Illinois

This rescue started as a side light to my holistic veterinary practice.After 6 months in New Orleans after Katrina,with 185 animals brought back here, the rescue grew and morphed into it's present form.Always growing!!!!

Lean On Me Doberman Rescue is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture as an approved animal shelter. We are a 501c3, Not for Profit Organization and a corporation in the State of Illinois composed solely of volunteers. Our purpose is to educate the public about rescue, to promote responsible dog ownership, and to reduce the abuse and neglect of Doberman Pinscher dogs. In addition, our mission is to provide educational services about training, altering, and the humane care of dogs and to also promote good canine citizenship. LOMDR is dedicated to saving abused, abandoned, surrendered, and homeless Dobermans. Our goal is to restore to good health, rehabilitate, and place them into safe and loving permanent homes. We work as a network of qualified foster homes and exist solely on donations and money raised.

Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.™) is a 501c3 all volunteer organization that works to find homes for unwanted and abandoned animals, serves as an educational and counseling resource for communities on Chicago's North Shore and for current and prospective pet owners, and works to reduce pet overpopulation. We currently work out of Evanston's municipal animal shelter. Since our founding in 1987, C.A.R.E. has been responsible for the adoption of thousands of dogs and cats that would have otherwise been euthanized. C.A.R.E. provides medical treatment and conducts all adoptions for the shelter animals. Each day, the 100+ C.A.R.E. volunteers assume responsibility for total care of all Shelter animals. Each volunteer puts in anywhere from 3 to 30+ hours every week, both at the Shelter and in activities outside the Shelter, performing functions such as: - Walking Dogs - Exercising Cats - Cleaning cages and kennel areas - Bathing and grooming animals - Working with frightened, anti-social animals - Paying for veterinary care, inoculations, and vaccinations - Transporting animals to and from veterinary clinics - Working with veterinarians at the Shelter as part of a testing/inoculation program initiated by C.A.R.E. - Medicating animals as directed by veterinarians - Feeding & watering animals on evenings, weekends, and holidays - Washing bowls, toys, towels, bedding, etc. - Working with Evanston Animal Wardens as needed to comply with city rules & assure accreditation by the Department of Agriculture - Interviewing all potential adopters in-depth and then matching appropriate animals with adopters - Conducting all adoptions, filling out required paperwork, administrating follow-up program - Supplementing city food budget with volunteer funds to provide higher quality food for Shelter animals - Purchasing additional equipment not in city budget to maintain quality care for Shelter animals (including such things as cages, kennel fan, vaccine refrigerator, washing machine, clothes dryer, etc.) - Conducting on-going fund-raising to raise monies to cover all expenses - Conducting community out-reach programs to educate residents on responsible pet care Volunteers are frequently called upon to take animals into their homes and "foster" them in times of overcrowding at the Shelter and when animals need special care.

We are a relatively new rescue, started in early 2007, we started out to help reduce the amount of Bully breeds put down each year and to help current pet owners manage and train their pets to keep them in their homes. We have expanded to other types of dogs and cats and small animals as we have the room for. We are made up of all volunteers, and are not for profit.

Free Spirit Siberian Rescue is a non-profit organization of volunteers working to reduce the number of homeless Siberian Huskies in Illinois and surrounding areas, while also improving the welfare of all domestic animals by way of education. Free Spirit Siberian Rescue works to foster respect, understanding and compassion for all creatures, and the belief that all life is valuable and worthy of protection.

We are a small volunteer only organization. We work entirely out of our homes. DeKalb has a terrible feral cat problem and our organization was founded to help the plight of these cats. We trap, spay/neuter, vaccinate, worm, test for FIV and feline leukemia. All cats are recovered after surgery prior to release. Unless the cat's habitat is threatened or the colony itself is in danger, we do not relocate. The colonies are fed and managed for veterinary care.