“‘Some shelters put the cats and dogs down, and I couldn’t even think of doing that. So I brought them to Riverlands, which finds foster homes for the animals until they can get permanently adopted. Eventually, they got adopted, and I got hooked.’ Schindler soon began to foster animals at her home in Slidell. Usually she cares for an average of about 15 animals from two weeks to as long as three to six months.” Via nola.com.