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Pets & Foreclosure

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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:
  • People with Pets
  • ​Zumper


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Pet Food Pantry

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Helping the Community :
The Pet Food Pantry Helps
Low-Income Families Stay Together
 
Pet Food Pantries are funded solely by food donations. They accept any brand of dog or cat food and treats. For locations and information click here.

Learn About Your Pet's Health

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VeterinaryPartner.com is here
to support your veterinarian and
you in the care of your companion
animals by providing reliable,
up-to-date animal health information
from the veterinarians and experts
of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN), the world's first and largest online veterinary database and community.

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Medical Help
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Here's a list of organizations that provide emergency medical and other services

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Blue Pearl Skokie
24 hours/day
(847) 673-9110


Blue Pearl Northbrook 
24 hours/day
(847) 564-5775


Buffalo Grove - Veterinary Specialty Center
24 hours/day (847) 459-7535

Chicago Veterinary Emergency Services - MedVet Chicago 
24 hours/day  3305 N California Ave
(773) 281-7110

Chicago - Premier Veterinary Group
24 hours/day  3927 W Belmont Ave
(773) 516-5800

Lisle - Emergency Veterinary Services
M-F 6pm-8am, S-S 24 hours
(630) 960-2900

POISON CONTROL
ASPCA-Animal Poison Control Center 24 hours/day 
(888) 426-4435

Kansas State Veterinary Poison Control
24 hours/day (785) 532-5679


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

  • 1. http://www.pethospicechicago.com/
  •     https://lastkissathome.com/
  •     http://www.mycompassionateheart.com/
  •     https://www.lapoflove.com/Locations-Illinois-Chicago
  •     https://petlossathome.com/mobile-vet/illinois/chicago-cat-dog-euthanasia/
  • ​    https://animalcremationsocietyofchicagoland.com/
  •     https://agentlegoodbye.com/

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


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Wildlife Rescue Info


​My Dog Found an animal

​​I found a baby bird

Red Door Shelter
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2nd Hand Ranch & Rescue

LOCAL WILDLIFE RESOURCES

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors
BirdMonitors.net, 773.988.1867 If you have found an injured or baby bird, call the CBCM hotline to determine next steps.

Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation: Chicago & Barrington
FlintCreekWildlife.org, 847.842.8000 Injured birds, reptiles, and injured small mammals (excluding skunks, bats, and raccoons) are accepted at the Chicago location with an appointment.

Willowbrook Wildlife Center: Glen Ellyn
DuPageForest.org/willowbrook-wildlife-center, 630.942.6200 Treats injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife native to DuPage County, including eastern chipmunks, eastern cottontails, mink, muskrats, opossums, gray and fox squirrels, woodchucks, small rodents, raccoons, coyotes, foxes, weasels, songbirds, birds of prey, waterfowl, migratory birds, turtles, snakes, frogs, salamanders, and toads.


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Top 10 Reasons to Spay or Neuter Your Pet

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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.

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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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Please click on the above title for link to list and note that we do not maintain that list so for updates you will need to contact them.
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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

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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

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