Best Hamster Adoption Chicago Near Me

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Come down to Cube Park at the Westfield Old Orchard Mall on Saturday, June 24, from noon to 3 p.m. to meet adoptable pets! The mall is located at 4905 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077.


The PAWS 5K on Saturday, September 9, is the largest dog-friendly charity event in Chicago and it raises critical funds to help homeless pets. Register today for the lowest prices of the year!


Your favorite Downtown Barrington shops are opening their storefronts and windows to adoptable pets on July 16. Come and meet the cutest dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens, and take a new friend home with you.


Tell your pets to strike a pose! We just unlocked the pages of our 2024 Desktop Calendar, and we’re giving you first dibs on dates for pet features. Reserve your favorite day, week, or month before someone else does!


Join us on Saturday, July 29, between 6 and 9 p.m. at the Pippen Fasseas Adoption Center for a rare gathering of foster pups.


This year, we're on a mission to find families for 450 kittens by August 31. Click to see our Kitten Season Challenge progress!


Fifteen years ago, one hour of television gave new life to shelter pets. Learn more about how Oprah has helped change the landscape of pet homelessness—in Chicago and beyond.


Read more on legislation to close a loophole in the 2022 Humane Pet Store Law and to protect dog breeds in insurance policies are moving through the Illinois legislature.


Help us stretch our dollars by donating supplies. New and most gently used items are greatly appreciated. We do have limited storage space, so we have put together a list of the items we need the most.


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Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest independent evaluator, has rated PAWS Chicago at its highest 4-star rating consecutively since 2003—an accomplishment that less than 1% of the charities in the nation have reached.


Join PAWS Chicago in its work to help homeless pets. There are endless ways for you to give back. Find one that's right for you and get involved today.


With so many pets born, too many are coming into shelters and too few are adopted. Become a foster parent and offer a homeless pet refuge until they find their adoptive family.

Dig deeper into the Pillars of No Kill - Targeted Spay/Neuter, Adoptions, Animal Health & Well-Being, and Volunteers - and the foundation of Community Engagement in our No Kill section.

Targeted spay/neuter programs serving at-risk and under-resourced communities dramatically reduces the number of unwanted animals born and ultimately killed in shelters.

Saving more lives is about extending the visibility of homeless animals into communities where people live, work and play, encouraging people to think adoption first, and maybe fall in love.

The goal is for each pet to not only survive but thrive! Through state-of-the-art Shelter Medicine and comprehensive Animal Behavior programs, we treat and rehabilitate both body and spirit.

Volunteers are the life-force of PAWS Chicago, touching every aspect of operations and providing the highest quality of care for our pets. Join our army and help us save more lives!

The foundation of everything we do - since our first adoption event in 1998 - is engaging the community in the cause of homeless pets. People cause the problem. People solve the problem!

4worldlovers: Ever wonder what happens to the millions of dogs who have been overlooked, passed over, and forgotten?

Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation exists to give many of these animals a second chance at a forever family. We are committed to leaving no dog behind.

CCR was founded in 2001 to help find lifelong, loving homes for homeless dogs in Chicagoland and beyond. To date, we have proudly saved the lives of over 8,000 dogs and puppies. The dogs in our care come to us from open-intake animal shelter facilities, from a handful of rural partners who lack the resources for adoptions, and from families who can no longer care for them. Our team provides medical treatment, emotional and behavioral support, and adoption services to each animal that comes into our care.

We provide a safe landing place for dogs of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds, and we work tirelessly to match them with their perfect family.

You can help even if you can’t adopt. Donors, volunteers, fosters, and advocates all make our mission possible!

4worldlovers:
Felines & Canines is located in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago. Our focus at F&C is to place safe, social and loving dogs and cats into permanent loving homes.


We are best known for our exceptional care for both our animals and adopters, ground breaking program for FIV-positive cats, and creation of our nation's very first rescue and relocation facility - Felines & Canines Rescue Center.