Midwest Animal Rescue Service of Illinois (MARS) was started in 2009 in order to help alleviate the pet over-population issues in southern IL, MO, KY, AR, and TN through a no-kill adoption program. Our desire to help animals in need has allowed us to offer rescue services for hundreds of dogs and puppies, cats and kittens, and horses.

The first step in our adoption process is to complete our online adoption application. The application's status will be emailed to the applicant within 1 business day, excluding holidays. As long as the application is approved, the adopter will be able to attend and adopt from any of our adoption events, or request a reservation (meeting) with an available animal for our event. Our adoption contract that must be signed upon adoption is available for review by clicking on "Adoption Contract" in the link list to the left.