Please contact the shelters and rescues below to adopt a homeless animal.

To maintain this very large list of shelters is a huge undertaking for our small staff. If you find any of the information below is incorrect or outdated, or to add a shelter, please let us know via our CONTACT FORM. In your correspondence, please mention the organization and the state.

A Caring Place Humane Society, Darien 60651

A Cause for Paws, Metamora 61548

Action for Animals, Metropolis 62960

Addison Animal Control, Addison 60101

Adopt a Pet, Northbrook 60065

Akita Club of Illinois Valley-Rescue, Rockford 61108

Alton Animal Control, Alton 62002

Alton Area Animal Aid Association, Godfrey 62035

Anderson Animal Shelter, South Elgin 60177

Animal Adoption Associates, Chicago 60690

Animal Aid Humane Society, Moline 61265

Animal Care & Control Chicago, Chicago 60608

Animal Care League (ACL), Oak Park 60304

Animal Heartline Humane Association, Naperville 60567

Animal House Shelter, Inc., Barrington 60010

Animal Outreach Society, Mc Henry 60051

Animal Protective Association / Harmony House For Cats, Chicago 606187

Animal Welfare League, Chicago Ridge 60415

Animals Deserving of Proper Treatment - ADOPT, Naperville 60563

Animals for Awareness, Palos Park 60464

Anti-Cruelty Society - (SPCA of Illinois), Chicago 60610

ARFhouse Chicago, Foster Homes, Chicago 60622

Assisi Animal Foundation, Crystal Lake 60039

Association for the Protection of Animals, Granite City 62040

BARK - Bringing Aid to Rescued K-9's, Skokie 60077

Belleville Area Humane Society, Belleville 62223

Bendl Adopt-a-Pet, Bendl 62009

Bond County Adopt A Pet, Greenville 62246

Boone County Animal Control, Belvedere 61008

Buddy Foundation, Arlington Heights 60006

Bureau County-Animal Control, Princeton 61356

Carroll County Animal Shelter/ Control, Mount Carroll 61053

Cat Guardians, Lombard 60148

CatNap from the Heart, La Grange Park 60526

CATsNAP, Savoy 61874

Central Illinois German Shepherd Dog Rescue, Urbana 61803

Central Illinois Small Animal Rescue, Colfax 61728

Centralia Humane Society, Centralia 62801

Champaign County Humane Society, Urbana 61802

Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation, Chicago 60657

Chicagoland Dog Rescue, Elk Grove 60009-1927

Chicagoland Stray Cat Coalition, Chicago 60661

Clay County Animal Protection, Flora 62839

Clinton County Humane Society, Centralia 62801

Coles County Animal Shelter, Charleston 61920

Coles County Humane Association, Mattoon 61938

Collie Rescue of Greater Illinois, Lisle 60532

Collinsville Animal Control Shelter, Collinsville 62234

Community Animal Rescue and Education, Carterville 62918

Community Animal Rescue Effort - CARE, Evanston 60202

Cook County Animal Control, Bridgeview 60455

Crawford County Humane Society, Robinson 62454

Critter Coral Guinea Pig Rescue, Steger 60475

Crosswinds Equine Rescue, Tuscola 61953

De Kalb County Animal Shelter, Genoa 60135

De Witt County Animal Shelter, Clinton 61727