Diane Schwarz helps keep network running to foster kittens

Best Friends Pet Care in Willow Grove has worked with Diane Schwarz from Kitty Adoption Team for the past 3 years. Best Friends Pet Care's Cause for Paws program outfitted local fire departments with oxygen masks designed for dogs and cats.  Diane and the Kitty Adoption Team made several donations towards oxygen masks.  Best Friends matched these donations dollar for dollar and together we were able to supply several fire departments with these much needed masks.

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By MELISSA BROOKS

Times Herald Staff



She’s the center of a foster network that’s found homes for nearly 5,000 kittens, saving them from abandonment, abuse and their “certain” fate at a crowded shelter.

Diane Schwarz said it’s a “group effort” to bring “kitties about to be euthanized” from a large shelter in Philadelphia that’s overwhelmed by its furry tenants, to foster homes in Blue Bell, where they stay until permanent caretakers come forward.

“We have quite a few foster mommies, but just a handful of us started Kitty Adoption Team (KAT) about 10 years ago,” Schwarz said.

The all-volunteer, nonprofit organization was founded on the notion that most people can’t bottle feed kittens and bring them through the weaning process when they’re found homeless and without a mother, Schwarz said.

Funds collected from jewelry and catnip toy sales will be used to purchase pet oxygen masks through Best Friends Pet Care in Willow Grove, so first responders have them to keep on fire trucks and distribute if necessary.