CVMA - Chicago Veterinary Medical Association

In the event that you are looking to adopt or relinquish a pet, we provide a list of area shelters, humane associations and rescue groups. This list is in no way comprehensive, but it may help to guide your search. You may also choose to do a web search for other breed specific rescue groups, as we may not be contacted by some of them.

Humane Associations

A Caring Place Humane Society Phone: 630/675-7979	ADOPT Phone: 630/355-2299	Affenpinsher/Pug Rescue Elana Morgan Phone: 773/477-0757 Fax: 773/477-0402
Airedale Rescue Phone: 708/839-8982	Airedale Terrier Rescue Karolyn Simoneet Phone: 847/359-3867 Fax: 847/359-6858	Alaskan Malamure Rescue Association IL Nancy Biglow Phone: 708/532-3326 EMAIL US!
Anderson Animal Shelter Deanna Davies Phone: 847/697-2880 EMAIL US!	Animal Care League Jamie Damato Phone: 708/848-8155 Fax: 708/848-0718 EMAIL US!	Animal Protective Assoc. Phone: 312/463-6667
Animal Welfare League Linda Estrada Phone: 708/636-8586 Fax: 708/636-9488	Animal Welfare League -Chicago Diane Spyrka Phone: 773/667-0088 Fax: 773/667-0930	Animals for Awareness Kimberly Schilling Phone: 708/361-9330 Fax: 708/361-6753
Anti-Cruelty Society Phone: 312/644-8338	Arfghan Rescue Sue Mackler Phone: 630/983-51008	Assisi Animal Foundation Lee Linklater Phone: 815/455-9411 Fax: 815/455-9417 EMAIL US!
AWARE Phone: 847/635-1543	Basenji Rescue Sue Hoyne Phone: 847/695-1497	Basset Buddies Rescue, INC Arlene Lynch Phone: 847/382-5593
Belgian Sheepdog Rescue Joanne Haschek Phone: 815/836-0155	Belgian Tervuren Robeita Whitesides Phone: 630/257-5535	Bernese Mountain Dog Club Laurie Boyle Phone: 815/741-1430 EMAIL US!
Bichon Rescue Laura Meachen Phone: 414/878-4446	Bolingbrook AN Care & Control Linda Laketa Phone: 630/226-8682 Fax: 630/226-8669	Border Collie Rescue Toni Sikorcin Phone: 608/935-9219 Fax: 608/935-9233 EMAIL US!
Boxer Rebound Inc. Jeannette Everett Phone: 815/728-0030 Fax: 815/728-0030	Briard Rescue Dave Behrens Phone: 630/257-5535	Cairn Terrier Rescue Carol Koehmstedt Phone: 815/459-4144
CARE Linda Gelb Phone: 847/705-2653 Fax: 847/635-1798	Cat Guardians Inc. Kathy Blackwell Phone: 630/543-3395	Cats R Purrsons- Too Sis. Marion Binder Phone: 773/728-6336
Central IN Lab Res. & Ad, Inc Tamara Brucher Phone: 630/415-1973 EMAIL US!	Central Midwest Collie Rescue	Chicago Min. Schnauzer Resc. Michele Smith Phone: 847/926-9920 EMAIL US!
Chicagoland Dog Rescue Phone: 847/259-6458	Chicagoland Old English Sheepdog Club Grace Fujikawa Phone: 847/446-7381 EMAIL US!	Chicagoland Shih Tzu Club Lee Goraleski Phone: 773/625-8415
Chihuahua, Chin & Schipperke Resc. Phone: 708/448-2010	Chow Rescue of Illinois Alane Pacin Phone: 815/744-9215 EMAIL US!	Chow-Chow Club Phone: 608/756-2008
City of Chgo An. Care & Cont. Nikki Proutsos Phone: 312/747-1406 Fax: 312/747-1409	Clumber Spaniel Rescue Libby Stuff Phone: 630/739-5614	Collie Rescue of Greater Ill Tina Kisleka Phone: 630/415-1206 Fax: 630/960-2731 EMAIL US!
Critter Corral Phone: 708/757-1160 EMAIL US!	Dairyland Greyhound Adopt. Bonnie Stollenwerk Phone: 800/233-3357	Dane 911-Great Dane Rescue Bobbi Rogers Phone: 815/634-4137 EMAIL US!
Doberman Rescue Phone: 630/355-2299	DuPage Animal Control Ardith Baker Phone: 630/682-7197	English Cocker Spaniel Club Barbara Murphy Phone: 847/381-7178 EMAIL US!
English Cocker Spaniel Club Belle Schultz Phone: 708/423-0756	English Springer Rescue Am. Marianne Hill Phone: 219/365-1491 Fax: 925/666-4071	Evanston Animal Control Phone: 847/866-5080
Felines, Inc Abby Smith Phone: 773/465-4132 Fax: 773/465-6454 EMAIL US!	Flat Coated Retriever Rescue Helga Goudge Phone: 773/881-0206 EMAIL US!	Fort Dearborn Bull Terrier Club Marcy Bankus Phone: 847/658-2295 EMAIL US!
Four Paws Animal Foundation Arlene Braun Phone: 630/497-2078 EMAIL US!	Fox Terrier Rescue Barb Krysnki Phone: 847/577-9163	Fox Valley An. Welfare League Nita Conard Phone: 630/892-9445
French Bulldog Rescue League Michele Smith Phone: 847/926-9920 EMAIL US!	Friends Forever Humane Soc. Mary Dawson Phone: 815/232-6164	German Shepard Breed Rescue Marianne Perlman Phone: 847/677-0561 Fax: 847/677-0562
German Shorthair Pointer Res. Melinda Metzger Phone: 773/883-1322	Golden Opportunities (Retriever) Phone: 630/736-2182	Gordon Setter Rescue Kathy Hubbard Phone: 815/758-0243
Great Dane Rescue Bobbie Rodgers Phone: 815/634-4137	Great Pyrenees Rescue Phone: 847/740-3066	Greyhound Pet Connection Candy Schultz Phone: 815/568-8403
Greyhounds Only, Inc. Linda LaFoone Phone: 773/297-4739 Fax: 773/286-9429 EMAIL US!	Guardian Angel Basset Res, Inc Fran Gray Phone: 708/758-7455	H.E.L.P. Teri Grandt Phone: 630/879-8500 EMAIL US!
Happy Endings No-Kill An. S. Phone: 414/744-3287	Harmony House for Cats Don Wechselberger Phone: 773/463-6667 Fax: 773/463-6027	Help-A-Pet Phone: 630/986-9504
Hinsdale Humane Society Diana Aldridge Phone: 630/323-5630 Fax: 630/323-6027 EMAIL US!	Hooved Animal Humane Society Dr. Lydia Gray Phone: 815/337-5563 Fax: 815/337-5569 EMAIL US!	House Rabbit Society of Chicago Phone: 847/266-0068
Humane Society Calumet Area Phone: 219/922-3811	IL Alaskan Alamote Rescue Vicky Meluso Phone: 847/439-6751 EMAIL US!	Illinois Cocker Rescue Aly Posner Phone: 815/943-1201 EMAIL US!
Illinois Doberman Rescue + (IDR+) Pam Abare Phone: 847-277-1082 Fax: 847-745-0471	Illinois Shorthair Rescue Kim Wegner Phone: 847-276-6995	Irish Terrier Club Rescue Debra Rybacki Phone: 630/420-2271 EMAIL US!
Irish Wolfhound Rescue Bill Hurless Phone: 847/640-7527 EMAIL US!	Italian Greyhound & Whippet Carol Sumbry Phone: 414/559-0445 EMAIL US!	Joliet Animal Control Phone: 815/725-0333 EMAIL US!
Kane County Animal Control Lynne Ellberg Phone: 630/232-3555 Fax: 630/232-3585 EMAIL US!	Kay's Animal Shelter, Inc Phone: 847/259-2907 Fax: 847/259-2616	Keeshound Fanciers Phone: 708/795-5110
Keeshound Rescue Lisa Phone: 630/980-7696	Keeshound Rescue Central States Roxane Baird Phone: 847/296-1838 Fax: 847/692-9320 EMAIL US!	Kendall County Animal Cont. Doris Lein Phone: 630/553-9256 Fax: 630/553-1615
Labrador Education & Rescue Phone: 847/289-PETS	Lake County An. Cont.	Lake Shore Animal Shelter Ann Markham Phone: 312/409-1162 Fax: 312/666-8792
Lean on Me Doberman Rescue Marci Reyes Phone: 815/773-4441 EMAIL US!	Midwest Bloodhound Rescue Sandy Singer Phone: 630/584-7348 EMAIL US!	MW Akita Rescue Soc. Deanna O'Brien Phone: 773/594-9302
MW English Springer Spaniel Blair Warber Phone: 312/642-1279	MW Greyhound Adoption Phone: 630/466-4022	MW Labrador Retriever Rescue Phone: 847/604-3254
Naperville Humane Society Linda Linford Phone: 630/420-8989 Fax: 630/420-9380	No. IL Samoyed Assist. Inc Jean Gilles Phone: 847/255-4815 Fax: 847/392-5000 EMAIL US!	Noah's Ark An. Sanctuary, Inc Nancy Watson Phone: 815/962-2767 Fax: 815/962-7204
Oak Park Animal Control Phone: 708/383-6400	Old English Sheepdog Club Grace Fujikawa Phone: 847/446-7381	Orphans of the Storm Phone: 847/945-0235
Paws Animal Shelter Phone: 815/464-7298	PAWS-Chicago Paula Fasseas EMAIL US!	Pet Rescue, Inc. Penny Horak Phone: 630/893-0030 Fax: 630/529-7611 EMAIL US!
Petfinder Sue Drennan Phone: 630/393-9390	Pets In Need Phone: 815/728-1462	Pets N Patients Ann Marie Glaviano Phone: 630/717-9530 EMAIL US!
Pets Without Parents Storm Phone: 708/389-7118	R.A.I.N.	Red Door Animal Shelter Kristin Avery Phone: 773/764-2242 Fax: 773/764-6191 EMAIL US!
Rescue A Shar-Pei Deborah Cooper Phone: 219/395-9019 EMAIL US!	Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue Kathy Bakken Phone: 630/424-8289 EMAIL US!	SAVE-A-PET Phone: 847/740-7788
Scottish Terrier Club Susan Severtsen Phone: 815/568-8872 EMAIL US!	Second Chance Adoption Sandra Shearer Phone: 630/415-2978 Fax: 847/952-8346	Secondhand Shelties Linda Carbon Phone: 630/628-8322 EMAIL US!
Sheltie Rescue of North IL Phone: 708/579-3583	Shih Tzu Rescue S.T.R.A.E.S Dahna Betts Phone: 708/645-0730 Fax: 708/654-0731 EMAIL US!	Siberian Husky Rescue Phone: 262/909-2244
Skokie Animal Control Phone: 847/933-8484	South Side Humane Society Phone: 708/720-2440	South Suburban Humane Soc. Carolyn Ainsworth Phone: 708/755-7732 EMAIL US!
Strays Halfway House	The Anti-Cruelty Society Phone: 312/644-8338 Fax: 312/644-3878	The Buddy Foundation Mary Hayashi Phone: 847/813-7206
TLC Animal Shelter	Tree House Animal Foundation David DeFuniak Phone: 773/784-5488 Fax: 773/784-2332	Tri-County Animal Shelter Judy Lohse Phone: 815/288-7387 Fax: 815/288-0145
True Hearts of Rottweiler Rescue (THORR) Darlene Agena-Hombaker EMAIL US!	West Suburban Humane Soc. Phone: 630/960-9601	Western Irish Setter Rescue Jan Ziech Phone: 815/475-7143 EMAIL US!
Whippet Rescue Kathy Deavenport Phone: 815/756-6460 EMAIL US!	Will County Humane Society Phone: 815/741-0645	Willowbrook Wildlife Center Phone: 630/942-6200
Winnebago County Animal Center Phone: 815/877-3073	Wisconsin Chow Chow Rescue Vicky DeGruy Phone: 608/756-2008 EMAIL US!	Wisconsin Sheltie Rescue Lisa Martin Phone: 920/439-1849 EMAIL US!