Friends of Madera Animal Shelter

06/14/2026

🐾 THANK YOU, LITTLE CRITTERS PUPPY RESCUE! 🐾
Because of the incredible support from our community, another group of puppies is now safe and heading toward brighter futures. We are so grateful to Little Critters Puppy Rescue for stepping up and taking in five of the puppies abandoned at our office this week. 💙

Every share, donation, kind word, and rescue connection has helped give these babies a real chance at finding loving forever homes. Watching our community come together during such a difficult and emotional situation has truly meant the world to us.

We are now down to the final few puppies still needing rescue placement, and we are continuing to fight for them just as hard.
Thank you to everyone who has supported, donated, shared our posts, and kept these puppies in your thoughts.

And most importantly, thank you again to for opening your hearts and your doors to these puppies. We appreciate you more than words can say. 🐶✨💙

🐾 ¡Gracias, LITTLE CRITTERS PUPPY RESCUE! 🐾
Debido al increíble apoyo de nuestra comunidad, otro grupo de cachorros está ahora a salvo y se dirige hacia un futuro más brillante. Estamos muy agradecidos a Little Critters Puppy Rescue por dar un paso adelante y acoger a cinco de los cachorros abandonados en nuestra oficina esta semana. 💙
Cada acción, donación, palabra amable y conexión de rescate ha ayudado a dar a estos bebés una oportunidad real de encontrar hogares amorosos para siempre. Ver a nuestra comunidad unirse en una situación tan difícil y emocional realmente ha significado el mundo para nosotros.

Ahora estamos hasta los últimos cachorros que aún necesitan ser colocados en el rescate, y seguimos luchando por ellos con la misma fuerza.

Gracias a todos los que han apoyado, donado, compartido nuestras publicaciones y mantenido a estos cachorros en sus pensamientos.

Y lo más importante, gracias de nuevo a por abrir sus corazones y sus puertas a estos cachorros. Te apreciamos más de lo que las palabras pueden decir. 🐶✨💙

06/13/2026

A huge shout out to The Kirkland Foundation and Kyle Kirkland for gifting us supplies. They saw we were in need and stepped up and shared some of their supplies with us. Thank you for your generous and continued support. We appreciate all you do!

06/13/2026

Don't miss your chance to meet Chan, Blaze, Blue, Thor and Bruce today at Petco 2140 W Cleveland Ave Ste 100, Madera, CA 93637. We will be here until 2:30pm

06/13/2026

We are so appreciative of everyone who has donated. We called on our community for help because we were in a desperate situation and the community definately stepped up. Thank you doesn't describe how much we truly appreciate all the donations we have received so far. We definately have great supporters in this community. We will be highlighting some of our donations and donors in the following week. We wanted to start with this amazing gift we were given. We want to give a huge shout out and thank you to Central Valley Community Foundation. They saw our story contacted us and gave us a $40,000 dollar check!!!! Thank you from all of us at FMAS. You have made it possible for us to continue this life saving work and continue to help our community and their animals.

06/12/2026

A huge shout out and thank you to Connie, Emily and Nick's Towing for saving the day. Diana and Blanca were on their way to bay area PetSmart's fully loaded with cats when they broke down on Hwy 152. In this heat this is an emergency situation!!! They did not hesitate to drop what they were doing and come to their rescue with our other van. They were able to unload the cats and get them loaded into the other van so they could continue delivering our cats to PetSmart's in the Bay area and Nick's towing came right away to pick up the broken down van and get our girls back to the office.

06/12/2026

With all the chaos involved in animal rescue it nice to see a happy ending and a perfect example of why microchipping is so important. This is a cat FMAS microchipped and was found many many miles away, over 600 to be more precise in Flagstaff Arizona by people trapping and fixing cats. The cat was reunited with the original owner here in Madera and she was overjoyed and very appreciative to have her baby back! FMAS provides a low cost shot clinic every month and we offer micro chipping. If you are interested please see our shot clinic information if you are interested.

Vicki Pratt, holding Chiquita, poses with Michael Israel, of High Country Humane. Chiquita was reunited with Pratt after having gone missing for six months

06/12/2026

We honestly do not even know where to begin except with thank you. ❤️

Over the last 24 hours, so many people came together to help these puppies, and we are beyond grateful.

A huge thank you to MIZFIT MUTTZ RESCUE in Reno, Nevada, for stepping up and taking in 9 of these babies and giving them a chance at a safe future. Thank you to the incredible volunteers who drove nearly 10 hours yesterday to make sure those puppies arrived safely.

Thank you as well to the fosters who opened their homes to the remaining puppies while we continue working to secure rescue placement for them. We simply could not bear the thought of sending them to the shelter after fighting so hard to find another option.

And finally, thank you to our community. The donations, shares, messages, encouragement, and support have truly humbled us. In one of the hardest moments our rescue has faced, you reminded us that we are not fighting alone.

We are still working hard for the remaining puppies, but because of all of you, they have hope today. And that means everything. 🐾

Honestamente, ni siquiera sabemos por dónde empezar, excepto con agradecimiento. ❤️

En las últimas 24 horas, muchas personas se reunieron para ayudar a estos cachorros, y estamos más que agradecidos.

Muchas gracias a MIZFIT MUTTZ RESCUE en Reno, Nevada, por dar un paso adelante y acoger a 9 de estos bebés y darles la oportunidad de un futuro seguro. Gracias a los increíbles voluntarios que condujeron casi 10 horas ayer para asegurarse de que esos cachorros llegaran sanos y salvos.

Gracias también a los acogida que abrieron sus hogares a los cachorros restantes mientras seguimos trabajando para asegurarles la colocación de rescate. Simplemente no podíamos soportar la idea de enviarlos al refugio después de luchar tan duro para encontrar otra opción.

Y finalmente, gracias a nuestra comunidad. Las donaciones, las acciones, los mensajes, el aliento y el apoyo nos han honrado. En uno de los momentos más difíciles que ha enfrentado nuestro rescate, nos recordaron que no estamos luchando solos.

Todavía estamos trabajando duro para los cachorros que quedan, pero gracias a todos ustedes, tienen esperanza hoy. Y eso significa todo. 🐾

06/11/2026

9 of the 19 puppies arrived at the rescue that stepped up to help us. Thank you everyone who was involved in making this happen. There is alot of moving parts and hard work involved in getting rescue placement for this many puppies at this age and our fantastic staff, volunteers and rescue partners did a fantastic job and making it happen quickly.The other 10 are currently still looking for rescue. Please contact us if you are a rescue that is able to help.

06/11/2026

🐶✨ Come on down and meet some adorable pups looking for their forever homes this Saturday! Whether you’re ready to adopt or just want some puppy cuddles and tail wags, we’d love to see you there. ❤️🐾
Who knows? Your new best friend might be waiting for you!

🐶✨ ¡Ven y conoce a unos adorables cachorros que buscan sus hogares para siempre este sábado! Ya sea que estés listo para adoptar o simplemente quieras unos abrazos de cachorro y meneos de cola, nos encantaría verte allí. ❤️🐾
¿Quién sabe? ¡Tu nuevo mejor amigo podría estar esperándote!

06/10/2026

Join us this Saturday at our FMAS Adoption Event at Petco in Madera! ❤️
Come meet some of our adoptable dogs who are looking for loving forever homes. Whether you’re ready to adopt or just want to stop by and support, we’d love to see you there!
📍 Petco – 2140 W Cleveland Ave, Ste 100, Madera, CA 93637
📅 Saturday, June 13
Let’s help these pups find the families they deserve. 🐾

¡Acompáñanos este sábado en nuestro Evento de Adopción de FMAS en Petco de Madera! ❤️

Ven a conocer algunos de nuestros perros disponibles para adopción que están buscando un hogar lleno de amor. Ya sea que estés listo para adoptar o simplemente quieras pasar a apoyar, ¡nos encantará verte allí!

📍 Petco – 2140 W Cleveland Ave, Suite 100, Madera, CA 93637
📅 Sábado 13 de junio

Ayúdanos a encontrarles a estos perritos la familia que merecen. 🐾