Chicago Area Cats, Dogs & Other Pets Up For Adoption (10/14) (PHOTOS)
Looking to bring a new furry pal out of a shelter and into your home? Scroll down to check out photos of local rescue cats, dogs and other pets that are currently up for adoption at a number of area shelters. To our knowledge, they've all been spayed ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Winks' amazing rescue and road to recovery
Beasley founded 2x2, which focuses on saving special needs animals, after she lost her job as Lake County's animal control officer this summer. She agreed to take the dog into her rescue and met Risinger halfway in Lafayette. "Winks was so quiet and in ...www.examiner.com
Update: As Winks recovers, special fund established to help injured pets
"We are going to create "Winks Fund." It will be an active chip in account and once his bills are covered any monies will rollover to provide emergency medical care for other dogs hit by cars," says Victoria Beasley told me on Monday. Her group, 2x2 ...www.examiner.com
Chicago Rescues hit Michigan Avenue for Puppy Mill Awareness Day
Chanting "one, two, three, four, we don't want your pet store" representatives of shelters and rescues from throughout the Chicago-area also took the message about the importance of animal adoption to the streets. There were also many animal advocates ...www.examiner.com
Prominent animal rights activist sued over questionable payments
Cherie Travis, who was sued Tuesday over questionable payments by her nonprofit animal rescue group, was formerly commissioner of the Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control. (Abel Uribe, Chicago Tribune). The Illinois attorney general's office ...www.chicagotribune.com
Pilots-N-Paws lands their rescue flyway
The Anti-Cruelty Society (ACS) in Chicago got in on the action yesterday! They agreed to pick up ... with Pilots-N-Paws (PNP).www.examiner.com
Godiva the dog on the road to recovery
Godiva the dog that was picked up last month by Chicago's Animal Care and Control, and then rescued by Dire Straits Companion Animal Rescue (DSCAR)" is in good spirits and is getting a little stronger every day," According to DSCAR. Because of Godiva's ...www.examiner.com
1 of last Exxon Valdez-rescued sea otters dies in Chicago
... one of only two sea otter rescued from the Valdez spill still living. "The past 24 hours have been very difficult for the entire Shedd family who held a special place in their hearts for Kenai," Ken Ramirez, executive vice president of animal care ...www.chicagotribune.com
Charity Mutt Strut dedicated to dog allegedly killed by owner
Derek Fierro holds "Doc" at Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation in October 2011 when he adopted the dog. Fierro is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony, police said, for allegedly punching the dog to death. (Chicago Canine Rescue ...articles.chicagotribune.com
Suburban shelter owner guilty in animal neglect trial
More than 18 months after the Cook County Sheriff's Department raided an animal rescue facility in the southwest suburbs, a jury found its owner guilty of eight animal neglect charges stemming from the raid. After about four hours of deliberations ...www.chicagotribune.com
Otter Rescued From 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Dies At Shedd
"Oiled otters required intensive care and cleanup. She was brought to the rescue center because her mother succumbed to the oil, but she was not actually in the oil," said Ken Ramirez, the animal care vice president at Shedd. Otter Rescued From 1989 ...chicago.cbslocal.com
Animal activist and former city commissioner questioned over $70000
The Illinois Attorney General's office sued a prominent animal rights activist today to compel her to explain why the non-profit animal rescue group she heads made $70,000 in questionable payments to her mother and to a close friend. Cherie Travis, a ...www.chicagotribune.com
Dogs, cats removed from animal rescue are up for adoption
The Animal Welfare League, of Chicago Ridge, removed the animals from Dazzle's Painted Pastures Rescue and Sanctuary after a judge ordered the shelter's owner, Dawn Hamill, to surrender all of the animals except five of her own. Hamill was convicted ...southtownstar.suntimes.com
Over 60 dead cats found in van on driveway in Elgin
Chicago has had a few animal hoarding cases in the last year, including a couple in Berwyn who had more than sixty cats and dogs taken from them, and a couple in Highland Park that had more than 20 Persian cats taken as well, both back in July.www.examiner.com
60 dead cats found in van
Elgin, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, is a crime scene tonight. Dozens of ... If you have information on evacuations and animal rescue efforts during a disaster, e-mail marilyn@marilynlitt.com, National Disaster Animal Reporter for the Examiner. You ...www.examiner.com
Tinley Park woman ordered to surrender most animals at her shelter
In her letter to the court, Hamill also said, "My life's dream was to own and operate an animal rescue." The Cook County prosecutor who helped win the conviction of Hamill was not present at the sentencing.heraldnews.suntimes.com
Local pet rescue nonprofit wins minivan
Young At Heart Pet Rescue is a Palatine-based nonprofit that rescues and re-homes senior dogs and cats from open-admission shelters in and around the Chicago area. All of the animals Young At Heart takes in are from shelters with high euthanasia rates ...barrington.suntimes.com
Bobby Kimball Reveals Other Passions, Among Them Rescuing Stray Dogs And ...
MANILA, Philippines - Renowned singer Bobby Kimball, who recorded most of the hit songs of the 80's band Toto, revealed two more aspects of his life that he excels at - rescuing dogs in California and raising and breeding Koi fishes. During a press ...www.mb.com.ph
Justin Kirk on the Monkey Business Behind "Animal Practice"
I grew up with dogs, a big dog that looked like Old Yeller, and I had a three-legged dog. I grew up in a very rural area when I was a kid, so we found her after having her leg caught in a trap.www.nbcchicago.com
Willing hands, hearts help rescued horses
Osborne Stables Equine Rescue Inc. is a 501 (c)3 organization that, according to its website, works to "… rescue and/or assist in the rescue of abused, abandoned, injured or unwanted horses, and to provide them with the care they deserve." The animals ...www.thelavernianews.com
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