A Heart for Animals, Inc.

03/23/2025

03/23/2025

Foster help needed asap! Reggie is about 2.5 years old. Lab/Shep mix. He is dog friendly, crate trained and housebroken. We need to move him asap. Please let us know if you can help. More info provided to interested party. Thanks!

Reggie is an adoptable Dog - Yellow Labrador Retriever & Shepherd Mix searching for a forever family near Huntley, IL. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

03/23/2025

Be a part of the solution...now is the time to help save lives.

03/20/2025

Save the date!

A Heart for Animals is a no-kill, non-profit 501(c)(3) animal rescue. They are foster based and believe that all animals deserve a chance to have a loving, forever home. They are a volunteer-only organization and rely on the commitment and skills of their volunteers to carry out their mission. Come join us at wine-o bingo and help raise money for this amazing organization. Over 4,000+ animals saved since 2012.

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03/18/2025

In 2005, a six-month-old kitten named Oscar was adopted by a nursing home in the US to be raised as a therapy cat. However, the workers noticed something peculiar about him.

While Oscar usually preferred to be alone, he occasionally crawled into a resident's bed and snuggled beside them.

The eerie thing about this is that the resident that Oscar would cuddle with would usually die within hours.

Initially, the staff didn't think much of it, but after this happened 20 times, they started to believe that Oscar knew when someone was close to passing away, and so when they noticed the cat next to a resident, they would call their loved ones to warn them.

Researchers speculate that Oscar could smell biochemicals released by dying cells and so chose to comfort lonely residents.

On one occasion, the staff was convinced that a resident was about to pass away, but Oscar refused to sit with them. Instead, he chose another resident who looked healthier, and that person passed away first.

Oscar died in 2022, and over the course of his life he accurately predicted over 100 deaths.

03/17/2025

The Legend of the P***y Willow

According to an old Polish legend, many springtimes ago a mother cat was crying at the bank of the river in which her kittens were drowning. The willows at the river’s edge longed to help her, so they swept their long graceful branches into the waters to rescue the tiny kittens who had fallen into the river while chasing butterflies. The kittens gripped on tightly to their branches and were safely brought to shore. Each springtime since, goes the legend, the willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds at their tips where the tiny kittens once clung.

Artist:
Rose Mary Berlin

Andy's Paw Prints

03/13/2025

FOSTER HELP NEEDED - Oreo is a 5 yr old Bernedoodle that comes into rescue this Sat. (3/15). She is a sweetheart per shelter we are pulling her from but will chase chickens. Please contact us asap if you can help with fostering. We also need transport help on Sat. if we cant find a foster. Thanks! [email protected] or 847.868.2432.

03/09/2025

Wow! Thank you to all who attended our Birthday Bowling Bash yesterday at Glo Bowl in Marengo. We celebrated A Heart for Animals turning 13! This was our event with the "most''..... most bowlers, most attendees, most silent auction items, most raffle items (over 100 silent/raffle items) and the most money raised for our foster animals! Thanks to our volunteers who have been working for months on this event and to those who helped at the event. Thank you to all those who made items and to those who donated items for our raffles and silent auctions. Special thanks to Glo Bowl for another great event. We are truly blessed to have all of you as our Rescue family!

03/08/2025

A Heart for Animals Birthday Bash. 13 Years saving cat and dogs!

03/08/2025

Meet Rose! She is a 2 yr Boston Terrrier. Please share her post and help her find a home.
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rose-ml-75482170/il/huntley/a-heart-for-animals-il698/

Rose ml is an adoptable Dog - Boston Terrier Mix searching for a forever family near Huntley, IL. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

03/05/2025

Adoption update! Wicket and Chewy are littermates and have been adopted to the same family. They will be able to spend their lives together. Congrats to them and their new family. Thanks to their foster family for fostering!

03/04/2025

Meet Journey! She is about 2 yrs old and we believe a Terrier/Corgi mix. https://www.petfinder.com/dog/journey-75405203/il/huntley/a-heart-for-animals-il698/ If interested please fill out our online app at www.aheartforanimals.org.

Journey is an adoptable Dog - Corgi & Terrier Mix searching for a forever family near Huntley, IL. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

03/04/2025

Meet Reggie! He is a 2.5 yr old Lab/Shep mix. Friendly boy. What a baby face. Please share his post and help him find a home. https://www.petfinder.com/dog/reggie-75404285/il/huntley/a-heart-for-animals-il698/ Online app at www.aheartforanimals.org.

Reggie is an adoptable Dog - Yellow Labrador Retriever & Shepherd Mix searching for a forever family near Huntley, IL. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.

03/04/2025

Meet Finn! What a handsome boy! He is 7 yrs old and his favorite thing to do is play fetch. https://www.petfinder.com/dog/finn-75404160/il/huntley/a-heart-for-animals-il698/ please share his post and lets find him a home. Online app at www.aheartforanimals.org.

Finn is an adoptable Dog - Siberian Husky searching for a forever family near Huntley, IL. Use Petfinder to find adoptable pets in your area.