ANIMAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, INC.

04/21/2025

🐾UPDATE JESSIE HAS BEEN ADOPTED🐾🐾

Looking for a new home for a senior, 14yo, male cat, owner deceased. Get along with other cats and is declawed please message us and we’ll put you in contact.

Here is his bio
“Hi, my name is Jessie, I am 14 years, 8 months old. I am neutered, declawed and am looking to find a new home since my owner passed away last month. Right now I am very shy and spend most of my time hiding under the bed. Prior to this I would sleep with my owner and loved snuggling on her lap while she read her book. I am eating well, using my litter box like a good boy and love taking my pill for hyperthyroidism every day in my treat. I love playing with my toys and enjoy challenging myself to open closet doors, it’s my specialty. If you can find it in your heart to open your home for me I would love to get to know you.”

04/20/2025

APRIL TNR DATE
WEDNESDAY APRIL 23rd

$55/cat
Includes: Spay/Neuter, microchip, rabies and distemper vaccine, flea treatment, left ear is tipped.

All cats must come in a humane trap. No carriers/crates/cages.

Text ONLY 847-490-5528 for instructions on how to participate.

04/18/2025

03/31/2025

McHenry County Animal Control to host low-cost rabies vaccination & microchip clinics for cats and dogs in spring
MCHENRY COUNTY, IL—The McHenry County Animal Control & Adoption Center (MCAC) is excited to host three low-cost rabies vaccination and microchip drive-thru clinics for cats and dogs this spring – Tuesday, April 29th (dogs only); Tuesday, May 20th (cats only); and Saturday, June 14th (both cats and dogs) – at the McHenry County Fairgrounds, located at 11900 Country Club Road in Woodstock.

These clinics are by appointment only and registration is open online 30 days prior to each clinic date. Registration for available clinic dates and times can be completed here. Residents with questions can call (815) 459-6222.

Cash is the only form of payment accepted at the clinics. Clinics are available for both cats and dogs, and will be offered on the following days and hours:

Tuesday, April 29 | 1pm – 4pm (dogs only)
Tuesday, May 20 | 1pm – 4pm (cats only)
Saturday, June 14 | 1pm – 4pm (dogs/cats)
Special package pricing is being offered for fixed (spayed or neutered) animals. All animals attending one of the clinics will be microchipped unless a previous microchip is registered or scanned during the event.

Special package pricing for fixed (spayed or neutered) animals:

Dogs: Microchip, 1-year vaccination and registration – $20
Cats: Microchip, 1-year vaccination and registration – $15
Intact animals (not spayed or neutered) can still attend the clinics, with the costs being $15 for a 1-year vaccination. Registration is a separate fee. Intact animals receiving a vaccination will also receive a free microchip unless previously microchipped.

All dogs must be leashed, and all cats must be in an approved carrier when arriving for their appointments. Please do not bring animals that are in heat. Information about bite history for dogs that are easily stressed will be requested when making an appointment. Owners are responsible for putting a muzzle on any dog that needs one prior to their appointment.

03/20/2025

A great start to the 2025 TNR season!

30 cats at the Spay/Neuter Clinic and another 4 at Pet Vet Animal Clinic and Mobile Practice, Ltd🐾

03/16/2025

Entertainment on a snow day🐾

03/06/2025

Elvira and Belladona found their forever home together. Thank you to the Pet Vet Animal Clinic and Mobile Practice, Ltd for hosting their adoption and taking such good care of them🐾

02/26/2025

Multiple cats from separate homes die from bird flu after eating raw pet food, officials say | https://tinyurl.com/2rzejszk

02/12/2025

***THIS CLINIC IS FULL
WE HAVE SOME APPOINTMENTS AT THE PET VET OPEN AT THE WND OF
MARCH***

CHECK BACK FOR UPCOMING APRIL

CLINIC

TNR will be starting up in March

MARCH TNR DATE
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19th

$55/cat
Includes: Spay/Neuter, microchip, rabies and distemper vaccine, flea treatment, left ear is tipped.

All cats must come in a humane trap. No carriers/crates/cages.

Text 847-490-5528 for instructions on how to participate.

02/07/2025

UPDATE 2/14/25: This event is ON regardless of weather. 🌧️❄️

🎉 Join us on Saturday, February 15th, from 9 AM to 11 AM for a drive-through pet food pantry in Cicero! 🐱🐶 We’ll have cat and dog food available. For this event, we're partnering with Cook County Sheriff's Office "Tails of Redemption", Town of Cicero and Waggin' Tails Animal Shelter/Cicero Animal Control.

You can find us at:
📍 3400 S. Laramie Avenue in the Parking Lot, just north of Cicero Community Park, Cicero, IL

The best part? There are no residency restrictions, so everyone is welcome! Pet food and supplies are first come, first served, so be sure to arrive early and snag your goods before they run out!🐾
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01/20/2025

It is with a heavy heart that we let Maureen go to a better place, early this morning💔

In her way she told us it was time and it would be unfair to not honor her. We are so very grateful that she found her way back to us and we were able to show her the love and kindness she deserved. Thank you to Dr Deb and staff for everything. Thank you all for your prayers and donations to help us with her journey🐾❤️🐾

9:30am
She is being well taken care of at Pet Vet Animal Clinic and Mobile Practice, Ltd. Dr Deb and team have her on IV and heat support.
Her bloodwork shows that her kidney function is off the charts and her blood glucose is barely registering. The rest looks ok.

To be honest the prognosis is poor but we will give her a shot and most importantly make sure she is warm and loved🐾
Thank you all for your support and prayers for Maureen.
We will post again this afternoon.

Maureen was adopted out in 2012 at the age of 2 so she is 14 now.

A good samaritan found her today, freezing in a garage and brought her to the wonderful folks at West Suburban Humane Society in Downers Grove.

Her original adopter moved out of State and handed her off to someone who eventually handed her off to someone else. No one reported her missing and the last time she was seen was September 2024 by the 2nd owner.

This little girl is lucky to be alive.
If you are a bit squeamish, we apologize. This is what happens to an indoor cat who is left to fend on their own, in winter, with no access to food and water.

We have never seen a cat that has so dramatically lost so much weight. She is a shell of her former self.

She has a long road ahead of her.
We hope the next 48 hours will see some progress🙏🏻

If you would like to join us in helping provide her care would would appreciate it.🐾

01/05/2025

Lucy is like an annoying fly🪰
But Ginger loves her.
She has found her forever home🐾

12/28/2024

12/24/2024

Happy Holidays🐾
We can’t thank you enough for supporting the feral and free roaming cats!

We could not have saved so many lives and TNR’d so many cats were it not for your generosity☃️🎄❤️

Special thanks to Pet Vet Animal Clinic and Mobile Practice, Ltd for helping us make a difference.🐾

Your donations go directly to cover the cost of veterinary care!

12/19/2024

Oaken Acres has had calls on a dozen or more sick Canada geese in the past two weeks. Some are dead. Some are dying. Others are symptomatic of avian (bird) flu. ALL ARE INFECTED with AVIAN FLU in our opinion. We have had to euthanize several outside our building and freeze them immediately for cremation. It's very sad but at least 50% of the calls we are getting are about geese that are stumbling around, maybe hit by a car, looks cold and sitting all alone in my yard for hours, unable to fly. Nearly all of these are turning out to be cases of avian flu. This is so sad for all these birds.

Oaken Acres will no longer be accepting geese exhibiting these symptoms for the safety of our inhouse birds and our staff. This disease is transmissable to humans and pets and we just can't afford that risk. Here's an important thing for anyone to remember if they are contemplating rescuing any waterfowl with these symptoms:

People can get avian influenza by: Touching bedding, feed, or water contaminated with waste from infected animals, then touching their eyes, nose, or mouth. Breathing in the virus in contaminated respiratory droplets or dust. Working with or drinking raw milk from infected animals.

You can go to this link for more information:
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/virus-transmission/avian-in-humans.html

Also, we are advising the public to NOT try to capture these sick birds. If there is a dead one in your yard, wear a face mask, put on a pair of rubber gloves, have two large garbage bags at the ready, and using a shovel try to get the goose into the bag. Try doing this without having any contact with the dead bird. It can be disposed of in your garbage. Please read the instructions on the flyer provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

If there are large numbers of birds that are dead or dying in an area, please contact your regional office of the Wildlife Biologist for the IDNR. In Northern Illinois, contact Jared Trickey at 815.904.4158.

12/08/2024

UPDATE ON BOB
Dr Deb and the great staff at Pet Vet Animal Clinic and Mobile Practice, Ltd got Bob in right away and his new tail looks wonderful and he is not in pain.
Bob will be up for adoption soon!

Thank you all who donated to help Bob and his new tail🐾

Thank you eveyone who has donated on Giving Tuesday, and p**f it is gone🌬️

We just took in this super friendly male cat yesterday, that one of our TNR caretakers had sighted with a degloved tail about a month ago.

He was caught and the dead part of his tail fell off.

We named him Bob and he will get an exam and surgery to finish the amputation as there is exposed bone.

In the meantime we will flyer the mailboxes as there are no postings.

Your donations will help cover the medical costs for Bob.

Thank you sooo much🐾