Foster was abandoned by his original owner in 1993, and was then sent to the Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung. But because he spat at visitors, he was confined in a cellar alone, where he ended up staying for over ten years.
1993 年「弗斯特」遭棄養後被送進高雄市壽山動物園收容，因為會向遊客吐口水而被單獨禁閉在地下室，這一關竟關了十幾年。