasium for safety.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
A one-star hotel sheltered an entire bike race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
She and Faraj then sheltered inside the building, which was destroyed by a third strike at about 16:25.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The only thing that my father and his brother had in common was the land that fed us, sheltered us, and provided the rice, palm wine, and shea butter that we sold at the market.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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One visitor sheltering in Seoul's Gimpo airport told The Korea Times it is a "perfect place to rest without spending any money".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
More than 300 relief camps have been set up in the state, sheltering over 10,000 people, after rains triggered landslides and swollen rivers breached their banks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It is impossible for anyone to collect every pistol, rifle, and piece of weaponry,” said Yahya Hisham, 41, who was displaced from northern Gaza during the war and is now sheltering in Deir al-Balah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The city and county secured $1.6 million for emergency housing relocation through Airbnb and housing nonprofits, sheltering more than 1,300 residents and hundreds of pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Like children in a warm house sheltering from a storm.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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