Thanks to my friend Jessi VanPelt for sharing this article titled Make Me Do It! on her facebook wall. It points out the benefits when fosters help adopt out the pets they are fostering or, in otherwords, they serve as adoption agents (see the article On the Fast Track to More Adoptions). When this was done by the Louisiana SPCA it resulted in increased numbers of first time shelter adopters and a zero rate of return of fostered pets.
Also, here is another article (titled Pets take the bite out of dorm life) which describes the benefits of having pets in dorms. These include making it easier to adjust to college and less stress for students.
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