Pets & Foreclosure
Tips for Pet Owners Facing Foreclosure:
Learn helpful tips on relocating with pets, pet-friendly housing or finding your animals a safe place to stay. If you need to find a rental place that allows pets, try these helpful sites:
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Pet Food Pantry
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Medical Help
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Pet Loss & Grief Resources
C.A.R.E. Pet Loss Helpline (877) 394-CARE CVMA Pet Loss Support Helpline (630) 603-3994 CVMA Support Group (630) 325-1231 Companion Animal Memorial Fund (217) 333-2762 Forever Pets Pet Loss Grief Support In Memory of Pets Chicagoland Area Home Pet Euthanasia & Cremation Resources
www.safehumanechicago.org
Dog Fighting Contacts: Chicago’s Animal Abuse Control Team (312) 746-7141 CPD Animal Crimes Unit (312) 746-7141 To report an eyewitness account of animal abuse in progress: 911 Non-Emergency City Services: 311 Safe Humane Chicago SafeHumaneChicago.org |
Wildlife Rescue Info
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LOCAL WILDLIFE RESOURCES
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Top 10 Reasons to Spay or Neuter Your Pet
Whether you’ve recently adopted a pet or you’re considering it, one of the most important health decisions you’ll make is to spay or neuter your cat or dog. Spaying—removing the ovaries and uterus of a female pet—is a veterinary procedure that requires minimal hospitalization and offers lifelong health benefits. Neutering—removing the testicles of your male dog or cat—will vastly improve your pet’s behavior and keep him close to home.
Not convinced yet? Check out our handy—and persuasive—list of the top 10 reasons to spay or neuter your pet!
1. Your female pet will live a longer, healthier life.
Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 percent of dogs and 90 percent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.
2. Neutering provides major health benefits for your male.
Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age.
3. Your spayed female won't go into heat.
While cycles can vary, female felines usually go into heat four to five days every three weeks during breeding season. In an effort to advertise for mates, they'll yowl and urinate more frequently—sometimes all over the house!
4. Your male dog won't want to roam away from home.
An intact male will do just about anything to find a mate! That includes digging his way under the fence and making like Houdini to escape from the house. And once he's free to roam, he risks injury in traffic and fights with other males.
5. Your neutered male will be much better behaved.
Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, unneutered dogs and cats may mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering.
6. Spaying or neutering will NOT make your pet fat.
Don’t use that old excuse! Lack of exercise and overfeeding will cause your pet to pack on the extra pounds—not neutering. Your pet will remain fit and trim as long as you continue to provide exercise and monitor food intake.
7. It is highly cost-effective.
The cost of your pet's spay/neuter surgery is a lot less than the cost of having and caring for a litter. It also beats the cost of treatment when your unneutered tom escapes and gets into fights with the neighborhood stray!
8. Spaying and neutering your pet is good for the community.
Stray animals pose a real problem in many parts of the country. They can prey on wildlife, cause car accidents, damage the local fauna and frighten children. Spaying and neutering packs a powerful punch in reducing the number of animals on the streets.
9. Your pet doesn't need to have a litter for your children to learn about the miracle of birth.
Letting your pet produce offspring you have no intention of keeping is not a good lesson for your children—especially when so many unwanted animals end up in shelters. There are tons of books and videos available to teach your children about birth in a more responsible way.
10. Spaying and neutering helps fight pet overpopulation.
Every year, millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized or suffer as strays. These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering.
Not convinced yet? Check out our handy—and persuasive—list of the top 10 reasons to spay or neuter your pet!
1. Your female pet will live a longer, healthier life.
Spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast cancer, which is fatal in about 50 percent of dogs and 90 percent of cats. Spaying your pet before her first heat offers the best protection from these diseases.
2. Neutering provides major health benefits for your male.
Besides preventing unwanted litters, neutering your male companion prevents testicular cancer, if done before six months of age.
3. Your spayed female won't go into heat.
While cycles can vary, female felines usually go into heat four to five days every three weeks during breeding season. In an effort to advertise for mates, they'll yowl and urinate more frequently—sometimes all over the house!
4. Your male dog won't want to roam away from home.
An intact male will do just about anything to find a mate! That includes digging his way under the fence and making like Houdini to escape from the house. And once he's free to roam, he risks injury in traffic and fights with other males.
5. Your neutered male will be much better behaved.
Neutered cats and dogs focus their attention on their human families. On the other hand, unneutered dogs and cats may mark their territory by spraying strong-smelling urine all over the house. Many aggression problems can be avoided by early neutering.
6. Spaying or neutering will NOT make your pet fat.
Don’t use that old excuse! Lack of exercise and overfeeding will cause your pet to pack on the extra pounds—not neutering. Your pet will remain fit and trim as long as you continue to provide exercise and monitor food intake.
7. It is highly cost-effective.
The cost of your pet's spay/neuter surgery is a lot less than the cost of having and caring for a litter. It also beats the cost of treatment when your unneutered tom escapes and gets into fights with the neighborhood stray!
8. Spaying and neutering your pet is good for the community.
Stray animals pose a real problem in many parts of the country. They can prey on wildlife, cause car accidents, damage the local fauna and frighten children. Spaying and neutering packs a powerful punch in reducing the number of animals on the streets.
9. Your pet doesn't need to have a litter for your children to learn about the miracle of birth.
Letting your pet produce offspring you have no intention of keeping is not a good lesson for your children—especially when so many unwanted animals end up in shelters. There are tons of books and videos available to teach your children about birth in a more responsible way.
10. Spaying and neutering helps fight pet overpopulation.
Every year, millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized or suffer as strays. These high numbers are the result of unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying or neutering.
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Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Options
Friends of Animals 800-321-7387 203-656-1522 Friends of Animals will send you an order form and a directory of participating veterinarians nationwide. You pay Friends of Animals for a certificate which you then take to the vet. Call or order online by clicking link above. Spay/USA North Shore Animal League Intl. 800-248-SPAY 516-883-7575 Call Spay/USA or search their website by zip code to get the names, phone numbers, and prices of services that have agreed to provide lower cost spay/neutering for cats and dogs in your local area. Private veterinarians, community programs, and special clinics participate nationwide. Chicago and Suburban Spay/Neuter Clinics Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society ...................................... (312) 644-8338 PAWS Chicago L.F.Clinic............................... (773) 521-7729 Tree House Humane Society......................... (773) 262-4000 Chicago Heights South Suburban Humane Society...................(708) 755-1110 Chicago Ridge Animal Welfare League................................. (708) 636-8586 DeKalb TailsHumaneSociety ..................................... (815) 758-2457 Joliet SNIP Society ................................................. (815) 630-4411 Lisle SPAY Illinois .................................................. (630) 961-8000 Mokena NAWS............................................................ (708) 478-5102 Oak Park Animal Care League........................................ (708) 848-8155 West Chicago Giller Animal Hospital....................................... (630) 293-1575 North Aurora Fox Valley Animal Welfare League .................. (630) 800-2254 Tinley Park Area P.A.W.S. of Tinley Park (Certificate Program in local area).................... (815) 464-7298 Wonder Lake / Lake Villa AHA (Alliance for Humane Action) Clinic Referral Network .................................... (847) 960-8689 For those in financial need: DuPage County Animal Care and Control provides assistance ......................................... (630) 407-6500 Lake County IL Animal Care and Control provides assistance ......................................... (847) 377-4700 Morton Grove Wright Way Rescue Clinic (Low Cost if eligible based on financial need).. (847) 728-5435 |
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NOTE: "No-kill" shelter means they try to do what ever possible to save every animal but there are those can not be helped due to medical or mental issues. Rabies Tag Replacement
In Cook County, call 708-974-6140 for current replacement prices.
Send your request and copy of your current certificate to: Cook County Animal Control 10220 S. 76th Ave. Bridgeview, IL 60455 |
