Fierce Animal Rescue

05/27/2026

Exciting update!

We have two amazing families who have stepped up to help the eight kittens that we transferred to our rescue today! ❤️

Thank you SO much for offering these cutie pies a safe, warm space to spend the next few weeks!

As we mentioned earlier, we expect to find more fuzzy cuteness when we help trap adult cats who need TNR appointments.

Please message us if you are able to help by taking in a few stray kittens for a few weeks.

Thank you!

05/27/2026

Fosters desperately needed!!!!!

Fierce is assisting volunteers from A Place For Hope Rescue in McHenry with trapping a colony of cats in Pistakee Highlands who will receive TNR services next week through ANIMAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, INC.

When we went out recently to the neighborhood we are helping, we have discovered that there are already several groups of kittens that need to be rescued. We are taking in two of those groups today.

We need your help!

We need a foster home for this group of three kittens! We will likely need a few more available foster homes once we start trapping this weekend.

These kittens are about 6 weeks old, all independently eating on their own, and simply require a space to grow and thrive for a few weeks while we start their vaccines and get them ready to be adopted.

You need a space where they can be separated from any animals you have. That space can be a crate and we can loan one to you if needed.

We cover all medical expenses, and provide the supplies you need to feed these little hungry critters!

Being a completely volunteer run not-for-profit who relies on foster homes, we simply cannot keep helping groups of kittens without places for them to go.

If you can step up and help, now is the time. Please reach out to us via Facebook Messenger, or email us at [email protected]!

Thank you for your continued support of what we do.

05/26/2026

If you feed and care for outdoor cats and you live in McHenry County, please contact Animal Services and Assistance Programs in Marengo to get the cats you care for spayed and neutered!

If you need help getting started, contact our awesome volunteers by sending us a Facebook message or an email.

Thank you for helping outdoor cats in our community!

Great News!

We will be having a TNR clinic at the Pet Vet Animal Clinic and Mobile Practice, Ltd on Friday June 5th.

Please note all cats must come in a humane trap. No house cats!
Text 847-490-5528 for instructions and registration.

05/21/2026

Last night, our volunteers met volunteers from Feisty Felines at a house in Lake in the Hills.

We were contacted over the weekend by a wonderful family who had a missing cat named Cooper. Cooper had been missing for over a month.

Cooper had found an amazing hiding spot underneath a concrete step, which had a deck built around it.

It took 3 hours, laying on dirt and rocks, slowly shoveling dirt away from the concrete in a tight space but......

Cooper is safely home with his family!!!!!!!!!

The relief on his family's face when we pulled him out from underneath the deck made every bit of what we did worth it.

We are very Fierce and Feisty over here. ❤️

05/19/2026

We were contacted this week by a previous adopter who is looking for help with a friendly mom and babies living in their backyard.

We can go and rescue them but we need a place for them to go.

Do you have a spare room (or a corner of a room) where we could put a crate?

Are you looking for a way to make a difference?

Can you open your heart and your home to a group of cats in need for a few weeks?

Please help us by fostering.

Message us on Facebook or email us at [email protected]

Thank you for your support!

05/18/2026

Did you know that most cat rescues in McHenry County are operated by volunteers?

When you contact us or other local rescues, you're speaking with someone who has taken some time away from their jobs, households and families to help our local community.

What that means is that we are regular people just like you who care not only about cats but about the people who care for them and our community in general.

We can't do what we do unless we have your support. Support is financial, it means much needed supplies and donations, but more importantly than that it means we need people.

In order to keep saying yes to helping, we need people to step up.

We can't pay you in money, but I guarantee it will be worth your time, the first time you truly change the life of a cat. Let us show you how that feels.

Foster homes are especially needed right now. We are quickly running out of space and we hate saying no.

Come join us! Message us on Facebook or email us: [email protected]

05/16/2026

Congratulations to Oliver for finding your forever family today with Michelle and Hailey! We know you will be spoiled and loved!

Thank you to everyone who came out today to meet our adoptable cats at Something Fishy Pets, Fox Lake ❤️

If you would like to meet one or more of our adoptable cats, start the process by filling out an application here:

www.fierceanimalrescue.org/adopt

Thank you for supporting us and other local rescue organizations who try to make a difference in our community!

05/10/2026

Get ready for next Saturday when we are back at Something Fishy Pets, Fox Lake from 11-2. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the kitties that will be there. Get pre approved before the event, because there are no same day adoptions.

* Black kitties are bonded

*Brown tabbies are bonded (mother and daughter)

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all of our cat loving human followers and to the cats we care for! ❤️

04/27/2026

If you are feeding an outdoor cat, please help them by getting them spayed and neutered!

May 6th is the next date for free-roaming outdoor cats in McHenry County through ANIMAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, INC. in Marengo.

Here is an excellent video from Hannah Shaw aka the Kitten Lady on why Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) is essential for controlling outdoor cat populations humanely.

Kittens like Flapjack and Butter are suffering on the streets, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this video, I'll tell you their story, and show you how...