Austin Pets Alive! issues foster appeal amid heat wave

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the National Weather Service extending its heat alerts through Monday evening and heat index readings climbing, Austin Pets Alive! issued a "special appeal" Sunday for additional pet fosters.The shelter said its water chillers, misters and other resources can't combat the heat, urging residents to consider fostering to help get dogs indoors into cooler environments. Foster sign-ups can run anywhere from a few days' commitments to a couple of weeks or however long it ta