First Watch Rescue

First Watch Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that is foster-based (meaning, cage-free) consisting of a small board of directors operating out of Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Our Mission is to perform Trap-Neuter-Return for the community and feral feline overpopulation, rescue, rehabilitate and rehome animals in crisis and inspire a community through education and demonstration of the animal-human bond. We always have an agent available to assist with someone who has stray cats free-roaming their area and doesn’t know where to begin, and we make sure that adoptable animals are taken off the street, fixed, offered internal and external parasite preventatives and vaccinated before finding them loving homes.

Our Founder – The drive to rescue was instilled very early on for FWR Founder and President Autumn Davis. Growing up in the country, animals were often abandoned on her dirt road. As little girl she would be outside and notice a vehicle speeding away, leaving behind a dog to pace up and down – sometimes for hours, waiting for its owner who would never return. During that first experience Autumn would later hear from her daddy that the dog was found dead in the road, hit by another speeding vehicle. After that tragic event she and her family decided it would never happen again – and they began to take quick action every time, recording license plate numbers whenever possible and rallying up the animal for a trip to the humane society. This lit a fire in her soul and set her on the path to to advocate for animal welfare.

It feels pretty good, to have made such an impact since that awful day.

You can make a difference, too!

Please see our pages on ADOPTION and DONATIONS.

*We had the pleasure of chatting with the people at CanvasRebel about the business end of rescue, for additional reading you can check out the publication here.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (we don’t need laws to proudly declare)

First Watch Rescue continues to be committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in all aspects of our critical lifesaving work of saving and protecting cats globally including our community outreach, participants and allies. The motto is simple: they’re everyone’s cats, and everyone helps.

First Watch Rescue works with others who share our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and ensures that our services and initiatives are accessible with no racial disparities to our community. First Watch Rescue is committed to creating a diverse team culture which recognizes and respects the expertise and impact of each.

We welcome and encourage individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, and cultures to join us with our advocacy, changing communities, and providing humane education and outreach. With diverse, equitable recruiting, training, retention, promoting, support, and culture of inclusion, we can create a world together where animals are protected, and every community and shelter have policies and programs to defend them.