Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., feeds a colony of feral cats at a storage lot for vehicles in North chicago where about 15 cats currently live. She also traps feral cats which have not been spayed or neutered yet and rescues abandoned house cats and offers them for adoption. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Lynette Varvil (center) of North Chicago takes care of feral and abandoned cats, including Ci (right) who has a pin in his broken femur, along with Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc. in a garage where the cats are kept until they can be adopted. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., drives around a pick-up truck with cat food to feed colonies of feral cats in North Chicago. She also traps feral cats which have not been spayed or neutered yet and rescues abandoned house cats and offers them for adoption. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

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Lynette Varvil of North Chicago takes care of feral and abandoned cats, including Ci (right) who has a pin in his broken femur, with Fat Cat Rescue, Inc. in a garage in North Chicago where the tame cats are kept until they can be adopted. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., feeds a colony of feral cats at a storage lot for vehicles in North chicago where about 15 cats currently live. She also provides straw and small foam homes for them for warmth after they are spayed and neutered. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., feeds a colony of feral cats at a storage lot for vehicles in North chicago where about 15 cats currently live. She also provides straw and small foam homes for them for warmth after they are spayed and neutered. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mary is one of the cats up for adoption through Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., in North Chicago. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

A feral cat eats from a dish in the yard at Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc. in North Chicago. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., feeds a colony of feral cats at a storage lot for vehicles in North chicago where about 15 cats currently live. She also provides straw and small foam homes for them for warmth after they are spayed and neutered. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

One of the foam homes for feral cats which Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., has set up in her yard. She also traps feral cats which have not been spayed or neutered yet and rescues abandoned house cats and offers them for adoption. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Birds often snatch the dry cat food which Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., leaves for feral cats in her yard. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Two of the dozen feral cats who come to the home of Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., during meal time. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Mary Kaye Larsen-Olloway of North Chicago, founder of Fat Cat Rescue, Inc., houses some of the rescued abandoned cats in her father's garage in North Chicago until they can be adopted. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media