General Adoption Information

One of the most important programs to allow a county to become "No-Kill" is strong, readily available adoption programs. Animal Outreach has adopted out over 3800 animals, and makes itself available for adoptions as much as our volunteer resources allow.

Animal Outreach does not have a physical shelter facility, the majority of our animals are kept in volunter foster homes, and some others are kept at local Petsmarts Adoption Centers located in those Petsmart stores (and available for viewing whenever those stores are open).

In addition, information about all of our animals up for adoption is available at any time on this website as well as on petfinder.com.

Adoption Information Checklist

Animal Outreach currently adopts out only cats and kittens. If you are looking for a dog, we highly recommend checking out McHenry County Animal Control. If they do not have the dog you are looking for, you can also check out petfinder.com.

The cost of adopting an animal from Animal Outreach is as follows:

Cats (over 12 months old): $50 dollar donation
Kittens: $125 dollar donation
Some cats may be less based on certain circumstances like special needs.

Each animal includes the following services:

animal is already spayed and neutered.
animal has already been given its distemper shot.
animal has been dewormed.
animal has been microchipped.
animal has been vetchecked and deemed healthy (Note: if an animal has special needs it will be indicated).
animal comes with a health guarantee
the vast majority of our animals are cared for in loving foster homes which gives the animals more social interaction and allows us to better see their personality traits.

If you would like to adopt from us, you can get a head start on the process by downloading and filling out our adoption questionnaire.