City Dogs Rescue

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Shelter Directory

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Featured Shelter: Blue Sky Dog Rescue

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Illinois

Anna
Pets Are Worth Saving, Inc. (P.A.W.S.)

Arlington Heights
The Buddy Foundation

Barrington Hills
Animal House Shelter

Bellville
Belleville Area Rescue for K-9′s (B.A.R.K.)

Bloomington
Central Illinois Small Animal Rescue & Equestrian Sanctuary

Canton
Fulton County Humane Society

Chicago
ARFhouse Chicago
Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation
Furry Friends Foundation

PAWS Chicago (Featured Shelter!) 
Red Door Animal Shelter
Tree House Animal Foundation

Chicago Ridge
Animal Welfare League

Clinton
DeWitt County Animal Shelter
Second Chance for Pets

Crystal Lake
Animal Outreach Humane Society of McHenry County
Assisi Animal Foundation
Helping Paws

Darien
A Caring Place Humane Society

Downers Grove
West Suburban Humane Society

Easton
Pets Without Parents of Central Illinois

Edwardsville
Hope Animal Rescues
Metro East Humane Society

Elk Grove
Second Chance Pet Adoption
Almost Home Foundation

Evanston
CARE (Community Animal Rescue Effort)

Galesburg
Prairieland Animal Welfare Center

Glen Ellyn
Animal REscue Foundation of Illinois (ARF-IL)

Grand Ridge
Pet Project Inc.

Grayslake
Save-a-Pet

Gurnee
Tails Of Hope

Highland
Highland Animal Shelter

Hinckley
Recycling Animals In Need (R.A.I.N.)

Hinsdale
Hinsdale Humane Society

Jacksonville
The Dog P.E.N. (Public Education Network)

Kankakee
Humane Society of Kankakee County

Libertyville
Animal Education & Rescue

Lockport
Tender Loving Care Animal Shelter

Maroa
Victorian House Animal Placements

McHenry
Animal Outreach Society

Milan
Quad City Animal Welfare Center

Monmouth
Warren County Humane Society
Western Illinois Animal Rescue

Naperville
Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment
Naperville Humane Society

Northbrook
Heartland Animal Shelter

O’Fallon
Spencer Pet Rescue

Oak Park
Animal Care League

Palos Park
Animals for Awareness

Plainfield
Homeless Animal Rescue Team of IL (H.A.R.T.)

Pontiac
Livingston County Humane Society

Quincy
Quincy Humane Society

Ringwood
Pets in Need Midwest

Riverwoods
Orphans of the Storm

Rockford
Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary
Winnebago County Animal Services

Round Lake
Petropolis Adoptions

Rushville
Schuyler County Humane Society

Schaumburg
Pet-Able Adoptions
Strays Halfway House

South Elgin
Anderson Animal Shelter

Sparta
Randolph County Humane Society

Springfield
Animal Protective League of Springfield and Sangamon County

St. Charles
Home for Endangered and Lost Pets (HELP)

Tinley Park
People’s Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)

Urbana
Champaign County Humane Society

Vandalia
2nd Chance Animal Rescue

Villa Ridge
Southern Illinois Pet Society

Waterloo
Humane Society of Monroe County

Winchester
Scott County Dog Rescue

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  1. Cleonice says:

    great website. have bookmarked. thanks.

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