Chicago Rescue Authority

10/07/2025

In the market for love? Come check out these cute little adoptable bombshells making an appearance at the SuperAdoptionEvent at Therapy Corps THIS SATURDAY, in addition to several other wonderful local rescues who will be there with over 100 adoptable dogs and cats, all with reduced adoption fees!

The event runs from 10:30am to 1:30pm and since everyone will be spayed/neutered and ready to go, we'll be allowing adopters to take home their friends same-day on a trial adoption to ensure everything goes smoothly before making it official (Or... closing off, as you Love Island fans might prefer to call it. 😉)

08/07/2025

Last night at 3 am our amazing foster had to rush Maeve to our friends . When she got there we were told that she had a 105 fever and was showing signs of focal seizures. Unsure of what was going on everyone agreed that hospitalizing her was in her best interest. This was not an expense that we had planned (are they ever). For a rescue that hasn’t been in operation long enough to build a large contingency fund unexpected costs like this can halter our ability to take in more animals until we are financially able to recover. If you are able to donate to Maeve’s care we greatly appreciate it. If you’re not able to donate, sharing this post is also just as helpful.

Ways to donate:
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChicagoRescueAuth?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US
Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo:
Shelterluv: https://checkout.shelterluv.com/donate/TCRA

06/07/2025

These babies need our help. We have a foster for them but we would love to find foster commitment for the other 3. They are in horrible shape, but seem to be young, medium sized non shedding breeds, possibly doodle type. I’d guess around 30lbs each.

We’re also hoping to find a volunteer groomer to help us shave the years of matting off of them and give them some much needed relief. Let us know if you’d like to help.

03/07/2025

We got a BUSSSSYYY summer coming up! Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details! Come party with CRA! Dog kisses are always free at our booths!

02/07/2025

As we draw nearer to the dreaded Fourth of July fireworks bonanza, please take the proper precautions to protect your pets.

40% more dogs go missing during the week of July 4th than any other time during the year. Make sure your pets are microchipped, that the microchip is appropriately registered, and that they are wearing a secure collar and legible ID tag. Try to ensure that you're scheduling walks or potty breaks around fireworks as much as possible, and keep them on well fitted harness or martingale collar and leash when outside.

Remember that our city shelter is already at capacity going into the holiday, so every owned pet that goes missing and gets picked up by animal control during the coming weeks will directly result in a dog at the shelter running out of time. Please do not let your pet be the cause of another negative statistic.

If you find any missing pets during the holiday, don't hesitate to reach out to our team for assistance! We can microchip scan and help guide you in getting loose pets reunited with their families.

Celebrate safely!

02/07/2025

Friendly reminder that it costs nothing to foster a dog. We pay for medical, supplies, and food for the entirety of the foster period. All we ask of our fosters is to be willing to transport their fosters to medical appointments and occasional adoption events and to supply them with love, structure, and patience.

You are not expected to find homes for your foster dog. That's our job. You're not expected to pay for a dog sitter if you have to go out of town. We'll figure that part out. We strive to make it as easy as possible for you to help us save a life.

So, what's stopping you?

01/07/2025

We currently have 44 dogs in our care. Purebred dogs, puppies, seniors, small dogs, non-shedding dogs, large breed dogs, fluffy perfect mutts, tiny chaotic chihuahuas --- we have them all. And almost all of them are accepting applications for adoption.

44 dogs might not seem like a ton if you follow some of the larger scale rescues. We don't have a facility. We're not brick and mortar based. All of these dogs are in foster homes receiving the love and structure they deserve while they wait for an adopter. And to that end, 44 dogs is a lot.

Each foster needs supplies. Each dog needs medical care. We cover the cost of all of those things. We spend anywhere from $500 to $5000 on each dog in our care, so in addition to fosters and adopters, what we need most to help us continue this mission is donors.

The world seems like it's falling apart around us right now and it feels weird to hold out my hat asking for donations at a time like this, but the reality is that with so much sadness and despair and uncertainty in our world today, the unconditional love and companionship of pets is the one thing reliably getting so many of us through each day.

If you're in a position to give, please sign up today to be a monthly partner. $5, $50, $100, more? Any amount helps. Truly. And knowing we can rely on that donation every month makes it worth 10x more than the monetary value alone.

https://checkout.shelterluv.com/donate/TCRA

Thank you for your support.

-Megan and Serenity
Co-Founders and Executive Directors
Chicago Rescue Authority

01/07/2025

28 new dogs joined us in June. Every one of them deserving, sweet, and desperately seeking an adopter. Many of the dogs we took in this month were puppies who have grown up their entire lives so far in the shelter system, and that is so heartbreaking.

This brings us to a total of 111 lives saved this year, which has already surpassed the final tally of 97 in our first year of operations. We're well on the way to doubling our impact this year, and that's entirely thanks to every one of you reading this. Thank you for your support. Thank you for adopting, volunteering, fostering. Thank you for donating, sharing, and talking to your friends about our little rescue with a big mission.

Let's kick ass the rest of this year. There are many more dogs to save.

30/06/2025

Cami had a long visit at VEG South Loop on Saturday and while she was not given a clean bill of health, they did note that she got to us just in time as her condition had rapidly worsened in just the 24 hours we had had her.

Cami is horrendously emaciated. For a 1-year-old dog who should weigh around 50+ lbs, she weighed in at just 22lbs. Less than half of what her body weight should be. What's worse - likely a few lbs of that overall weight is from the intestinal parasite load she's carrying.

She had an extreme case of "fly strike" on both of her ears as well as throughout her body which took a pretty substantial amount of time to debride. Fortunately, she is not vomiting, nor having diarrhea at this time. She's handling frequent, small meals well, and she's being started on pain management, antibiotics, and deworming treatments to get everything under control.

Our bill for Cami yesterday was just under 1k. She's worth every penny.

We started a fundraising campaign just for her. Please share her story and help us restore her health and find her a loving home.

https://www.givinggrid.com/gejfhc/

30/06/2025

Time to celebrate all the good that happened in June as we gear up for July!

We had FOURTEEN adoptions this past month and 3 of them were our 4m+ long term dogs. We stepped outside of our comfort zone at a "same-day" style adoption event and trialed sending dogs home with adopters same day on a trial basis. This is not something we've ever been comfortable doing in the past, but we try not to box ourselves into a corner with our protocols, so we branched out and tried something new and it paid off!

We have a couple more of our long-term stay dogs with adoption interest as we wrap up June, so hoping to keep up the momentum!!

Welcome to the CRA family to all of our wonderful new adopters! Thank you for choosing to help us save a life!

Stay tuned over the next couple of days as we roll into July to meet the new intakes from June and get a full overview of all the animals we're starting out July with!

29/06/2025

Yesterday we had to make the heartbreaking decision to say goodbye to Persephone. Grandma, as we lovingly called her, came to us from Chicago Animal Care and Control in April as a hospice pup. She had failing kidneys, advanced liver disease, dental disease, and a pretty severe heart murmur. One of our incredible fosters, Stephanie, welcomed her into her home immediately and worked hard to stabilize her through meds and supplements and routine.

Persephone was fiercely independent, and yet she was just as much a loving and loyal companion. She loved to help her foster mom out in the garden. She loved hanging out with the rest of her chihuahua foster siblings. She loved, loved, LOVED food. She might have had crappy teeth and a slew of medical issues, but our girl was a foodie through and through.

Last week Persephone suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. Despite her new restrictions, she was in good spirits and didn't seem to be in any pain, so we gave her new diagnosis some time to see if any improvements would happen. Unfortunately, they did not. Her sudden shift to not being able to move independently seemed to cause her a lot of frustration, and though we know her incredible foster would have moved heaven and earth for her, once we started seeing changes to her quality of life, we knew it was the kindest thing we could do to let her pass peacefully while ensuring her last memories were positive and full of love, homemade meals, and chicken tenders.

We love you, Grandma P. We hope you're up to your elbows in chicken strips on the other side of that rainbow bridge. Thank you for the privilege of knowing and loving you. And to Stephanie: thank you for loving her like she was one of your own. She was truly the luckiest little old lady to ever come out of CACC thanks to you. We're forever grateful.

28/06/2025