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 If you find any of the information below is incorrect or outdated, or to add a shelter, please let us know via our CONTACT FORM.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.

JCCARE - Japanese Chin Care and Rescue Effort, DeKalb and Elgin

Jefferson County Animal Shelter, Mount Vernon 62864

Jerseyville City Animal Control, Jerseyville 62052

Joliet Township Animal Control, Joliet 60436

Just Animals Shelter, Berwyn 60402

Kankakee County Animal Control & Adoption Center, Kankakee 60901

Kankakee County Animal Foundation, Bradley 60915

Kankakee County Humane Society, Kankakee 60901

Kay's Animal Shelter, Arlington Heights 60004

Kendall County Animal Shelter, Yorkville 60560

Kindness, Inc., Elgin 60121

Knox County Humane Society / Prairieland Animal Welfare Center (PAWC), Galesburg 61401

Lake County Animal Protection Association, Gurnee 60031

Lake Shore Animal Shelter, Chicago 60607

Lake Shore Animals Foundation, Chicago 60622

Last Resort Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, Sadorus 61872

Lazy Maple Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation Center NFP, Leland 60531

Lean On Me Doberman Rescue, Plainfield 60586

Little Angels Rescue, Belvidere 61008

Livingston County Humane Society, Pontiac 61764

Madison County Animal Control, Edwardsville 62025

Madison County Humane Society, Highland 62249

Mason County Animal Shelter, Havana 62644

Mason County Animal Shelter, Teheran 62664

Mc Donough County Animal Shelter, Macomb 61455

Mc Henry County Animal Control, Woodstock 60098

Mc Lean County Animal Control, Bloomington 61704

Mc Leansboro Animal Shelter, Mc Leansboro 62859

Mercer County Animal Shelter, Aledo 61231

Metro East Humane Society, Edwardsville 62025

Midwest Akita Rescue Society, Chicago 60631

Midwest Bloodhound Rescue, Inc., Franklin Grove 61031

Midwest Greyhound Adoption, Sugar Grove 60554

Midwest Rescue of Illinois Inc., Glenview 60025

Montgomery County Animal Control, Hillsboro 62049

My Mathew's House Cat Shelter, Carthage 62321

Naperville Area Humane Society, Naperville 60563

National Brittany Rescue and Adoption Network,

National REGAP Network (Retired Greyhounds As Pets), Cary 60013

New Leash On Life, Chicago 60618

Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, Inc., Rockford 61107

Northern IL Pug Rescue Adoption, Inc., Geneva 60134

Orphans of the Storm, Deerfield 60015

PACT Humane Society (People & Animals in Community Together), Downers Grove 60515

PAWS Chicago, Chicago

PAWS - People's Animal Welfare Society, Tinley Park 60477

Paws and Purrs Humane Society, Montgomery 60538-0541

Paws Awhile, Oak Park 60304

PAWS Chicago, Chicago 60609

Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter, Peoria 61603

Peoria Humane Society, Peoria 61612

Pet Lovers, Wadsworth 60083

Pet Rescue, Inc., Hebron 60034

Pet Rescue, Inc., Bloomingdale 60108