Advocates for Chicagoland Animals

17/04/2024

"The shelter where I work took in 694 animals last year. Every day, we face animal cruelty – and communicating the crisis can feel impossible "

The shelter where I work took in 694 animals last year. Every day, we face animal cruelty – and communicating the crisis can feel impossible

14/04/2024

Lake County residents can receive low-cost rabies and distemper vaccinations for their pets at Lake County Animal Care and Control. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 847-377-4700.

18736 West Peterson Road
Libertyville, IL 60048

PRICES

Cash or debit/credit card accepted.

FOR PETS SPAYED/NEUTERED*

• One-year rabies vaccination and Lake County tag: $20.00

• One-year rabies vaccination, distemper, and Lake County tag: $25.00

• Distemper complex (only): $10.00

• Microchip: $15.00

*Proof of spay/neuter required at time of service.

FOR PETS NOT SPAYED/NEUTERED

• One-year rabies vaccination and Lake County tag: $60.00

• One-year rabies vaccination, distemper and Lake County tag: $65.00

• Distemper complex (only): $10.00

• Microchip: $15.00

05/04/2024

Never doubt the power of a microchip, and keeping your records up to date.

“I never gave up,” said the dog's owner. “I put up over a thousand flyers. I had a flyer on my back windshield. I wore her leash whenever I would look for her.

29/12/2023

If you haven’t signed this petition yet, please sign it. And if this issue is important to you, please share it.

The originator’s goal is to get more than 15,000 signatures, and then deliver it to the Mayor and City Council.

Save the Dogs at Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC): They Are Killed Without Warning

13/12/2023

Action item for Chicago residents concerned animal welfare.

The Office of the Inspector General of the City of Chicago is seeking feedback on its proposed 2024 audit and review of city agencies, including CACC. Please review the link in the comments, and then provide FEEDBACK encouraging the OIG to more fully investigate CACC's policies and practices. You can of course offer feedback on the other agencies as well.

Deadline is Dec 31 but please do this now so you do not forget.

Here's the feedback form.

Your feedback matters! Receiving public feedback on the OIG Public Safety Section Annual Outlook and the Audit and Program Review Section Annual Plan helps inform OIG’s understanding of what is important to members of the community. Ensuring community feedback will help us promote transparency and...

11/09/2023

Please read, sign and share this petition. Things at Chicago’s Animal Care and Control are disturbing and many people are working to try to make the problems public, so that more residents (and VOTERS) will demand better management, and a more compassionate approach to animal welfare in the city.

A selection from the petition itself:

Dog “euthanasia” numbers at Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC ) have skyrocketed from 20% to 40% since January, 2023, and continue to rise at an alarming rate on a daily basis.…

The total number of dogs killed in 2022 was approximately 1,860 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. In contrast, the number killed already this year, OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN MONTHS, from January through mid August, 2023, is close to 1,400. In April and May alone, it was 40-50 per week, as many as 20 at a time. Chicago’s live outcome rate is a shameful 73%, which means that 1 out of every 4 dogs that enters the pound is killed. Many of these were young, healthy adoptable dogs killed for space. We reject the term “euthanasia,” and call destroying healthy lives what it is: killing.
The time to speak out is NOW before deaths keep climbing and as Chicago has a newly-elected Mayor and new members of the City Council who took office in May.

Present Leadership and Management of CACC are barely running an underfunctioning pound and are unqualified to make evaluations and assessments of the dogs suffering under their care. They need to be REMOVED and REPLACED by qualified professionals who respect the life of sentient beings, are knowledgeable in dog behavior and are specifically trained in how to run a shelter.

The new Mayor, Brandon Johnson, needs to become aware of the embarrassment that this facility has become to its citizens and in the eyes of the rest of our nation. If he wants to turn an archaic dog pound, unchanged since it was opened decades ago, and transform it into a model for the country, he must name new Leadership to lead the facility. A new Executive Director should come from outside the city or county government. The Mayor should conduct a national search for someone experienced in shelter care who will commit to turning the pound into a No Kill Shelter.

Click thru to read the rest, then sign and share this document!

Save the Dogs at Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC): They Are Killed Without Warning

13/07/2023

Starting in August, the clinic-on-wheels will offer physical exams, diagnostic testing and other free services to animals in Englewood, West Englewood, Woodlawn and Back of the Yards.

18/06/2023

24Pet is hosting its first-ever 24-hour microchipping event with locations across the Chicagoland area. Join us with your furry friend on Saturday, June 24, 2023. One Tail at a Time will be hosting free microchips from 9am-3pm at the Ellis Vet Clinic (635 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612).

Pets will be helped on a first-come first served basis. Be sure to bring dogs on leashes and cats and rabbits in carriers in order for them to safely be microchipped.

Microchipping is the only reliable, permanent form of identification that can help reunite you with your pet if they ever get lost. For more information and to find other participating locations visit: 24pet.com/chip-in

26/04/2023

Please sign this petition to help save lives at CACC.

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

09/07/2022

A good reminder that dogs don't have to be lost for long before they start looking neglected. This one was lost for three weeks:

"Although alive, Lulu was in bad shape. The 80lb (36.29kg) dog had dropped 23lbs since she was lost; she was dehydrated, dirty and her fur was matted."

This story has a happy ending.

Construction crew found elderly Lulu in bushes after thinking she was a bear

01/03/2022

Enforcement of the Humane Law starts with YOU. If you see an Illinois Pet store selling puppies and kittens, please immediately and respectfully call the IL Department of Agriculture at 1-217-782-4944 or complete this link:https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Animals/AnimalHealth/Documents/Animal%20Health%20and%20Welfare%20Complaint%20Form.pdf

10/02/2022

Please fill out a slip to oppose this.

🆘⚡ACTION ALERT ⚡🆘 Witness slips needed to OPPOSE HB 4643 ‼️ This bill will gut and replace the IL Humane Pet Store LAW. Help us end the puppy mill pipeline in Illinois FOREVER!
Click this link 👉https://tinyurl.com/3xxcc7n9 to complete a witness slip.

08/02/2022

Please follow the directions to fill out a witness slip as a proponent of this legislation. And feel free to share!

💥 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧💥 Your proponent slips are needed today for HB4641.

This bill was drafted with the help of DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin in response to the “slap on the wrist” that occurred with the owner of the West Chicago kennel that caught fire in 2019, resulting in the death of 29 dogs.

𝗛𝗕𝟰𝟲𝟰𝟭 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗧.

Please complete a witness slip and ask your friends to do the same. Thank you for helping protect Illinois animals from would-be offenders!

File a witness slip here: https://bit.ly/3ux4TGT

I. Identification -
Enter your info.
Firm/Business: "self "
Title: "self "
II. Representation
Enter "Self"
III. Position
Enter "Proponent"
IV. Testimony
Enter" Record of Appearance Only"

20/01/2022

The pro-puppy mill lobby is trying A NEW BILL to try to overturn the recently signed law here in Illinois.

Please reach out to your state rep and ask them to OPPOSE this bill.

Find your rep: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/maps/illinois-house/

🆘🆘🆘🆘ACTION ALERT🆘🆘🆘🆘
We knew they were up to something! Rep. Will Davis (https://www.facebook.com/repwill.davis) has filed HB 4643 to repeal and replace the Humane Pet Store Law! Please ☎️call AND email YOUR Illinois state representatives in SPRINGFIELD and ask they to OPPOSE HB 4643. Please do not delay! You can read the full text of the bill here https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=4643&GAID=16&GA=102&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=138663&SessionID=110

14/01/2022

Some more awfulness in the proposed SB 1751, which also blocks rescues from doing background checks on potential adopters.

This bill is PRO-CRUELTY. Think about that.

Please sign the Witness Slip as an OPPONENT and select Record of Appearance (link in the original post) and reach out to your IL state reps and tell them to vote against this bill. The session is TUESDAY.

Full language of the bill:
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10200SB1751ham002&GA=102&SessionId=110&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=134391&DocNum=1751&GAID=16&SpecSess=&Session=

Read it and weep. The 2nd admendment to SB 1751, which would repeal the humane pet store law BEFORE it goes into effect would STOP shelters, rescues and Animal control officers from doing background checks on adopters. That includes the Animal Abuse Registry.
Please fill out a witness slip to OPPOSE this amendment tagged onto an insurance bill. You can read the full language of the amendment in our comments. Witness Slip Link 👇https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/134391?committeeHearingId=18908&LegislationId=134391&LegislationDocumentId=172495&HCommittees1%2F19%2F2022-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1642018351549&fbclid=IwAR1rjycrsmfIei4C3cL1VDzOFwabanp5nhTRl2xBwVCorbNfQDpq-DWuBV8

13/01/2022

Please fill out a witness slip as described, as an OPPONENT.

Two of the pet stores that do not want to go to a humane business model are trying to repeal the recently enacted legislation that was put in place to stop the cruelty of puppy mills by stopping the flow of profits from Illinois stores.

The committee will be hearing this bill next Tuesday, January 18.

‼ ACTION ALERT ‼
SB 1751 Amendment 2 is scheduled for a hearing next week. Petland and Furry Babies are trying to repeal the newly passed Humane Pet Store Law. Don't let them reverse 7 years of our hard work! Puppy mills have no place in our state.
Fill out your name/representation. Click, "OPPONENT" & "Record of Appearance Only." https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/134391?committeeHearingId=18908&LegislationId=134391&LegislationDocumentId=172495&HCommittees1%2F19%2F2022-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1642018351549&fbclid=IwAR1ivDJ2XTY5tCBLDVWm_Qwxisl4nTbK6GcKmWyIJuOHq-aKaD2YS0kr9Sw

14/12/2021

A heads-up because the doggie Advent Calendars are so popular now. This particular one is believed to have been sold only in Canada, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have found its way to a secondary-sales site like EBay and be available for purchase to non-Canadians.

Complete details of the Costco Irish Rover 2021 Advent Calendar dog treats recall as reported by the editors of the Dog Food Advisor.

05/12/2021

Just a few more hours to get your LDI t-shirt, hooded sweatshirt, baseball t or long sleeve tee. Wear with pride and let people know about how we help families with their lost dogs!

Buy LOST DOGS ILLINOIS 2021 merchandise that supports Lost Dogs Illinois Nfp. Featuring Heavy Metal Premium Unisex Tees, professionally printed in the USA.

06/06/2021

A pet food pantry with pick-up-by-appointment location in Willowbrook IL seems to be an underused resource for Chicagoland pet owners needing assistance. Please contact Wet Nose Pet Food Pantry (contact info on their FB page) if you need help feeding your pet and please share so others become aware.

01/06/2021

Thank you to all the people who have advocated for this legislation, and have been working to end the scourge of the puppy mills and the like.

And thanks to everyone who called their legislators about this bill.

To cut off the puppy mill pipeline into Illinois, the state is set to ban sales of dogs and cats at pet stores, in bipartisan support

31/05/2021

Illinois dog lovers, please call Illinois State Senator Don Harmon's Springfield office TODAY and ask that he bring HB 1711, known as the puppy mill bill, or Lucy's Law, to a vote. The Senate is in session on the holiday.

(217) 782-8176

There is staff in the office today answering phones, and we CAN make an impact.

17/05/2021

If you are a pittie parent residing in DuPage County and need some help paying for your pet's wellness right now, contact DuPage County Animal Services via the link shown below to learn more about these now-available resources.